Africa
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Africa
Hardcover. A magnificent full-color book introducing a collection of traditional western Sub-Saharan African art. Num Pages: 207 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 293 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1207.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896723467
- ISBN
- 9780896723467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 49.96
€ 53.99
€ 49.96
Hardcover. A systematic and chronological investigation into the nature and development of end-titles in papyrus rolls and codices of hexameter poetry from the 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD. Num Pages: 250 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- American Society of Papyrologists
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979975806
- ISBN
- 9780979975806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.65
€ 91.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 130 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; RNKH; WNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Random House Struik
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781431702459
- ISBN
- 9781431702459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.62
€ 26.99
€ 24.62
hardcover. Challenging the denigration of western-educated Africans as a culturally barren "kleptocratic" elite, this work shows that they occupied a shifting medial position between colonizers and colonized. In the process they created an intellectual culture grounded in indigenous and European sources. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813919072
- ISBN
- 9780813919072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.26
€ 97.26
hardcover. This translation introduces English-language audiences to Kourouma's irreverent view of the machinations of the African dictators who played the West against the East during the 30 years of the cold war. Translator(s): Coates, Carrol F. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; FA; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920221
- ISBN
- 9780813920221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.00
€ 48.99
€ 43.00
paperback. Argues African ways of seeing and interpreting their environments and past are not only critical to how historians write environmental history, they also have important lessons for policymakers and conservationists. It focuses on the Mpiemu people of the Central Arfrican Republic. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJR; JFC; JFSL9; JHMC; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813921037
- ISBN
- 9780813921037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.93
€ 38.93
hardcover. Offers an insider's view into the day-to-day lives of a self-selected group of male friends within this society in northern Zambia. This book examines the friends' vicarious experience with and orientation to the world through stories heard from their grandfathers and fathers. It represents a compilation of their direct experience in the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926247
- ISBN
- 9780813926247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. This title examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. Editor(s): Slyomovics, Susan. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415518161
- ISBN
- 9780415518161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.37
€ 39.37
Paperback. Exploring violence as part of political economy and rejecting stereotypical explanations of African violence as endemic or natural to African cultures, this work examines a continent where the boundaries on acceptable force are always shifting and the distinction between violence by the state and against the state is not always clear. Editor(s): Bay, Edna G.; Donham, Donald L. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JMC; JFFE; JFSP2; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925776
- ISBN
- 9780813925776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.45
€ 47.45
Paperback. In 1976, while imprisoned on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela secretly wrote the bulk of his authobiography, "Long Walk to freedom". The manuscript was smuggled out, along with essays by other prominent political prisoners, by fellow prisoner Mac Maharaj. These essays are published in this volume. Editor(s): Maharaj, Mac. Num Pages: 274 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493421
- ISBN
- 9781558493421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
hardcover. The Illusive Trade-off is an original and important study crossing the disciplines of political science, law, public policy, and public health. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; KNDP; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091802
- ISBN
- 9780802091802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; BGXA; HRCV; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619708259
- ISBN
- 9781619708259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.10
€ 18.99
€ 18.10
Paperback. Explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect language policy and education. This book includes case studies ranging across the continent, the contributors consider multilingualism in the classroom as well as in domains ranging from music and film to politics. It also reveals how poor teacher training leads to failures in education. Editor(s): Zsiga, Elizabeth C.; Boyer, One Tlale; Kramer, Ruth. Series: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages & Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 47 b&w photos, 15 figures, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; 2ADF; 2H; CFB; CFDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626161528
- ISBN
- 9781626161528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.04
€ 74.04
Paperback. Dashwood argues that it was the class interests of the ruling elite of Zimbabwethat explains the failure of the government to devise a coherent, socially sensitive development strategy in conjunction with market-based reforms. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802082268
- ISBN
- 9780802082268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.52
€ 39.52
hardcover. Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa shows how the youth identify variously as fans of jazz or hip-hop who espouse a none-racial national character, as athletes who feel a strong connection to traditional Zulu patriarchy, or in many other social and political subcultures. Series: Anthropological Horizons. Num Pages: 260 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802039118
- ISBN
- 9780802039118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.62
€ 76.62
Suellen Diaconoff situates French-language texts from Moroccan women writers in a discourse of social justice and reform, arguing that they contribute to the emerging national debate on democracy and help to create new public spaces of discourse and participation. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442640054
- ISBN
- 9781442640054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.62
€ 76.62
hardcover. The New African Diaspora in Vancouver maps out how African immigrants negotiate these multiple dimensions of local exclusion while at the same time creating new spaces of belonging and emerging collective identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBCB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 587.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642959
- ISBN
- 9781442642959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.02
€ 69.02
Paperback. A caustic and highly emotional account of Zimbabwe under the tyranny of Mugabe's last days Num Pages: 368 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Picador Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330507776
- ISBN
- 9780330507776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.65
€ 12.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. True South African Stories. 158 pages. No longer skewed by political agendas, this is collection of true accounts of people, events and incidents that helped to shape the current political situation in South Africa, retold in order to bring history back into balance. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BT; FYB; JFHF. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 11. Weight: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- David Philip, Publishers
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864864871
- ISBN
- 9780864864871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 622 pages, 49 maps and plans. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Griffith Institute United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900416187
- ISBN
- 9780900416187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.75
€ 75.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages, 8 Double-sided page coloured photos. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; RNK; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Protea Book House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781485302599
- ISBN
- 9781485302599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.50
€ 19.99
€ 18.50
hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 181 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Protea Boekhuis South Africa
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869194840
- ISBN
- 9781869194840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.12
€ 51.99
€ 43.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 522 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299101145
- ISBN
- 9780299101145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.50
€ 45.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. Sent to the Congo (Zaire) in the 50s, as fieldworker for a Belgian cultural agency, Vansina helped to found the field of African history as a scholarly speciality. This memoir describes Vansina's life and career on three continents, against the background of the collapse of colonialism in Africa. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; BGHA; HBTQ; HBTR; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299143244
- ISBN
- 9780299143244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30