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Paperback. This work traces the origins of one of Africa's richest and most sophisticated music cultures, from its beginnings in the 13th century Mali Empire, to the recording studios of Paris and New York. It focuses on four spheres of Mande music: hunter's music, music of the jelis or griots, and jembe. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 440 pages, 78 halftones, 30 line drawings, 36 musical examples, 8 maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGE; AVGW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101620
- ISBN
- 9780226101620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.41
€ 48.99
€ 38.41
Paperback. The Ghosts of Happy Valley is a mesmerising blend of travel narrative, social history and personal quest. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781311677
- ISBN
- 9781781311677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.76
€ 16.99
€ 12.76
Paperback. Gives play to the personalities involved, from Felix Houphouet-Boigny, 'The Ram', who managed Ivorian politics for the country's first 33 years of independence, to the contemporary First Lady Simone Gbagbo. This book's analysis is of the dynamics in place that give certain predictability to the actions of each of the key figures in the drama. Num Pages: 238 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 214 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658160
- ISBN
- 9781850658160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.62
€ 33.99
€ 30.62
Paperback. An extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorer Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp. b&w illustrations section. BIC Classification: 1HF; BGH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 34. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191004
- ISBN
- 9780300191004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.61
€ 25.99
€ 19.61
Paperback. The askari, African soldiers recruited in the 1890s to fill the ranks of the German East African colonial army, occupy a unique space at the intersection of East African history, German colonial history, and military history. This book recovers and reconsiders the origin and role of these men, and of colonial soldiers more generally. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821420898
- ISBN
- 9780821420898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. Tells the story of South Africa's shocking propaganda campaign which sold apartheid across the world Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JPVL; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399140
- ISBN
- 9780745399140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.50
€ 23.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; 3JM; HBJH; JPF; JPH; JPL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781928232322
- ISBN
- 9781928232322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.49
€ 20.99
€ 19.49
Hardback. A "g'adl" or hagiography, originally written by G'alawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions. Num Pages: 544 pages, 64 color illus. 18 halftones. 4 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JD; HBJH; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 262 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1512.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164212
- ISBN
- 9780691164212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Marion and Shiva Stone, born in a mission hospital in Ethiopia in the 1950s, are twin sons of an illicit union between an Indian nun and British doctor. Bound by birth but with widely different temperaments they grow up together, in a country on the brink of revolution, until a betrayal splits them apart. But fate has not finished with them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Edition
- First Vintage Books Edition
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443636
- ISBN
- 9780099443636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Hardcover. A collection of South Africa's best-loved dishes, shot on location, from Plattenberg Bay to the Karoo Desert. Featuring sizzling braais, slow-cooked campfire potjies, boboties, sosaties, sambals, bunny chows and Boerewors, it is a celebration of the cooking traditions of this rainbow nation of African tribes, settlers and immigrants. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 300 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 290 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754830573
- ISBN
- 9780754830573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.34
€ 32.99
€ 29.34
Hardback. Editor(s): Ndemo, Bitange; Weiss, Tim. Num Pages: 509 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; KJH; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 218 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578808
- ISBN
- 9781137578808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.48
€ 41.48
Paperback. A comprehensive examination of the contemporary mineworkers' movement in South Africa, in a vivid ethnographic narrative Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336480
- ISBN
- 9780745336480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.50
€ 23.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 600 photos, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1HFGT; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Papyrus Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 4Rev e.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780620341905
- ISBN
- 9780620341905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.96
€ 18.99
€ 13.96
Hardcover. A Lions tour is the pinnacle in the career of any rugby player from the four Home Unions. This title presents a record of the sometimes controversial and always absorbing six weeks of rugby history, from the first match on 30th May to the third, and final, Test against the Springboks on 4th July, 2009. Editor(s): Robertson, Ian. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFMS; WSB; WSJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Corinthian United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906850098
- ISBN
- 9781906850098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.96
€ 26.99
€ 17.96
Paperback. Culture Smart! Kenya provides a cultural bridge that will carry you beyond the gloss of the hotels and deep into the warp and weft of everyday life; beyond the game parks and into the intricacies of community and wildlife coexistence; beyond the bounds of Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFCA; WTH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857338584
- ISBN
- 9781857338584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
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
€ 17.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 83 b&w photos, 8 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816650026
- ISBN
- 9780816650026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
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
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Paperback. Focusing on the ways authors have traditionally responded to censorship, this is a collection of essays which attempt to understand the motives for censorship. It argues that a society bound by censorship engenders a destructive dynamic of belligerence and escalating rivalry. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DNF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111766
- ISBN
- 9780226111766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Paperback. The inspiring story of a 12-year-old American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe who change each other's lives when her letter for her class's pen-pal project finds its way to him. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 1KBB; BG; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316241335
- ISBN
- 9780316241335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.17
€ 15.99
€ 14.17