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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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