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Hardback. Bringing together original, contemporary ethnographic research on the Northeast African state of Eritrea, this book shows how biopolitics - the state-led deployment of disciplinary technologies on individuals and population groups - is assuming particular forms in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): O'Kane, David; Hepner, Tricia Redeker. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455675
ISBN
9781845455675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

Hardback. The author goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. In this book, he casts his inimitable eye on a continent new to him, and the resultant diary, contains all his laugh-out-loud wit, wry observation and curious insight. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrated with 8pp of colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857524201
ISBN
9780857524201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Xolela Mangcu, who knew Biko, provides the first in-depth look at the life of one of the most iconic figures of the anti-apartheid movement, whose legacy is still strongly felt today, both in South Africa, and worldwide in the global struggle for civil rights, today. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; HBJH; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767857
ISBN
9781780767857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Hardback. The Big Cat Man - wildlife autobiography of Jonathan Scott, holiday reads and travel literature, including the BBC's Big Cat Diary, Paramount's Wild Things, and Elephant Diaries. Also included are photographs and illustrations by Jonathan and Angela Scott, plus coverage of the Maasai Mara and Serengeti, Antarctica, and travels to India and Bhutan. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKH; 1HFGK; 1MTS; BGA; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784770334
ISBN
9781784770334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.91

Paperback. The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences became aware of the suffering and atrocity being played out in the African Continent. This book talks about this incident. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155231
ISBN
9781844155231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardback. This book challenges the usual ways in which development and change are regarded in rural Africa and provides a corrective to state-centred studies of development. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps, 9 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 1 map, 9 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; HBJH; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635184
ISBN
9780748635184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.57
€ 113.01

Paperback. He makes practical recommendations about how election monitoring should evolve in the future if it is to continue to contribute to genuine democratization. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FMN; 1FMP; 1HFMW; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880506
ISBN
9780801880506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.56

Paperback. Presents an account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764580
ISBN
9780226764580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Series: Berlitz Pocket Guides. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 105 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berlitz Publishing Company
Condition
New
SKU
9781780049540
ISBN
9781780049540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.41

Hardcover. This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was affected by its colonial activities in the Congo. Num Pages: 300 pages, 2 b/w illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; 3JJ; 3JM; HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 624. 300 pages, 2 b/w illus. 4 tables. This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was affected by its colonial activities in the Congo. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; 3JJ; 3JM; HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTQ. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 26. Weight: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521194211
ISBN
9780521194211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.88

Paperback. The intent in this book is to removethe secrecy that surrounds incestuous abuse in white South Africa by presenting five in-depth personal accounts of sexual exploitation as told by the survivors. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE2; JFM; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
St. Martin's
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333642337
ISBN
9780333642337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 51.69

paperback. Beginning where stories of colonial liquor control and exploitation leave off, this title looks at the commerce of beer, it's valorising of male sociability and sports, and the corporate culture of South African Breweries, the world's most successful brewing company. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFCV; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221803
ISBN
9780253221803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145324
ISBN
9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. When does a country become a state? On 18 May 1991, the leaders of the Somali. National Movement and the elders of northern Somali clans proclaimed that they were setting up the new Republic of Somaliland. Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'? Series: African Issues. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps, photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; GTF; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394. Series: African Issues. 288 pages, maps, photographs. When does a country become a state? On 18 May 1991, the leaders of the Somali. National Movement and the elders of northern Somali clans proclaimed that they were setting up the new Republic of Somaliland. Why has Somaliland not followed Somalia into 'state collapse'?. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; GTF; JPH. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 17. Weight: 410.
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847013101
ISBN
9781847013101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 125 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; AJC; WNP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 116 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206. 128 pages, 125 colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFGK; AJC; WNP; WTH. Dimension: 179 x 116 x 10. Weight: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Camerapix
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874041214
ISBN
9781874041214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.42

Paperback. The poems in Tsitsi Ella Jaji's Beating the Graves meditate on the meaning of living in diaspora, an experience increasingly common among contemporary Zimbabweans. Vivid evocations of the landscape of Zimbabwe filter critiques of contemporary political conditions and ecological challenges, veiled in the multiple meanings of poetic metaphor. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 7. Weight in Grams: 177.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803299603
ISBN
9780803299603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HF; 3JJG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008112967
ISBN
9780008112967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with Nigeria's writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers, surveys, and a reading of close to 500 Nigerian novels - from lightweight romances to literary masterpieces - this work explores how global cultural flows and local conflicts meet in the production and reception of fiction. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map, 2 line illus., 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058290
ISBN
9780691058290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.14
€ 54.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 113 color + 27 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; AFKB; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 316 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1396.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222449
ISBN
9780300222449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.28
€ 46.32

Paperback. The climactic death-throes of Soviet Communism during the 1980s included a last-gasp attempt at strategic franchise expansion in Southern Africa. Channelled through Castro's Cuba, oil-rich Angolan armed forces (FAPLA) received billions of dollars of weaponry including MiG 23 and Sukhoi fighter jets, SAM 8 missile systems and armoured vehicles. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982024
ISBN
9781909982024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.13

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