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Hardcover. Traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. This book examines the emotional appeal of autochthony - as well as its dubious historical basis - and sheds light on a range of issues, such as multiculturalism, and national citizenship. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1HFJA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226289649
- ISBN
- 9780226289649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.99
€ 103.99
Paperback. Africa. 192. Some fogging
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- HODDER & STOUGHTON
- Edition
- Geography
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KNW0000836
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Kwame Nkrumah". 8 p. 44 cm. Original printed broadsheet. Good clean copy with suggestion of dust dulling to edges, folded in four." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0094082
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; PSPM; RNF; TQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616684129
- ISBN
- 9781616684129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.67€ 51.97
€ 73.67
€ 51.97
'The Land is Dying'. Contingency, Creativity and Conflict in Western K...
Geissler, Paul Wenzel; Prince, Ruth Jane
Hardback. Based on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores life in and around a Luo-speaking village in western Kenya during a time of death: the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, which by the turn of the century had affected every aspect of sociality and pervaded villagers' debates about the past, the future and the ethics of everyday life. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 444 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454814
- ISBN
- 9781845454814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.09
€ 168.09
Hardback. Looks at the vernacular cosmopolitanism of a group of jazz players in Ghana, who have traveled widely, played with American jazz greats, and blended Coltrane with local instruments and philosophy. This book describes their cosmopolitan outlook as an accoustemology, a way of knowing the world through sound. Num Pages: 328 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351481
- ISBN
- 9780822351481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Hardcover. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health. Editor(s): Jindra, Michael; Noret, Joel. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452054
- ISBN
- 9780857452054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Paperback. Transition and Justice examines a series of cases from across the African continent where peaceful new beginnings were declared after periods of violence and where transitional justice institutions helped define justice and the new socio-political order. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118944776
- ISBN
- 9781118944776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. This volume brings together eight of Blacking's most important theoretical papers which reveal his theoretical themes such as the innateness of musical ability and the properties of music as a symbolic or quasi-linguistic system. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1H; AVGH; DNF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 239 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226088303
- ISBN
- 9780226088303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
What are the Problems of Parliamentary Government in West Africa? The ...
Geoffrey (Chairman) de Freitas
Hardcover. Africa. 168 pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- The Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0000935
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 34.99€ 4.99
€ 34.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "The world last week". 6 p. 44 cm. Original Broadsheet. Good clean copy, folded in four and slightly dust dulled along folds." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0095644
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The expression 'national systems of innovation' was introduced in the 1980s to emphasize the interdependence between technical and institutional change. For many reasons, the work on Africa is especially important. No continent has a more complex pattern Num Pages: 361 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773077092
- ISBN
- 9788773077092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.59
€ 25.99
€ 19.59
Securing the Harvest: Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for Afr...
Vries, J.De; Toenniessen, Gary H.
paperback. This work provides a critical assessment of the ways in which breakthroughs in biotechnology, participatory plant breeding, and seed systems can be broadly employed in developing and delivering more productive crop varieties in Africa's diverse agricultural environments. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; PSTL; TCB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851995649
- ISBN
- 9780851995649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 168.01
€ 168.01
Hardback. Reveals how deaf people in Adamorobe did not live in a social paradise but that they created their own "Deaf Space" by seeking each other out to form a society of their own. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs, 11 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686320
- ISBN
- 9781563686320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 60.06
€ 71.30
€ 60.06
Political Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Inmaculada (University Of Granada) . Ed(S): S...
Editor(s): Szmolka, Inmaculada (University of Granada). BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; GTB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474415286
- ISBN
- 9781474415286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.84
€ 147.84
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463706
- ISBN
- 9781580463706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. In the mid 1800s, a group of High Anglicans formed the Universities Mission to Central Africa, bringing education, medical care and the Church to rural Africans. This work traces the mission's history and its lasting impact on public health care in South Central Africa. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 440 pages, 26 halftones, 12 line drawings, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302829
- ISBN
- 9780226302829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 37.99
€ 48.99
€ 37.99
Hardcover. Africa. 148 pp. Some wear to DJ but o/w very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Pall Mall Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0001303
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "Two tasks for Geneva talks". 6 p. 44 cm. Original printed broadsheet. Good clean copy folded twice." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0095679
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This text offers an interpretation of Egypt's so-called liberal era and an understanding of contemporary Egyptian society. It analyses both mainstream and conventional political and social forces and political activism among people from widely differing backgrounds. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 184 pages, map, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JFC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625315
- ISBN
- 9780815625315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.96
€ 26.96
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Tsehai Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974819822
- ISBN
- 9780974819822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
In original wrappers, 54pp. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Christian Action
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0016830
- ISBN
- 9780901500151
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144945
- ISBN
- 9781868144945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice. Editor(s): Vokes, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages, 110, 110 black & white illustrations, 110 black and white. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010537
- ISBN
- 9781847010537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57