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Africa

Paperback. The Fayoum, a large and exceptionally fertile depression in Egypt's Western Desert, some 90 kilometers southwest of Cairo, is a region both rich in history and outstanding in natural beauty. This book outlines the history (and prehistory) of the Fayoum and its lakes. It also describes the agriculture and rural life of the region. Num Pages: 136 pages, 27 colour illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 167 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162060
ISBN
9789774162060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.80

Hardcover. Presents four travel diaries of pioneering African Americans who were the first to explore and document the West African interior. This work reveals the wealth and beauty of Africa in descriptions of its geography, people, flora, and fauna. It challenges the notion that there were no black explorers in Africa. Editor(s): Fairhead, James; Geysbeek, Tim; Holsoe, Svend E.; Leach, Melissa. Num Pages: 504 pages, 39 b&w photos, 11 maps, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; BJ; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253341945
ISBN
9780253341945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Fagan, G.Honor; McGuigan, Kevin G.; Rugumayo, Albert. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; GTF; RNFD; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Practical Action Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853398902
ISBN
9781853398902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.11

Paperback. A pioneering study of South African theatre under Apartheid, exploring the ways in which the stage became an arena for the battle against oppression. Series: African Culture Collection. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; AN; HBJH; HBTB; JFC; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783609802
ISBN
9781783609802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.69

Paperback. The first international English-language publication of Hampate Ba's acclaimed novel. Translator(s): Taylor, Aina Pavolini. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2ADF; FA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212269
ISBN
9780253212269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. Making Africa Work is a first-hand account and handbook of how to ensure growth beyond commodities and create jobs in the continent. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048736
ISBN
9781849048736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Hardcover. Readers Union." 175 p. illus. 21 cm. Dust wrapper. A good copy. Dw spine and edges dulled." Keywords: "Missions, Medical"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Faith Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1961
Edition
Book Club (BCA/BOMC)
SKU
KEX0046928
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. From 19th-century studio practice through the independence era, African photography has been known for modes of portraiture that crystallize the sitter's identity and social milieu. This title reconsiders African contemporary photographic portraiture by presenting four practitioners whose concerns range well beyond questions of social identity. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 264 x 16. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777426327
ISBN
9783777426327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. Analyses on-going movements against inequality and injustice in South Africa to show how these are rooted in its early history, anti-apartheid resistance and struggles for independence. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011350
ISBN
9781847011350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442239012
ISBN
9781442239012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 35.06

Hardback. An ethnography of the lives of white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, this book examines their relationships with the natural and social environments of the region. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387732
ISBN
9781782387732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.28

Paperback. FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description "epic", in its true sense, but the term "masterpiece" as well' Independent Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 45. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007562930
ISBN
9780007562930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. A trenchant assessment of the ANC's political elite in power and their role in dashing the hopes and aspirations of the post-apartheid generation Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047234
ISBN
9781849047234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.89

Paperback. An essential insight into the shaping of an African giant. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780329062
ISBN
9781780329062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.64

Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription on ffep
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Hutchinson Educational, London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KLN0001608
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 17.95

Paperback. A ground-breaking history of class struggle and the making of the black working class in South Africa. Series: African History Archive. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 1 biography, 1 index, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 20. .
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783609840
ISBN
9781783609840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Paperback. An accessible, eye-opening account that fundamentally challenges mainstream accounts of economic growth in Africa Series: African Arguments. Num Pages: 113 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783601325
ISBN
9781783601325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138958036
ISBN
9781138958036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.52

Paperback. An ethnographic examination of how northern Ugandans understand and attempt to control their moral universe and material circumstances in the midst of civil war. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. Num Pages: 286 pages, 8 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda. Series: The Cultures and Practices of Violence. 304 pages, 8 illustrations. Since 1986, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have lived in the crossfire of a violent civil war, with the Lord's Resistance Army and other groups fighting the Ugandan government. This title describes how the Acholi - the younger generation, those born into the era of civil strife - understand and attempt to control their moral universe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JFFE; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341918
ISBN
9780822341918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. In 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJG; BGB; HBJH; HBLW; KNTJ; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185057
ISBN
9780141185057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a "modern" identity. These young men and women see themselves as the avant garde of a new Africa, while they also express the recurring worry of how to combine an "African" identity with the new lifestyles with which they are experimenting. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454782
ISBN
9780857454782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.83

Hardback. Local initiatives, local control and local ownership are increasingly characteristic of Africa's petroleum sector, as Ovadia sets out in his book. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044769
ISBN
9781849044769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 52.60

Paperback. As Jacob Zuma moves into the twilight years of his presidencies of both the African National Congress (ANC) and of South Africa, this book takes stock of the Zuma-led administration and its impact on the ANC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; 3JM; JPFK; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Wits University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868148844
ISBN
9781868148844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. This painstakingly researched book explains how Egypt's once-robust Greek population dwindled to virtually nothing, beginning with the abolition of foreigners' privileges in 1937 and culminating in the nationalist revolution of 1952. Num Pages: 298 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1HBE; 3JJ; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334474
ISBN
9781785334474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.75

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