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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Editor(s): Bryceson, Deborah; Potts, Deborah. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSG; KCM; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403999474
ISBN
9781403999474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

Hardcover. Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137326560
ISBN
9781137326560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349459827
ISBN
9781349459827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.62

Paperback. Looks at the lives, challenges and contributions of African women from across the continent to making and participating in theatre in the 21st century. Editor(s): Banham, Martin; Gibbs, James; Osofisan, Femi. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 156 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011312
ISBN
9781847011312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Archaeological proof of the advanced civilization on the southern tip of Africa that preceded Sumer and Egypt by 200,000 years. Num Pages: 240 pages, Full-color throughout. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFHF; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 206 x 14. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591431503
ISBN
9781591431503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Hardcover. This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomble and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137009999
ISBN
9781137009999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. This text explores how Afro-Brazilians define their Africanness through Candomble and Quilombo models, and construct paradigms of blackness with influences from US-based perspectives, through the vectors of public rituals, carnival, drama, poetry, and hip hop." Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AS; JFC; JFSL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349436224
ISBN
9781349436224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist notions of democratization. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349496174
ISBN
9781349496174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.86

Hardcover. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 330 pages, 23, 23 black and white. A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JKSW1. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 32. Weight: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463805
ISBN
9781580463805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.86

Paperback. Bringing together canonical philosophical texts from African, African--American, Afro--Caribbean, and Black European thinkers, this major new anthology is designed to serve both as a textbook and as the authoritative reference volume in Africana philosophical and cultural studies. Editor(s): Eze, Emmanuel Chukwudi. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1H; 1KBB; HPD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 29. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631203384
ISBN
9780631203384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.39

Paperback. For over two centuries, Western scholars have discussed African philosophy and culture, often in disparaging, condescending terms, and always from an alien European perspective. This book demonstrates the potential for the development of African philosophy and even African traditional medicine. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; MM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896801523
ISBN
9780896801523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319525594
ISBN
9783319525594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 364 pages, 35 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017680
ISBN
9780253017680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFC; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349386703
ISBN
9781349386703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFC; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
2001st Edition
SKU
V9780312240394
ISBN
9780312240394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. Details African populations in motion Editor(s): Kane, Abdoulaye; Leedy, Todd H. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253005762
ISBN
9780253005762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

hardcover. This book examines the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. It takes optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances on various political actors and institutions, from government units and political parties to civil society organizations and minority groups. Editor(s): Mudhai, Okoth Fred; Tettey, Wisdom J.; Banda, Fackson. Series: The Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230614864
ISBN
9780230614864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; JFC; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349529216
ISBN
9781349529216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 219 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965875
ISBN
9781403965875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221544
ISBN
9780253221544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFC; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137334046
ISBN
9781137334046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. Proposing the novel concept of the "literary NGO," this study combines interviews with contemporary East African writers with an analysis of their professional activities and the cultural funding sector to make an original contribution to African literary criticism and cultural studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; GTF; HBTB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349462537
ISBN
9781349462537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Landscape studies provide a crucial perspective into the interaction between humans and their environment. This volume's integrative approach brings all relevant disciplines into the discussion, enhanced by photographs that put the discussion in context. Editor(s): Bollig, Michael; Bubenzer, Olaf. Series: Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation. Num Pages: 538 pages, 108 black & white illustrations, 41 colour illustrations, 21 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: HD; JFC; PSXE; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 819.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441926951
ISBN
9781441926951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 251.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649167
ISBN
9780816649167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

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