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Going to School in Sub-Saharan Africa
By: Omatseye, Jim Nesin; Omatseye, Bridget Olirejere
Published by: Greenwood Press
This volume examines schooling history and practices in Sub-Saharan Africa, for countries such as Angola, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and South Africa.
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Price: $71.50
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The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
By: Hallen, Barry
Published by: Indiana University Press
Hallen asks the Yoruba onisegun - the wisest and most accomplished herbalists or traditional healers - what it means to be good and beautiful. The onisegun explain the subtleties and intricacies of Yoruba language use and philosophy behind particular word choices. Their instructions reveal the depth of Yoruba aesthetics and ethics.
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Price: $14.35
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Great Zimbabwe
By: Hall, Martin
Published by: Oxford University Press (US)
This book is more a study of the archaeological process than simply a history of this ancient city in what is now Mozambique. The text explores how racism wrote and rewrote history to suit the ruling race's views. For the simple fact that many did not want to recognize that blacks could have built and inhabited a sizable, accomplished trading center so long ago, many mythical theories were developed to explain it. These theories attributed the civilization to ancient Egyptians, shipwrecked Vikings, even to the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. It wasn't until 1929 that it was decidedly proven that it could be attributed to Africans. The text then explores the process of radiocarbon dating and the manner in which artifacts are examined. Well-captioned full-color or black-and-white photos appear throughout.
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Price: $35.00
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Griots at War
By: Hoffman, Barbara G.
Published by: Indiana University Press
In 1985, while she was an apprentice griot, or jelimuso, Barbara G. Hoffman saw and recorded a remarkable event in the small town of Kita, Mali. For four days, thousands of griots from all parts of the Mande world gathered to talk, sing, and make music in celebration of the opening of the new Hall of Griots and the installation of the recently named Head Griot. This unprecedented assembly also marked the end of a deadly two-year conflict fought with griot weapons words, reputations, and sorcery.
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Price: $31.95
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Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe
By: Kriger, Norma J.; Anderson, David; Brown, Carolyn; Clapham, Christopher; Gomez, Michael; Manning, Patrick; Robinson, David
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Examines the peace settlement and veterans' programs after Zimbabwe's guerrilla war of independence. It shows continuities in the relationship between the ruling party and veterans in the first seven years and in contemporary Zimbabwe. This is the first extended study of the relationship between the ruling party and the veterans.
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Price: $31.00
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A History of Nigeria
By: Falola, Toyin; Heaton, Matthew M.
Published by: Cambridge University Press
An exploration of Nigeria's pre-colonial and colonial past, and its journey from independence to statehood.
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Price: $20.00
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Hugh Clapperton into the Interior of Africa
By: Lockhart, Jamie Bruce (ed.); Lovejoy, Paul E. (ed.)
Published by: Brill Academic Publishers
Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer and diplomat, made two expeditions into the interior of West Africa, the first across the Sahara Desert and the second inland from the Bight of Benin. His first expedition in 1822-24, crossed the Sahara to Borno. A second expedition, also an official mission of the British Government, was undertaken in 1825-27 and is the subject of this volume. Clapperton's diaries have been transcribed and reproduced in a form as close as possible to the original raw material.
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Price: $69.00
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I Didn't Do It for You
By: Wrong, Michela
Published by: Harper Collins
Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia, its giant neighbor, is woven into the national psyche, the product of cynical foreign interventions. Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new, racially pure Roman empire; Britain sold off its industry for scrap; the United States needed a base for its state-of-the-art spy station; and the Soviet Union used it as a pawn in a proxy war. In I Didn't Do It for You , Michela Wrong reveals the breathtaking abuses this tiny nation has suffered and, with a sharp eye for detail and a taste for the incongruous, tells the story of colonialism itself and how international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny.
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Price: $12.95
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Images and Empires
By: Landau, Paul Stuart; Kaspin, Deborah D.
Published by: University of California Press
Figurative images have long played a critical, if largely unexamined, role in Africa--mediating relationships between the colonizer and the colonized, the state and the individual, and the global and the local. This pivotal volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture.
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Price: $15.95
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Impact of Science on African Agriculture and Food Security
By: Anandajayasekeram, P.; Rukani, M.; Babu, S.
Published by: CAB International
The need for agricultural research resources in the developing world cannot be underestimated, but the availability of such resources is often poor. This book explores the importance of impact assessment studies in Africa, and assembles evidence to pave the way for investment in agricultural research all over the developing world.
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Price: $140.00
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