Cultural Literature
HEROIC AGE IN SINNAR (COMING SOON)
The Heroic Age in Sinnar
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ASIN : B00FDW0V0E
Publisher : Red Sea Press,U.S. (January 1, 2007)
Paperback : 326 pages
$578.99
CROWN AND THE PEN (THE): The Memoirs of a Lawyer Turned Rebel
high-ranking official of the government of Emperor Haile Selassie who struggled for justice within an archaic system. Briefly stated, as Attorney General acting to advance progressive ideas in the context of an unreconstructed feudal society, the author was often involved...
$34.95
MILITARY AND THE NIGERIAN STATE, 1966-1993: A STUDY OF THE STRATEGIES OF POLITICAL POWER CONTROL
The Military and the Nigerian State establishes the circumstances of military incursion into Nigerian politics and examines the civil war and how it enhanced the military s control of political power. It highlights and analyses the strategies which the military...
$24.95
CULTURAL MODERNITY OF H.I.E. DHLOMO
H. I. E. Dhlomo (1903-1956), one of the most outstanding African intellectuals of the New African Movement, engaged the notion of the construction of modernity in South Africa in the first half of the twentieth-century. The movement s stellar roster...
$28.97
Changing Face of Race in America: The Role of Racial Politics in Shaping Modern America
If everyone is against racism now, why does awareness of race have such a deep, if hidden, hold on our consciousness, institutions, and politics? Why does racial thinking still have such a profound impact on the life chances of blacks...
$29.95
BIOPIRACY OF BIODIVERSITY: GLOBAL EXCHANGE AS ENCLOSURE (COMING SOON)
Seeds have been exchanged among cultures for millennia, but suddenly the means of controlling seed trade and genetic transfers have been dramatically altered. This book offers the best means to understand how this issue affects you and every person, present...
$29.95
AFRICAN WOMEN IN REVOLUTION
This book is an ambitious, extensive and detailed analysis of the roles played by African women in seven revolutionary movements in post World War 11 Africa. The revolutionary movements covered in this book occurred in: Algeria, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola,...
$29.52
HELD TOGETHER BY PINS: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE IN AFRICA
Once again, Africa is veering towards a precipice. The much-vaunted African renaissance, a three-way equation of a flowering of liberal democracy, culture, and economic growth appears to be in tatters. Instead, sagging economic performance, backsliding on liberal democracy and other...
$29.95
END-TIME ARMY: CHARISMATIC MOVEMENTS IN MODERN NIGERIA
Book by Ojo, Matthews A.
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Publisher : Turnaround (January 1, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 314 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592213669
ISBN-13 : 978-1592213665
Item Weight : 1.09 pounds
Dimensions : 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
$30.39
IN-DEPENDENCE FROM BONDAGE: CLAUDE MCKAY AND MICHAEL MANLEY DEFYING THE IDEOLOGICAL CLASH AND POLICY GAPS IN AFRICAN DIASPORA RELATIONS
In-dependence from Bondage
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Publisher : Africa Research & Publications (January 5, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 204 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592214657
ISBN-13 : 978-1592214655
Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.55 x 0.55 x 8.39 inches
$24.95
CONTESTED MEMORY: THE ICONS OF THE OCCIDENTAL TRADITION
W.E.B. Du Bois anticipated Serequeberhan in the Souls of Black Folk because Serequeberhan is arguably a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight. With philosophically astute arguments, Serequeberhan removes the veil. He steps beyond Kant...
$21.95
AFTERMATH OF SLAVERY: TRANSITIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA
In The Aftermath of Slavery Transitions and Transformations in Southeastern Nigeria the contributors present an in-depth survey of the impact of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade on the societies of the Lower Niger Basin of Nigeria. The book...
$24.95
AFRICA IN RUSSIA, RUSSIA IN AFRICA: THREE CENTURIES OF ENCOUNTERS (COMING SOON)
Once in a while in African studies there comes a book that is truly informative and a compelling read. This is one such book. It is an invaluable volume on a little explored subject, the long history of relations between...
$55.00
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT IN ETHIOPIA
Since the creation of the Ethiopian empire in the 1880s, political, economic, social and military power has been dominated by the elites of two minority groups. The vast majority of the peoples in Ethiopia have been subjected to the political...
$34.95
EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON BESSIE HEAD (COMING SOON)
Emerging Perspectives on Bessie Head
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Publisher : Africa World Press (June 1, 2006)
Language : English
Hardcover : 238 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592210732
ISBN-13 : 978-1592210732
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
$84.95
BREAKING STONE SILENCE: GIVING VOICE TO AIDS PREVENTION IN AFRICA
Breaking Stone Silence is about the astounding struggle over life and land in Africa and the resounding relationship between principles of prevention, community organization, social justice and community health. Written to be accessible to both students and lay readers concerned...
$24.95
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BOTSWANA IN THE1980S: A MODEL FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
This book presents a retrospective analysis of Botswana, a country in Africa that somehow succeeded in escaping the tragedies that are so endemic in sub-Saharan African countries. Many factors, obviously, have contributed to the rapid growth rates that Botswana experienced...
$21.95
ASINAMALI: UNDIVERSITY STRUGGLES IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Asinamali: University Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa
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Publisher : Africa World Press (April 14, 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 200 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592214363
ISBN-13 : 978-1592214365
Item Weight : 11.7 ounces
$19.95
CONTESTING SACRED SPACE: A PILGRIMAGE STUDY OF THE MWALI CULT OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
This is a study of pilgrimage to the Njelele shrine, a major sacred centre of the Mwali cult, the Southern Africa's cult of the High God. This study is mainly about the importance of sacred centres as central places, in...
$29.95
IMAGINING EVIL: WITCHCRAFT BELIEFS AND ACCUSATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
Imagining Evil: Witchcraft Beliefs and Accusations in Contemporary Africa (Religion in Contemporary Africa Series) Product details Publisher : Africa World Pr (January 1, 2006) Language : English Paperback : 298 pages ISBN-10 : 1592214851 ISBN-13 : 978-1592214853 Item Weight : 1.11 pounds Dimensions : 5.47 x 0.87...
$33.96