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Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226265056
ISBN
9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. This volume interweaves such diverse themes as colonial slavery and apartheid, human and carnivore evolution and science and romance, to show how we create the past and understand the present. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921297
ISBN
9780813921297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.23

hardcover. Editor(s): Moore, K. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1HFD; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Publication date
2004
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851999487
ISBN
9780851999487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.91

Hardback. Editor(s): Diouf, Mamadou. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162623
ISBN
9780231162623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.85
€ 83.20

Paperback. The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. This work aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. Editor(s): Bonner, Phillip; Esterhuysen, Amanda; Jenkins, Trefor. Num Pages: 420 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144181
ISBN
9781868144181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868142521
ISBN
9781868142521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.45

Paperback. After decades of civil war and instability, the African country of Angola is experiencing an economic boom thanks to its most valuable natural resource: oil. Focusing on the everyday realities of people living in the extraction zones, this work explores the exclusion, degradation and violence that are the fruits of petrocapitalism in Angola. Series: Global, Area, and International Archive. Num Pages: 338 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMA; HBJH; HBLX; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258228
ISBN
9780520258228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. The Goggam Chronicle is a vital source for the history of church and state in Ethiopia. This English edition and translation addresses the needs of scholars, researchers, and all those interested in Ethiopian history, Amharic language and literature, and the Orthodox church. Editor(s): Getahun, Girma. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
British Academy
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197263099
ISBN
9780197263099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; GTB; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 34. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810971
ISBN
9780761810971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.25

Paperback. In demonstrating how women's activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women's social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSJ1; JPHV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895791
ISBN
9780801895791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. Based on fact, Historie de Louis Anniaba was first published in 1740 but has never before been reprinted. The story allows a degree of narrative and geographical fantasy, but the legal context of the period, in this volume brought into play for the first time, throws into relief the author's free-thinking stance. Editor(s): Little, Roger. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDU; BGH; BT; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 126 x 8. Weight in Grams: 175.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896702
ISBN
9780859896702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.64

Paperback. Furthermore, Bleck demonstrates that increasing levels of education are associated with increases in more engaged forms of political participation, including campaigning, willingness to run for office, and contacting government officials. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13, 12 black & white line drawings, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; JNA; JNF; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417813
ISBN
9781421417813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.18

Paperback. Did the transition to democracy improve the state of the South African people? This multi-disciplinary study examines the distribution of wealth, collective identity and citizen participation in civil society. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Human Sciences Research Council
Condition
New
SKU
V9780796919854
ISBN
9780796919854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011107
ISBN
9781847011107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Politics in My Blood. 352 pages, illustrations. Kader Asmal, lawyer and teacher, South African Cabinet minister, and the driving force behind the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, has been called many things -- 'small, bustling, curious, courageous, indefatigable' (Irish Times) and 'dapper, combative, witty, cantankerous, sarcastic, urbane, precisely spoken' (Sunday Times). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; 3JMC; BM; JPQ. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 28. Weight: 586.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770099036
ISBN
9781770099036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 266 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HBJH; HBTQ; KCM; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022776
ISBN
9780253022776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.58

paperback. This title presents case studies of public participation in democratic governance in South Africa. It examines the voluntary activities by which members of the public share in the processes of governance through democratic institutions. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTB; JPHV; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HSRC Press South Africa
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780796919830
ISBN
9780796919830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. This book explores the impact of Americans' faith-based educational initiatives on the lives of school children in East Africa, as seen from the perspectives of American missionaries and East Africans alike. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HRA; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804768511
ISBN
9780804768511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

paperback. Editor(s): Graham, Paul; Coetzee, Alice. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 250 x 7. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Idasa
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781919798349
ISBN
9781919798349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362067
ISBN
9780822362067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardcover. The Rwandan genocide was one of the bloodiest events in the late twentieth century and the international community's response has stimulated a great deal of interest and debate ever since. In this study, Dean White provides the most thorough review of Britain's response to the crisis written to date. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFGR; HBTZ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719095238
ISBN
9780719095238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBJH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594546716
ISBN
9781594546716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.26
€ 55.92

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813527833
ISBN
9780813527833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

paperback. This collection presents new investigations into the role of heritage languages and the correlation between culture and language from a pedagogic and cosmopolitical point of view. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107447295
ISBN
9781107447295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.95

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