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NOSTALGIC DRUM: ESSAYS ON NIGERIAN LITERATURE
This is the first collection of the essays of Femi Osofisan, the internationally recognized Nigerian dramatist, poet, and scholar, who is widely hailed as the leading writer in Africa. He belongs to the generation following that of Wole Soyinka and...
$36.94
KEEPING THE EMBERS ALIVE: MUSICIANS OF ZIMBABWE
Myrna Capp s down-to-earth interviews with thirteen musicians from Zimbabwe form the basis of this thought-provoking and informative collection. These are the personal stories of Zimbabwean traditional and pop singers, mbirists, guitarists, pianists, percussionists, dancers, praise poets, jazz musicians, and...
$24.97
BLENDING COLORS FROM LIFE: TRENTON'S OWN WATERCOLORIST, TOM MALLOY
Oral history comes alive in this fascinating tale of Tom Malloy (1912- ), former Artist Laureate of Trenton, New Jersey and the darling of myriad art-lovers. Conversations with this self-taught, African-American master painter of cityscapes guide the reader through his...
$18.04
BEYOND THE CANEBRAKES: CARIBBEAN WOMEN WRITERS IN CANADA (PB)
Beyond the Canebrakes: West Indian Women Writers in Canada is a text of fifteen essays and two interviews that examine the work of West Indian Women Writers living in Canada. The essays examine the work of literary artists Claire Harris,...
$34.95
NEPAD AND THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC POLICY IN AFRICA
In October 2001, at its Summit in Abuja, Nigeria, the African Union (AU) adopted the proposal for the New Partnership for Africa s Development (NEPAD). NEPAD is a fusion and a synthesis of two proposed development frameworks, the Millennium Partnership...
$38.33
GOLDEN APPLE: CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF CIVILIZATION
In praise of An African Answer: The Key to Global Productivity, by Edgar J. Ridley - "It is a great book." W. Edwards Deming"Symptomatic thinking may well be the answer to the world's problems." - Eric Watkins, African Business magazine."With The Golden Apple: Changing the...
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EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON AKINWUMI ISOLA
This book provides debates and representations of society to be found in the works of Akínwùmi Ìs ò lá, one of the leading contemporary writers in African-language. His numerous creative works have received national and international attention, and many of...
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF ERITREA: Recent Advances
The Archaeology of Ancient Eritrea unlocks the ancient mysteries of the northern Horn long obscured by a dominant focus on other regions and a long liberation struggle that prevented archaeological inquiry for nearly four decades. This volume examines for the...
$49.95
HIGHER EDUCATION IN POSTCOLONIAL AFRICA: PARADIGMS OF DEVELOPMENT, DECLINE AND DILEMMAS
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Publisher : Africa Research & Publications (December 24, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 402 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592214169
ISBN-13 : 978-1592214167
Item Weight : 1.38 pounds
$34.95
CONFIGURING THE AFRICAN WORLD: ESSAYS ON CONTINENTAL AND DIASPORIC LITERATURES AND CULTURES
Configuring the African World: Essays on Continental and Diasporic Literatures and Cultures Product details Publisher : Africa World Press (September 5, 2007) Language : English Paperback : 312 pages ISBN-10 : 1592214487 ISBN-13 : 978-1592214488 Item Weight : 1.05 pounds Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9...
$29.95
FROM MOGADISHU TO DIXON: The Somali Diaspora In A Global Context
For nearly two decades, and particularly since the civil war, Somali men, women, and sometimes even children without families fled the country in droves. Some sought refuge amongst established Somali communities in the Horn of Africa, the former colonial states...
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AFRICAN CHRISTIANITY: AN AFRICAN STORY
This book is designed as a textbook for use in seminaries, Bible colleges and universities that have sprouted with vigor in Africa. It is ideologically driven to build a group of church historians who will tell the story of African...
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EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON AMINATA SOW FALL: THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY IN HER NOVELS
For Aminata Sow Fall, writing is subversive because it poses questions that need answers. So, for her, the writer s role is not to moralize, but rather to raise questions and the readers are to act on the questions raised....
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E-GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA FROM THEORY TO ACTION: A HANDBOOK ON ICTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE
Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into governance processes can greatly enhance the delivery of public services to all citizens. ICTs integration will not only improve the performance of governance systems, it will also transform relationships amongst stakeholders, thus influencing...
$29.76
NEW TOYI TOYI: A PLAY
The New Toyi Toyi draws from research on Swazi, Southern African, and African cultural life. It was inspired by the quest for solutions to Africa s problems conceptualized as disease in the play, the need to seek for answers in...
$14.95
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...
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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...
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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