Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations.
AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami Wata, a Cape Town surf company that fiercely believes in the power of African surf. Mami Wata brings together its co-founder Selema Masekela and some of Africa's finest photographers, thinkers, writers, and surfers to explore the unique culture of eighteen coastal countries, from Morocco to Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa, and beyond. Packed with over fifty essays, AFROSURF features surfer and skater profiles, thought pieces, poems, photos, illustrations, ephemera, recipes, and a mini comic, all wrapped in an astounding design that captures the diversity and character of Africa.
AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami Wata, a Cape Town surf company that fiercely believes in the power of African surf. Mami Wata brings together its co-founder Selema Masekela and some of Africa's finest photographers, thinkers, writers, and surfers to explore the unique culture of eighteen coastal countries, from Morocco to Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa, and beyond. Packed with over fifty essays, AFROSURF features surfer and skater profiles, thought pieces, poems, photos, illustrations, ephemera, recipes, and a mini comic, all wrapped in an astounding design that captures the diversity and character of Africa.
A HISTORY OF TIGRINYA LITERATURE
A History of Tigrinya Literature in Eritrea Product details Publisher : Africa Research and Publications; 2nd UK ed. edition (November 1, 2010) Language : English Paperback : 266 pages ISBN-10 : 1592217524 ISBN-13 : 978-1592217526 Item Weight : 14.6 ounces Dimensions : 6.02 x 0.71 x...
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Hamitic Bible Dictionary
the Hamitic dictionary is the only dictionary known at this time that details and documents the African contribution, by classifying every letter of the alphabet, sounds, and all biblical words, including every conceivable thought, as having a direct root to...
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof
First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers' columns from the syndicated newspaper feature titled Your History. Patterned after the look of Ripley's popular Believe It or Not the multiple...
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New African Fashion
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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
From the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of our fiercest political activists, a fictional meditation on power and greed—at once a literary hoot, a whodunit, and a scathing indictment of political and social corruption.In...
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In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial...
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Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
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African Europeans: An Untold History
A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a...
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