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Hardback. An overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2HCBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010797
ISBN
9781847010797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, 8000 entries. BIC Classification: 2H; CBD; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 103 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Hippocrene Books
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781802642
ISBN
9780781802642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3,000+ entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2HC; CBDX; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781810869
ISBN
9780781810869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hippocrene Books
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781813563
ISBN
9780781813563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1800 entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2HCBQ; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781808132
ISBN
9780781808132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya. Editor(s): Jeyifo, Biodun. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 672 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393975291
ISBN
9780393975291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.69

Paperback. This work provides a systematic and comprehensive reconstruction of proto-Afroasiatic. The book applies throughout the established canon and techniques of the historical-comparative method and incorporates up-to-date evidence from the distinctive African branches of the family. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 575 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2H; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 34. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
575
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520097995
ISBN
9780520097995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.93

Paperback. Presents the documentation of Nzadi, a Bantu language spoken by fishermen along the Kasai River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This title covers the segmental phonology, tone system, morphology, and sentence structure, followed by appendices on the Nzadi people and history and on Proto-Bantu to Nzadi sound changes. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2HCB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520098862
ISBN
9780520098862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.42
€ 43.33

Paperback. African literature has commonly been seen as representationally naive vis-a-vis modernism, and canonical modernism as reactionary vis-a-vis postcolonial literature. What brings these two bodies of work together, argues the author, is their disposition toward Utopia or the horizon of a radical reconfiguration of social relations. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122120
ISBN
9780691122120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.46

Paperback. Series: African Literature Today. 173 pages, 17, 17 black and white. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. Brings together experiences of teachers of African literature from around the world in the context of technological change. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; 2H; DSBH; JNU. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 12. Weight: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
James Currey
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847015112
ISBN
9781847015112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. Describes what might be called the workers' culture of Shaba, through analyses of communicative (sociolinguistic) and cognitive (ethnosemantic) aspects of language use. In this study, inquiry will be directed to the past, and it will, for many reasons, have to reach into a past which is rather remote from present-day Shaba Swahili. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1H; 2H; 3JH; 3JJ; CF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780520076259
ISBN
9780520076259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Hardcover. This book describes the lexical phonology and morphology of the verb stem in Ciyao. Series: Stanford Monographs in African Languages. Num Pages: 250 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 2HCB; CFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 637.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Edition
74th ed.
SKU
V9781575862477
ISBN
9781575862477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.29

Paperback. Series: Hippocrene Dictionaries and Phrasebooks. Num Pages: 194 pages, 2500 entries. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2HCBD; CBDX; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 97 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hippocrene Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Blg Rep
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781809054
ISBN
9780781809054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

paperback. The Akan language is a group of dialects within the larger Niger-Congo language family, whose other branches include Swahili, Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, and Zulu. The subgroup of Akan known as Twi includes the dialects of Akuapem and Asante. This guide features Asante Twi. Editor(s): Hippocrene Books. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2H; CBDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 105. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hippocrene Books
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780781813297
ISBN
9780781813297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2HCBD; WTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 105 x 4. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bilingual Books Inc.,U.S. United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931873970
ISBN
9781931873970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 10.82

paperback. Editor(s): Bodunde, Charles. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510661
ISBN
9783927510661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Paperback. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 105 pages, Ill.2col.ill.2mus.exs. BIC Classification: 2HCWVY; AVGC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies,Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510777
ISBN
9783927510777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206984
ISBN
9780872206984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.59
€ 43.95

paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2H; 3JM; DSA; DSBH; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Publishing Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636666
ISBN
9783837636666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.21

Paperback. Charts new directions in the study of African-language literatures generally, and isiZulu fiction in particular. Mhlambi proposes that African popular arts and culture models be considered as a logical solution to the debates and challenges informing discourses about expressive forms in African languages. Num Pages: 220 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 2H; CJB; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145652
ISBN
9781868145652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

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