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Detailed study of Kenya's 1992 election. The two authors of this work analyse the case of post-colonial Kenya under Kenyatta and Moi and show how, in spite of a multi-party system, the ruling elite has kept power and wealth to itself. North...

Analyses the limits to democracy in Botswana. Is Botswana still 'an African miracle'? Thanks to diamonds the country's growth rate was the highest in the world into the 1990s, and regular parliamentary elections judged free on polling day have been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956509284Author Ivan VladislavicFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Sylph EditionsPublisher Sylph Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789970480173Author Hilda J TwongyeirweFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Femrite PublicationsPublisher Femrite PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Questions the reasoning behind Western images of the environmental destruction taking place in Africa. This book addresses the issue of how environmental orthodoxies become established, and what the alternative and appropriate approaches for...

This text examines the social and political impact of the Swahili language. The authors consider the spread of the Swahili language in Eastern and Central Africa against a background of interaction between church and state, and between economics and...

The East African Rift Valley is home to specialized agricultural regimes - their apparent isolation masking the degree of exchange between communities. This book reveals complex agricultural methods and dynamic farming strategies which evolved long...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789789839063Author James UseghanFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint 978-978-983-906-3Publisher 978-978-983-906-3Weight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Challenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe's land reform. Ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book provides the first full account of the consequences of these dramatic events. This land reform overturned a century-old pattern of...

"On the borders there were new guerrilla armies. The rouble and the dollar had replaced the pound sterling. The kilometre and the kilogram and the litre were new ways of measuring miles and imperial pounds and fluid ounces. In Zaire, Patrice Lumumba had...

A unique and stylish contribution to the social history of African cities and Zimbabwean cultural life. NEW LOW PRICE This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, which is set in the Bulawayo...

An account of a journey across an inhospitable region with former Tubu rebels at a time of Tuareg insurgency, when explosions from landmines rocked towns, mountains were overrun with militia and journalists were being thrown into desert prisons for...

Readers at all levels will find even-handed coverage of politics in sub-Saharan Africa's more than thirty states from the early years of independence to today. Readings in African Politics provides an overview of key topics and themes that...

This book reflects many of the concerns found in Decolonising the Mind and Moving the Centre. Ngugi has put together a new collection under an old title, rewriting most of the pieces that appeared in the original 1981 edition, and adding completely...

A historical reconstruction of the campaign to end the slave trade in Southeastern Nigeria. The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950, is a history of the campaign waged by Great Britain in colonial Nigeria from approximately...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143114734Author Rob SpillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738889808Author Oluwaseun Olowo-AkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Oluwaseun Olowo-AkePublisher Oluwaseun Olowo-AkeWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm)...

Africa and Africans south of the Sahara in the 1500 years or so before the colonial period began. The aim of this book is to present what is now known and what seems reasonable to believe about some leading aspects and achievements of African life and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087283186Author Pieta van BeekFormat HardbackPage Count 962Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University Press

Through a cross-cultural and comparative approach, it reveals both changes and significant continuities in the symbolism that conferred meaning to iron smelting over two thousand years in East and Central Africa. North America: Indiana U PressBook...

Urbanization has been an important feature of Africa's history for over 2000 years. Towns and cities have been arenas around which societies have organized themselves: as centres of trade and economic activity; as foci of political action and...

Counteracts the misconception of Africa having no history before colonisation. Eminent historian A. Adu Boahen gives an African perspective on colonialism. A. ADU BOAHEN was Professor Emeritus of History, University of Ghana (Legon), fellow of...

Professor Vansina is the foremost authority on the history of Rwanda. The author of the classic Oral Tradition as History bases his account on hundreds of grass-roots narratives. It shows the historical roots of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 through an...

Passage of Tears cleverly mixes many genres and forms of writing--spy novel, political thriller, diary (replete with childhood memories), travel notebook, legends, parables, incantations, and prayers. Djibril's reminiscences provide a sense of...

This text examines community-based natural resource management in Africa. This book reveals a dynamic picture of African rural society in which production patterns change rapidly in response to market opportunities. These changes are driven largely by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733752626Author Dzekashu MacvibanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bakwa BooksPublisher Bakwa BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781779272560Author Tendai Rinos MwanakaFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Mwanaka Media and PublishingPublisher Mwanaka Media and PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781868886647Author Gareth CornwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Unisa PressPublisher Unisa Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645754025Author Rumbi ChenFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Chenai F DunduruPublisher Chenai F DunduruWeight(grams) 82g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716137402Author Lewis WamwandaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Writer's Pen PublishersPublisher Writer's Pen PublishersWeight(grams) 109g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733752640Author Dzekashu MacvibanFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Bakwa BooksPublisher Bakwa BooksWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733752619Author Dzekashu MacvibanFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Bakwa BooksPublisher Bakwa BooksWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733752602Author Dzekashu MacvibanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Bakwa BooksPublisher Bakwa BooksWeight(grams) 181g

Conflict over natural resources has made Africa the focus of international attention, particularly during the last decade. From oil in Nigeria and diamonds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to land in Zimbabwe and water in the Horn of Africa, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953447807Author Taofeek AyeyemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Flowersong PressPublisher Flowersong PressWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789966823243Author Bunmi Cynthia AdeleyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 570Imprint Readafrica CollectivePublisher Readafrica CollectiveWeight(grams) 826g