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Hardback. A detailed ethnographic and historical study of the implications of fast-track land reform in Zimbabwe from the perspective of those involved in land occupations around Lake Mutirikwi, from the colonial period to the present day. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; JHMC; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011121
- ISBN
- 9781847011121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Paperback. Since the 1990s, Mirzeler has travelled to East Africa to apprentice with storytellers. Remembering Nayeche and the Gray Bull Engiro is both an account of his experience listening to these storytellers and of how oral tradition continues to evolve in the modern world. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGU; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626317
- ISBN
- 9781442626317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.66
€ 45.99
€ 35.66
Paperback. Begins with an account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for "The Times". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFJ; 1HFMS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186399
- ISBN
- 9780141186399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. Arguing that village life is an effect of the modern and the global, this text analyzes everyday and social practices, and suggests that Kabre culture is shaped as much by colonial and postcolonial history as by anything "indigenous" or local. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669694
- ISBN
- 9780226669694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Ethiopia 1984: A groundbreaking account of the reporting of a famine and its unin- tended long-term consequences. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJPN; JFD; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042888
- ISBN
- 9781849042888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJ; 3JM; BM; JFFN; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 2. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613736586
- ISBN
- 9781613736586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.80
€ 18.99
€ 18.80
Hardcover. This volume assesses whether or not South Africa can achieve peace and stability following the violence, chaos and disorder that has accompanied the transition from apartheid. It examines important aspects which define the current situation in order to evaluate the prospects of peace. Editor(s): Brewer, John D. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333605912
- ISBN
- 9780333605912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HBJH; HBLW3; JPFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403983749
- ISBN
- 9781403983749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Paperback. Fourteen years after fleeing Kenya with her baby daughter, Corinne returned in the summer of 2004 to meet Lketinga and his family again in their village, Barsaloi. This book describes the changes she encountered in the village after all those years. Translator(s): Millar, Peter. Num Pages: 224 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905147403
- ISBN
- 9781905147403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.94
€ 15.99
€ 11.94
Paperback. The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in history. This study explores the unit's dramatic history, revealing the Rhodesian Light Infantry's airborne and combat capacity, which gave the unit, at times, near total tactical superiority against its opponents. Illustrator(s): Dennis, Peter. Series: Warrior. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 249 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472809629
- ISBN
- 9781472809629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. This volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVA; AVGD; HRK; HRLF; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226548203
- ISBN
- 9780226548203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. The story of the bravest battle ever fought. Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks. Num Pages: 464 pages, 24, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304366415
- ISBN
- 9780304366415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Rorke's Drift & Isandlwana 1879 Num Pages: 192 pages, 155 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750967303
- ISBN
- 9780750967303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardcover. A compelling, fresh account of the battle of Rorke's Drift, featuring an array of previously unpublished material including defender accounts and artwork. The author questions what is widely believed to be historical fact and instead offers up his own interpretation of one of the most established actions of the hospital fight. Num Pages: 208 pages, 49 illustrations, 21 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781555538
- ISBN
- 9781781555538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Nunez, Lorena; Malcomess, Bettina; Wilhelm-Solomon, Matthew; Kankonde Bukasa, Peter. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 329 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HRAM; JFSG; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137588890
- ISBN
- 9781137588890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.44
€ 161.44
Paperback. Why do Ghanaians suppress the history of enslavement? This book tackles this question by analyzing the slave trade's absence from public versions of coastal Ghanaian family and community histories, its troubled presentation in the country's classrooms and nationalist narratives, and its elaboration by the transnational tourism industry. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBTB; HBTS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349763
- ISBN
- 9780226349763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, was the first major astronomical observatory in the southern hemisphere, and this book presents an account of its origin, construction and use. It describes technical aspects, such as the instruments and their makers, the installation of the instruments and their initial problems. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; PGG; PHVB; UNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792335276
- ISBN
- 9780792335276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.65
€ 132.65
Paperback. Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying "happy are those who sing and dance," and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. This title deals with political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu's Zaire. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59 photos, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341123
- ISBN
- 9780822341123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. Editor(s): Yaro, Joseph Awetori. Num Pages: 269 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 257 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624171024
- ISBN
- 9781624171024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 300.61€ 204.63
€ 300.61
€ 204.63
paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFA; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634854085
- ISBN
- 9781634854085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.43€ 89.00
€ 116.43
€ 89.00