Cultural Literature
NATIVE TONGUES An African Hip Hop Reader
Native Tongues reminds the world that Africa is not a country. This diverse anthology draws readers attention to the fact that African hip-hop is rich, multi-layered and incisive in its engagement with postcolonial issues in the age of Empire. --...
$34.95
EXTENDED FAMILIES IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (COMING SOON)
This Volume presents a descriptive and interpretive analysis of the nature, functioning, and variations of extended families in Africa and the African Diaspora. Extended families have played important roles in the societies of the African world, where social safety nets...
$39.95
LAND STRUGGLES AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
This volume is based on original field research on land struggles and civil society in Southern Africa, with chapters on South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Zambia. Most chapters are written by NGO and grassroots activists....
$34.95
Liberation Lite: The Roots of Recolonization in Southern Africa
Liberation Lite takes as its principal focus the limited meaning that liberation has come to have in southern Africa despite the heroic struggles there that had so recently overthrown white racist rule. For the subsequent neocolonial recolonization of the subcontinent...
$20.21
African Pentecostalism: v. I: Global Discourses, Migrations, Exchanges and Connections: The Collected Essays of Ogbu Uke Kalu (Collected Essays/Ogbu Kalu 1) (COMING SOON)
This book provides an excellent lens to view, interpret, and evaluate the Pentecostal experience in the African continent. Contrary to dominant Western perspectives on African Pentecostalism which sees it as a religious vehicle for Western global cultural influences in Africa,...
$119.95
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO AND THE MAKING OF REMO: THE LOCAL POLITICS OF A NIGERIAN NATIONALIST
This admirable and richly textured book should be widely read not only by those inter-ested in Yoruba history and modern Nigeria but by all those who seek a mature under-standing of the intricate connections between local and national politics. Nolte...
$34.95
BACK ON TRACK: SECTOR-LED GROWTH IN AFRICAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT (HB) (COMING SOON)
This book is a reflection of the generally held view that past and current development strategies have not worked for Africa and that new research-based thinking is urgently needed to put the Continent s long delayed growth back on track....
$119.95
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Africa is a paradox that continues to baffle development scholars. With its largest stock of natural resources in the world, immense unused arable land and water, and a young population, it should have a record of significant economic growth and...
$39.95
DEBT-COLLECTOR (THE): AND OTHER STORIES
The Debt-Collector and Other Stories deals with African reality from traditional to modern times. The ten stories are snapshots of human experience told from different perspectives and covering the vast stretch of society. They range from the origin of witchcraft,...
$19.95
GARVEY, GARVEYISM AND THE ANTINOMIES IN BLACK REDEMPTION
In this copiously researched book, C. Boyd James charts and analyzes significant features of the legend of Marcus Mosiah Garvey and attempts to situate Garvey and Garveyism within the perspectives of his age. Prof. James posits that from the eighteenth...
$49.95
NO EASY VICTORIES: AFRICAN LIBERATION AND AMERICAN ACTIVISTS OVER A HALF-CENTURY, 1950-2000
Tell no lies; claim no easy victories - Amilcar Cabral, 1965 African news making headlines in the U.S.A. today is dominated by disaster: wars, famine, HIV/AIDS. Americans who respond from Hollywood stars to ordinary citizens are learning that real solutions...
$34.95
NGUGI WA THIONG'O'S DRAMA: AND THE KAMIRIITHU POPULAR THEATER EXPERIMENT (COMING SOON)
Kam r th has attracted considerable critical attention over the last twenty-five years. In this ground-breaking study of Kam r th , the author puts pressure on some of the assumptions driving earlier research. Moving from a savvy discussion of...
$29.95
ADDIS ABABA: Migration and the Making Of A Multi-ethnic Metropolis (941-1974) (COMING SOON)
Drawing from primary, secondary, archival and oral sources, the author discusses the political, economic and social transformations in Ethiopia during the period between 1941 and 1974 - and their implications for the growth of Addis Ababa. Product details Publisher : Red...
$100.00
Africa and the World Trading System, Volume 2: Country Case Studies
This three-volume set presents results of a research project initiated by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Titled Africa and the World Trading System, the project intended to identify and examine the critical analytical and policy issues involved in Africa...
$34.95
ENDANGERED BODIES: WOMEN, CHILDREN AND HEALTH IN AFRICA
Brings together perspectives on issues related to child and maternal health from a variety of different angles. While diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and others continue to threaten the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, there is more...
$29.95
HOW TO SAY IT IN ENGLISH, TIGRINYA AND ITALIAN
Text: English, Italian (translation)Original Language: English, Italian
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Publisher : Red Sea Pr; Multilingual edition (January 1, 1997)
Language : English
Paperback : 90 pages
ISBN-10 : 156902054X
ISBN-13 : 978-1569020548
Item Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
$18.53
LION-MAN AND OTHER STORIES (COMING SOON)
Lion-Man & Other Stories is a collection of short stories culled from the culture and folklore of the indigenous people of Bamunka. Bamunka is a small village with a population of approximately 76,500 located in the grass fields of the...
$14.95
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: THE ANALYTIC APPROACH (HB)(COMING SOON)
African Philosophy: The Analytic Approach
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Publisher : Africa World Press (July 1, 2005)
Language : English
Hardcover : 370 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592213693
ISBN-13 : 978-1592213696
Item Weight : 1.55 pounds
$109.95
AFRICA ON A GLOBAL STAGE
Africa on a Global Stage
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Publisher : Africa World Press, Inc. (November 15, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 159221388X
ISBN-13 : 978-1592213887
Item Weight : 10.8 ounces
Dimensions : 0.67 x 5.47 x 8.35 inches
$24.95
MADIBA
Book by Ifowodo, Ogaga
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Publisher : Africa World Pr; First Printing edition (April 1, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 90 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592210503
ISBN-13 : 978-1592210503
Item Weight : 5.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.25 x 8.5 inches
$12.95