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Paperback. Presents a portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene. This book offers a comprehensive biography of Sembene and contributes a critical appraisal of his life and art in the context of the political and social influences on his work. Translator(s): Diop, Moustapha. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; APFB; BGF; BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221513
ISBN
9780253221513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Hardcover. "Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: compiled by Robin Malan. viii, 208 p. ill. 23 cm. Associated Names: Malan, Robin. Hardback. Good copy. Ex libris. Library labeled on front and back covers . Library marks and labels on pages."
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
SKU
KEX0074039
ISBN
9780312031947
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? This book addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDU; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419830
ISBN
9780821419830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. South Africa, like many countries in Africa, is resource rich but the benefits are not shared by the whole population. High levels of unem-ployment are leading to increasing conflict and violence, undermining the brighter future hoped for when apartheid was abolished. Num Pages: 272 pages, Graphs & Tables Index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Shepheard-Walwyn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856835049
ISBN
9780856835049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.66

Paperback. In this work, Tsenay Serequeberhan discusses attempts to define African philosophy and the practice of hermeneutics to articulate a philosophy that is distinctively African. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; CFP; HPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847689217
ISBN
9780847689217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.40

Paperback. The gripping true story of the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBX; HBW; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 868. Good copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
W&N
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KKD0009112
ISBN
9780753828564
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Between 1954 and 1962, Algerian women played a major role in the struggle to end French rule in one of the most violent wars of decolonisation of the twentieth century. Our Fighting Sisters is the first in-depth exploration of what happened to these women after independence in 1962. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091070
ISBN
9780719091070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.42

Paperback. Why has Egypt, a pioneer of organ transplantation, been reluctant to pass a national organ transplant law for more than three decades? This book analyzes the national debate over organ transplantation in Egypt as it has unfolded during a time of major social and political transformation including mounting dissent against a brutal regime. Num Pages: 370 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRAM; HRH; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 76. Weight in Grams: 526. Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt. 370 pages, illustrations. Why has Egypt, a pioneer of organ transplantation, been reluctant to pass a national organ transplant law for more than three decades? This book analyzes the national debate over organ transplantation in Egypt as it has unfolded during a time of major social and political transformation including mounting dissent against a brutal regime. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRAM; HRH; JFM; MBDC. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 76. Weight: 492.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271760
ISBN
9780520271760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. Ouidah, an African town in the Benin, was the principal pre-colonial commercial centre of its region. This is a history of its role in the slave trade. It examines the organization of the African end of the slave trade, and the impact participation in the trade had on the societies involved. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 462. The Social History of a West African Slaving Port 1727-1892. 320 pages, 5 maps, 5 tables. Ouidah, an African town in the Benin, was the principal pre-colonial commercial centre of its region. This is a history of its role in the slave trade. It examines the organization of the African end of the slave trade, and the impact participation in the trade had on the societies involved. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HFDB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight: 506.
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780852554975
ISBN
9780852554975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

hardcover. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
SKU
9789774166648
ISBN
9789774166648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.29

Paperback. * The first book to tell the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end. * Sketches the development of the cult throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. * Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131797
ISBN
9781405131797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.01

Paperback. Series: Egypt. Num Pages: 464 pages, 194 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486227801
ISBN
9780486227801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145447
ISBN
9781868145447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Hardcover. Bibliography: p. 381-382. Commissioning organisation: [by] Henry S. Wilson. 3-391 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Nice copy. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Slight creasing to spine.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
SKU
KEX0049277
ISBN
9780333023181
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 92 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Publishing Print Matters South Africa
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981441757
ISBN
9780981441757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.97

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 703 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 47. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
703
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810803213
ISBN
9780810803213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.01

Paperback. Very good clean copy with minor shelfwear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Edition
Rev ed.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0009714
ISBN
9780853155133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Examines how popular media and culture provided ordinary Egyptians with a framework to construct and negotiate a modern national identity. Num Pages: 264 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772112
ISBN
9780804772112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. Examines how popular media and culture provided ordinary Egyptians with a framework to construct and negotiate a modern national identity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804772129
ISBN
9780804772129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Optatus, Bishop of Milevis in North Africa in the late fourth century, wrote a detailed refutation of Donatist claims to be the one true and righteous church, an ark of purity in a world which was still corrupt despite Constantine's support for Christianity. This title presents the translation of Optatus' work. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 304 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1QDAR; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBJH; HBLA; HRAM7; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853237525
ISBN
9780853237525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.61

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