Cultural Literature
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE IN AFRICA: CAMEROON UNDER PAUL BIYA
This book is written by an outstanding group of scholars, all of whom have a genuine and longstanding interest in peace and social justice in Cameroon. It makes a significant contribution to the debate on poverty alleviation in Cameroon, the...
$45.43
NIGERIAN CITIES
The growth of Nigerias urban population has been phenomenal, with Lagos abeing one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Rapid growth also brings problems, notably the short-age of social amenities, crime and violence. Drawing on specific examples from...
$29.95
GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP: DEBATING THE AFRICAN CONDITION, MAZRUI AND HIS CRITICS, VOL. 2+C213
Is Ali Mazrui a visionary or a "vacuous" intellectual? Is he reactionary, revolutionary or essentially a radical pragmatist? These questions were the focus of a special plenary session of the Conference of African Association of Political Science that took place...
$34.95
AFRICAN WOMEN AND GLOBALIZATON: DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY (COMING SOON)
Under The North Star: Black Communities in Ontario Before Confederation
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Publisher : Africa World Press (September 30, 2005)
Language : English
Hardcover : 452 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592213545
ISBN-13 : 978-1592213542
Item Weight : 1.09 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 8.5 inches
$38.34
FOUNDATIONS OF NIGERIA: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF TOYIN FALOLA, VOL. 2
The Foundations of Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola Vol. 2 captures within the borders of a single volume a wide range of themes that underline the foundations of modern Nigeria, notably nationalism, constitutional development, politics and government, economy,...
$39.95
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS: An Examination of the Spiritual Life of African and African-American People Mumia Abu-Jamal From the founding legends of Abyssinia's royal house to the hidden "hush harbors" of black captives in the America's southland, Mumia Abu-Jamal presents...
$27.99
Chiefs, Power and Social Change: Chiefship and Modern Politics in Botswana, 1880s - 1990s (PB)
This book identifies the institution of chiefship as the focal point of the critical discourse on continuity and social change in colonial and postcolonial Botswana. Analyzed within an expansive social and political context, the institution of chiefship represents a critical...
$24.47
CAMEL TRACKS: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SAHELIAN LITERATURES
Camel Tracks is a new volume of critical essays on the francophone literatures of countries in the African Sahel, which includes large parts of countries that lie south of the Sahara desert. Too often defined as a geographical space (Burkina...
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AFRICAN WRITER'S AND THEIR READERS (COMING SOON)
African Writers and Their Readers: Essays in Honor of Bernth Lindfors (Classic Authors and Texts on Africa) (v. 2) Product details Publisher : Africa World Pr (January 1, 2003) Language : English Paperback : 288 pages ISBN-10 : 0865438609 ISBN-13 : 978-0865438606 Item Weight : 2.02...
$34.95
FEAR IS A COW
Fear Is a Cow
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Publisher : Red Sea Pr (August 1, 2002)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1569021589
ISBN-13 : 978-1569021583
Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
$49.95
AFROCENTRIC PARADIGM
This book focuses on the intellectual dimension of Afrocentricity, which has aroused a great deal of interest since its inception, but has remained clouted with theoretical confusion. Writing from an Afrocentric perspective, the contributors to the volume argue that Afrocentricity...
$29.95
AFRICA AND OTHER CIVILIZATIONS: Conquest and Counter-Conquest
This second volume of The Collected Works of Ali A. Mazrui will provide readers with a broad spectrum of Ali A. Mazui's scholarly writings. With a special emphasis on the inextricability of conquest and counter-conquest, it considers Africa's interaction with...
$36.38
AFRICANITY REDEFINED: Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Vol.1
Africanity Redefined: Collected Essays of Ali A. Mazrui, Volume I is the first of three volumes of Ali A. Mazrui's most important essays. The eventual three-volume work will provide readers with a broad spectrum of Professor Mazrui's writings during his...
$29.95
IN THE LAND OF SOLOMON AND SHEBA (COMING SOON)
Book by Summerskill, Mimi Lafollete
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Publisher : Red Sea Pr (December 1, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 200 pages
ISBN-10 : 1569020930
ISBN-13 : 978-1569020937
Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
$7.88
JIMMA ABBA JIFAR: An Oromo Monarcy in Ethiopia (with a postcript)
Established around 1830, the Kingdom of Jimma Abba Jifar was the largest and most powerful of the five monarchies formed by the Oromo in the Gibe region of southwestern Ethiopia. Although the Oromo are known for their democratic ("republican") gada...
$21.95
ON THE MORNING TIDE: AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY IN THE HISTORICAL EBB AND FLOW OF HUDSON RIVER SOCIETY
On the Morning Tide, like the author's earlier book, Long Hammering, continues the challenge of creating a more accurate image of the African American in the history of New York. Using an array of primary and secondary sources, including diary...
$24.95
AFRICAN REFORMATION: AFRICAN INITIATED CHRISTIANITY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
African Reformation: African Initiated Christianity in the 20th Century
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Publisher : Africa World Pr (October 1, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 300 pages
ISBN-10 : 0865438846
ISBN-13 : 978-0865438842
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.75 x 8 inches
$29.95
DEATH OF A MYTH: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON NIGERIA
Known as the "Giant of Africa," Nigeria is without doubt a country of immense natural and human resources. It has, however, managed to remain hardly more than a gnome. After decades of debilitating military dictatorship and the demise of another...
$25.42
IMAGES OF AFRICA: STEREOTYPES AND REALITIES
This book offers those rare and exceptional insights into the historical and cultural processes through which various perceptions of Africa were crystallized into negative images and stereotypes that became so pervasive and profound that Africa is still trying to shake...
$34.95
EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON TSITSI DANGAREMBGA (COMING SOON)
Emerging Perspectives on Tstsi Dangarembga: Negotiating the Postcolonial
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Publisher : Africa World Pr (October 1, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 382 pages
ISBN-10 : 0865439338
ISBN-13 : 978-0865439337
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
$29.95