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Hardback. A major new approach to the study of the social and economic history of colonial French West Africa, this book traces French efforts to establish a cotton export economy in the French Soudan from the early nineteenth century through the end of World War II. Num Pages: 396 pages, 17 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 655.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726528
ISBN
9780804726528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Hardback. A biting satire on corruption, Xala set the standard for the new wave of African cinema. This is a dazzlingly illustrated reflection on West African cultural practices -- literary, social and visual -- and one of a kind. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; APF; HBJH; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046954
ISBN
9781849046954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
C P Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910241936
ISBN
9781910241936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.47
€ 41.99

Hardback. Offers an account of one of the most gripping rescue missions in African history, told by a doctor involved in saving the lives of Nigerian workers who became victims of a tragic American chemical company explosion. Num Pages: 188 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 1KBB; 3JJPN; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616082277
ISBN
9781616082277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. Focuses on the antelope that dominates the savanna ecosystems of eastern and southern Africa. This book presents a synthesis of research conducted over a span of fifty years, mainly on the wildebeest in the Ngorongoro and Serengeti ecosystems, where eighty percent of the world's wildebeest population lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFM; PSAF; PSVS; PSVW7; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273191
ISBN
9780520273191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; CFH; GTC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611170993
ISBN
9781611170993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.22
€ 34.76

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

€ 37.65

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations , maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; GBC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Fourth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810849068
ISBN
9780810849068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.00

Paperback. This volume offers a geological summary and detailed mapping of paleo sea level markers on Cape Verde. It documents uplift of the islands relative to sea level and uses the uplift features to test various models of hotspot development. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; PHVG; RBG; RGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642268076
ISBN
9783642268076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. This volume offers a geological summary and detailed mapping of paleo sea level markers on Cape Verde. It documents uplift of the islands relative to sea level and uses the uplift features to test various models of hotspot development. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDV; PHVG; RBG; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642191022
ISBN
9783642191022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

paperback. In 70s South Africa, the author - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand the horrors wrought by apartheid. In this book, he attempts to understand his country, its racial hatred, and his own tortured conscience. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099583462
ISBN
9780099583462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Hardback. With The Lion Sleeps Tonight South Africa's answer to Hunter S. Thompson returns with his first book since the groundbreaking classic My Traitor's Heart. Num Pages: 317 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 599. With The Lion Sleeps Tonight South Africa's answer to Hunter S. Thompson returns with his first book since the groundbreaking classic My Traitor's Heart. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight: 598.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611856057
ISBN
9781611856057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. With The Lion Sleeps Tonight South Africa's answer to Hunter S. Thompson returns with his first book since the groundbreaking classic My Traitor's Heart. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611855838
ISBN
9781611855838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. This work is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, since the 1970s. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 489 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
489
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333984567
ISBN
9780333984567
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.83

Paperback. This collection of essays explores the contemporary crises in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo-Kinshasa, offering important new insights into the cycle of genocidal violence, ethnic strife, and civil war that has made the Great Lakes region of Central Africa the most violent on the continent. Series: National and Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220902
ISBN
9780812220902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Features an adventurous travel to Congo, one of the most dangerous and inhospitable jungle in the world. Num Pages: 480 pages, 16pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140121391
ISBN
9780140121391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Shows how regional and international interventions, combined with piracy, have compounded pre-existing tensions in the Horn of Africa. Editor(s): Bereketeab, Redie. Num Pages: 224 pages, five illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 3JM; GTF; GTJ; JPS; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333113
ISBN
9780745333113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. While in the West it is said that women can never be too thin, semi-nomadic Arabs in Niger cherish a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Feeding Desire analyses this beauty ideal in the context of Islam, conceptions of health, and notions of desire Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs and 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDR; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
First American Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415280969
ISBN
9780415280969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.33

Paperback. Rebecca Haile lived in Ethiopia until she was 11 years old. When the Emperor was deposed by a military coup, her father was shot. Barely surviving, he escaped with his family and settled in Minnesota where they struggled with the strain of their changed circumstances. This book brings into focus the consequences of political upheaval in Ethiopia. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; BG; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897335560
ISBN
9780897335560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Christian Focus Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845505394
ISBN
9781845505394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

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