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Hardback. In The Brink of Freedom David Kazanjian revises dominant understandings of nineteenth-century conceptions of freedom by examining the letters of black settler colonists in Liberia and the letters and literature of Mayan rebels and their Creole antagonists in Yucatan, showing how they disrupted liberal formations of freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJH; HBJK; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361510
- ISBN
- 9780822361510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. By returning to a pivotal moment in South African history - the Cape Colony in the period 1770-1830 - this book addresses current debates about nationalism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, and postcolonial/post-apartheid culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; DSBF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664894
- ISBN
- 9780748664894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Ruthless revolutionary; passionate womaniser; activist; hothead. Meet the young Mandela. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 292. Some minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0009711
- ISBN
- 9780753825488
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This is the fascinating social history of a remote chiefdom in Zimbabwe. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HRC; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611300
- ISBN
- 9780748611300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.26
€ 41.99
€ 35.26
Hardback. David G. Pier offers an ethnographic study of the Senator Extravaganza traditional dance competition in Uganda, and the performers, marketers, and other actors who were involved in it. Pier illustrates the event as part of a broader moment in Ugandan and African public culture - one in which marketing is playing an increasingly dominant role. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; ASD; JFC; JHMC; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549396
- ISBN
- 9781137549396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Based on a performance by Djanka Tassey Condae. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; DC; HBJH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664953
- ISBN
- 9781624664953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.27€ 41.70
€ 52.27
€ 41.70
Hardback. This critical study of the African writer, Chinua Achebe, has been revised and a new chapter added. The underlying concern throughout is with his system of values and its response to the turbulent history of modern Nigeria - colonialism, independence, political disillusionment and military rule. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333490808
- ISBN
- 9780333490808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Paperback. A memoir of a very unconventional childhood, this work tells a tale of the fading innocence of childhood that is miles ahead of the competition. In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. For Dave, Kenya was bemusingly new. In Kenya, the childhood memoir takes on a surreal tone. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 226. Keywords: Africa/Memoir. 245pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KNW0007019
- ISBN
- 9780091897437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. 6 April 1994: In the skies above Rwanda the president's plane is shot down in flames. Near Kigali, Jean-Pierre holds his family close, fearing for their lives as the violence escalates. This book sheds light on this incident. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552775335
- ISBN
- 9780552775335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.08
€ 12.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry - "word music" - that focuses on the experiences of migrant life. Complete with transcriptions of performances, this book discusses this musical literature. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVGH; JFFN; JHM; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226115740
- ISBN
- 9780226115740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. This treatise defends the literary and political integrity of South African novelist J.M. Coetzee by arguing that he absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing the ethical tensions of the South African crisis. It describes the political contexts surrounding his novels. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078123
- ISBN
- 9780520078123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. The true story of the Mau Mau rebellion of 1952-60 in Kenya, told for the first time Num Pages: 432 pages, 16, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 32. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819029
- ISBN
- 9780753819029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Hardback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 254 pages, 11 b&w illus., 1 table, 11 video. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021342
- ISBN
- 9780253021342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 254 pages, 11 b&w illus., 1 table, 11 video. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 250 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253021458
- ISBN
- 9780253021458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Hardback. Beginning with a history of the environmental justice movement in the country, this book explores a range of conceptual and practical questions: How does environmental justice relate to issues of marginalization and poverty in South Africa? What are the links between environmental justice and other schools of environmental thought? Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPQB; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821414156
- ISBN
- 9780821414156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Answers questions such as: What is Thabo Mbeki's legacy for patterns of inclusion and exclusion based on race, class and gender? How, if at all, did his presidency reshape relations within the state, between the state and the ruling party and between the state and society? How did he reposition South Africa on the continent and in the world? Editor(s): Glaser, Daryl. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145027
- ISBN
- 9781868145027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. 278 pages, map. Since the early 1980s, the World Bank, backed by aid donor countries, has been involved in a determined effort to stimulate capitalist growth in Africa by prescribing a set of orthodox, neoliberal economic policies. Using Ghana as a case study, this book considers why this is the case. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPH. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105560
- ISBN
- 9780230105560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. Drawing on the discipline of stylistics, this book introduces a series of methodological tools and applies them to works by well-known Nigerian writers, including Abani, Adichie and Okri. In doing so, it demonstrates how attention to form fosters understanding of content in their work, as well as in African and postcolonial literatures more widely. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137264404
- ISBN
- 9781137264404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609805579
- ISBN
- 9781609805579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.19
€ 18.99
€ 17.19