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"This ethnography is more like a film than a book, so well does Stoller evoke the color, sight, sounds, and movements of Songhay possession ceremonies."-Choice"Stoller brilliantly recreates the reality of spirit presence; hosts are what they mediate, and...

The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history. With the loss of India however, the British under Harold Macmillan attempted to enforce a 'second' colonial occupation -...

Covering a vital period in the history of Central Africa, this work examines the growth of nationalist violence in Nyasaland, the declaration of the State of Emergency and the repercussions of the Devlin Commission at home and abroad. Based on...

New Directions in African Military History takes a thematic approach to the history of war and military structures in Africa and highlights the under-researched areas.African Military History represents a relatively new and fast-growing sub-field...

"This is altogether a most worthwhile book, a fine example of a growing genre of African literature . . . " -Choice"Mirza and Strobel let these women speak about their lives in their own words, and the results are wonderful. . . . This is an excellent...

Transgressing Boundaries includes some of the most interesting debates informing cultural politics in South Africa today. To do so, it brings together renowned contributors from Africa, North America and the United Kingdom. The book questions the...

"Robertson's book represents a powerful contribution to African social, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended." -Choice"An important resource for anyone interested in the history of women and trade in modern Kenya. . . ." -International...

India in Africa, Africa in India traces the longstanding interaction between these two regions, showing that the Indian Ocean world provides many examples of cultural flows that belie our understanding of globalization as a recent phenomenon. This region...

"These four volumes in this major series . . . provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded. . . . A basic set for all academic libraries." -Library Journal Academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063335417Author Zeinab BadawiFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 630gDimensions(mm) 237mm *...

An essential resource for students or general readers interested in post-colonial Africa, this encyclopedia provides coverage of different regions, countries, wars, battles, factions, leaders, and foreign powers.Armed conflict represents a substantial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780520395671Author John ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of California PressPublisher University of California PressWeight(grams)...

The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and one of the continent's principal arteries of movement, migration, conquest and commerce. In this book, historian Malyn Newitt quotes rarely used Portuguese sources that throw vivid light on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765130070Author Dr. Toyin FalolaFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

In 1990 Namibia gained its independence after a decades-long struggle against South African rule - and, before that, against German colonialism. This book, the first new scholarly general history of Namibia in two decades, provides a fresh synthesis of...

The end of apartheid has triggered massive illegal immigration into South Africa from all parts of Africa and beyond. Along with urbanization and internal migration, the end of apartheid has encouraged human smuggling and the trafficking of men, women,...

Why has democracy failed to reduce corruption in Kenya? Framing the challenge in game theoretical terms, Dominic Burbidge examines how mutual expectations between citizens dictate the success or failure of political reforms. Since 1992, Kenya has...

First published in 1978 Nasser and His Generation is one of the most important books on modern Egyptian history. It goes much further than a simple history of the Nasser regime or a psychobiography of the Egyptian ruler. It examines his personality,...

Madagascar, widely known as the "Great Island," is just off the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, but in many ways it hardly resembles its mainland neighbors. Its flora and fauna are quite distinct, and the folkways and culture of its population are...

When the Afrikaners (Boers) migrated northward from the Cape to escape British rule, they enountered the Zulu people. To protect their claims, the Boers formed the laager, a circle of wagons. As years passed, the laager acquired wider political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325070926Author Brett L. ShadleFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.Publisher Heinemann USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325001869Author Beverly Carolease GrierFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.Publisher Heinemann USAWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325070131Author Mary Wren BivinsFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.Publisher Heinemann USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837154572Author Elspeth HuxleyFormat HardbackPage Count 126Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313258763Author Virginia JacksonFormat HardbackPage Count 840Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Development is a contested area, but can be summarised as the attempt to bring about good change in society. Archaeology has played only a very limited role within this agenda so far, but has considerable scope to integrate into its practice and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325070681Author Timothy H. ParsonsFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.Publisher Heinemann USA

Joe Appiah lived an extraordinary life against a tumultuous background. This is the story of his life, his country, and his continent - the memoirs of an African patriot living through one of the most remarkable periods of change in Ghanian history...

Toyin Falola's astounding intellectual production must be one of the mysteries in the intellectual world. It has transcended the confined world of historical research into broader horizons that include the role of the public intellectual. The present...

This book presents a re-engagement with oral histories as a way of documenting, understanding, and discussing experiences of work and economic life in Africa under neoliberal capitalism. It draws on seven case studies in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda,...

This book explores pastoralist/ farmers' approaches to environmental disaster management in East Africa, charting their responses and adaptations to famine, pandemics, natural disasters, and historical events. Using a dynamic adaptive cycle theoretical...

In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and...

In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and...

Alexandra - A History is a social history of one of South Africa's oldest townships. It covers the period from the township's founding in 1912, when it was perceived as a peri-urban out-post, through to its growth as a centre of black working class life...

This book examines the historical and current state of health and the health of the African people, including the Arab North, impacted by such factors as geography and natural elements, cultural and colonial traditions, and competing biomedical and...

In 1820, King Radama of Imerina, Madagascar signed a treaty allowing approximately one hundred young Malagasy to train abroad under official British supervision, the so-called 'Madagascar Youths'. In this lively and carefully researched book, Gwyn...

Legitimacy has long been perceived through a Westernized lens as a fixed, binary state. In this book, Kathy Dodworth offers an exploration of everyday legitimation practices in coastal Tanzania, which challenges this understanding within postcolonial...

Africa's surviving rhinos are under serious threat. Poaching for their horns, massive extermination by 'sports' hunters in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, and progressive habitat loss have all driven black and white rhino close to...

In the wake of colonial and racial exploitation, political leaders, technocrats, activists, and workers across the Third World turned to socialism to offer a new vision of post-colonial development. Against a backdrop of decolonization, white supremacy,...

Shaped around the stories of one extended family, their friends, neighbours, and community, Pandemic Kinship provides an intimate portrait of everyday life in Botswana's time of AIDS. It challenges assumptions about a 'crisis of care' unfolding in the...