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Paperback. While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145300
- ISBN
- 9781868145300
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145003
- ISBN
- 9781868145003
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144990
- ISBN
- 9781868144990
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144945
- ISBN
- 9781868144945
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Security and Democracy in Southern Africa (Wits P&DM Governance)
Gavin Cawthra, Andre Du Pisani, Abillah H. Om...
Paperback. Southern Africa has embarked on one of the world's ambitious security co-operation initiatives. This book examines the triangular relationship between democratisation, the character of democracy and its deficits, and national security practices and perceptions of eleven southern African states. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144532
- ISBN
- 9781868144532
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Condition: New
€ 40.96
€ 40.96
Paperback. Part of a series of short books on South Africa's World Heritage Sites, this guide to Sterkfontein provides an overview of the geological and fossil history of the Sterkfontein Valley. It also presents the remarkable record contained in the Sterkfontein Caves, comprising thousands of animal, plant and hominid fossils. Editor(s): Esterhuysen, Amanda. Series: Second in Heritage Site Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HDD; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 154.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144211
- ISBN
- 9781868144211
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Condition: New
€ 44.67
€ 44.67
Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868142521
- ISBN
- 9781868142521
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. A journey from the Cape of South Africa to the Serengeti Plains taking the reader through the spectacular, talismanic geography of Africa. Combines a trek through wild and remote places with a personal investigation into the relationship between people and nature. A unique book that argues for a new approach to environmental conservation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1H; RNK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849950046
- ISBN
- 9781849950046
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
€ 27.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. Birhan Woldu became one of the most recognized faces and forms of the late 20th century when her skeletal image was used at the end of 'Live Aid' to globally publicize famine in Africa. This title tells Birhan's life story from the days when her father literally carried his daughter across Africa on an epic journey to life, to Live Aid. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 X 8 pg colour plates. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPN; BG; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Holland Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847738455
- ISBN
- 9781847738455
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.42
€ 16.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Narrates the story of the first year of the Libyan Revolution, identifies its aims and considers if they have been achieved. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846942563
- ISBN
- 9781846942563
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.29
€ 27.99
€ 24.29
Hardcover. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed.. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther; Watson, Elizabeth E. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps, 13 figs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFG; GTJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502. Sudan, Uganda, and the Ethiopia-Sudan Borderlands. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. 304 pages, 5 maps, 13 figs, 2 tables. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther; Watson, Elizabeth E. Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1HFG; GTJ; JHM. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456047
- ISBN
- 9781845456047
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Condition: New
€ 162.76
€ 162.76
Hardcover. Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast, with its Muslim and Swahili population, offers rich material for this study of identity, religion, and multiculturalism. This book focuses on the phenomenon of spirit possession in Zanzibar Town and the relationships created between humans and spirits; it provides a way to apprehend how society.. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFG; AFKP; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450557
- ISBN
- 9781845450557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.87
€ 161.87
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Signed
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232085
- ISBN
- 9781845232085
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.33
€ 19.99
€ 17.33
Paperback. Kenya Highlights Guide - Holiday advice from award-winning Africa expert including tour operators, Nairobi highlights, camps and lodges, safari planning and tips. Also featuring detailed historical and wildlife information, Big Five, itineraries and when to visit, Mobassa, Masai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley, Central Highlands and Samburu. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). Num Pages: 272 pages, Full colour throughout & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). 272 pages, Full colour throughout & 16 maps. With emphasis on the superlative game reserves and sparkling Indian Ocean coastline that have made Kenya one of Africa's premier holiday destinations, this title describes and provides background information to the country's highlights. It offers advice on safari planning, as well as sections on wildlife, history and people. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFGK; WTH. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bradt Travel Guides
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841622675
- ISBN
- 9781841622675
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.00
€ 27.99
€ 22.00
Hardcover. Stuart Marks explores an emergent dissonance with the inconvenient conventions and myths of conservationists, administrators and philanthropists who seek to intervene in Africa's environmental and wildlife crises on new terms and with technical means. Num Pages: 518 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331572
- ISBN
- 9781785331572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.11
€ 216.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330773
- ISBN
- 9781785330773
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Condition: New
€ 162.92
€ 162.92
Hardback. Many young men in a Gambian village, although eager to travel for money and experience, settle as farmers, family heads, businessmen, civic activists or, alternatively, as employed, demoted youth. This ethnography focuses on these "stayers," who enable others to migrate while preserving the values and traditions of rural, sedentary life. Num Pages: 244 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387794
- ISBN
- 9781782387794
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Condition: New
€ 164.56
€ 164.56
Hardcover. Writing from the perspective of long-term engagement with the contexts in which the films are set, anthropologists and historians reflect on these films and assess the contemporary place Africa holds in the North American and European cinematic imagination. Editor(s): Eltringham, Nigel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380733
- ISBN
- 9781782380733
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Condition: New
€ 161.80
€ 161.80
Paperback. A true account of Felicity's search for justice following the murder of her husband, Victor Prazak, in Libya. Victor died on the 22nd of December 1992 when the passenger plane he was travelling on was brought down by a Libyan military MiG. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780994451
- ISBN
- 9781780994451
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.36
€ 20.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. 70 Authentic Dishes from All Over Africa Adapted for the Western Kitchen - All Shown Step by Step in 300 Simple-to-follow Photographs. 96 pages, over 300 photographs. No other continent but Africa can boast such a rich and varied range of cooking styles, reflecting diverse cultural influences and an exotic blend of aromatic ingredients. This title brings together a collection of traditional African recipes. It includes chapters ranging from hot and spicy appetizers to refreshing fruit desserts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; WBN. Dimension: 280 x 218 x 7. Weight: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Southwater
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780191966
- ISBN
- 9781780191966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.14
€ 17.99
€ 17.14