The Swahili of East Africa have a long and distinctive history as a literate, Muslim, urban, and mercantile society. In this book a leading Africanist presents the first full-length anthropological account of the Swahili and offers an original analysis of their little-understood and unusual culture. Swahili towns, some urban with elegant stone buildings and others more rural with palm-leaf-matting houses, are spread along the thousand-mile East African coast. Because each local community is culturally different from its neighbors, previous historians and anthropologists have viewed the...
The Swahili of East Africa have a long and distinctive history as a literate, Muslim, urban, and mercantile society. In this book a leading Africanist...
The authors are concerned with the social conditions prevalent in Zanzibar prior to independence in January 1964. They give an excellent portrayal of the events leading up to the conflict, as well as lending pertinent insights into the increasingly hostile race relations which have plagued the country since the revolution.
The authors are concerned with the social conditions prevalent in Zanzibar prior to independence in January 1964. They give an excellent portrayal ...
Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking.
Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million pe...
This work includes forewords by Sir Liam Donaldson and Peter Wheeler, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health; Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Appreciating art can help doctors build empathy with patients and reduce stress. By stimulating thought and reflection through paintings, this concise and engaging text invites readers to examine their motivation, their profession and their world. This exciting new book provides vital refreshment for doctors and medical students, lecturers and tutors in medical humanities, and healthcare professionals with...
This work includes forewords by Sir Liam Donaldson and Peter Wheeler, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health; Dean, College of Fine Arts, Univers...
Fast track route to understanding what makes organizations tick
Covers the key areas of achieving organisational effectiveness, from building core skill sets and mastering the impact of technology and globalization, to aligning culture with direction and developing new organizational models and structures
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Dell, Nissan, Semco and St Luke's, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Charles Handy, Elliott Jaques, Arie de Geus and Ricardo Semler.
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a...
Fast track route to understanding what makes organizations tick
Covers the key areas of achieving organisational effectiveness, from building core ...
Fast track route to understanding and managing human behaviour in organizations
Covers the key areas of OB, from understanding individual and group behaviour patterns and attitudes to work to building successful organizations and improving your personal effectiveness in the workplace
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Tesco, Sears, Sundaram-Clayton and The Natural Step, and ideas from the smartest thinkers including Charles Handy, Jack Wood, Edgar Schein and Shoshana Zuboff
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a...
Fast track route to understanding and managing human behaviour in organizations
Covers the key areas of OB, from understanding individual and group...
Fast track route to mastering culture and culture change
Covers the key areas of culture, from how culture evolves and why different companies have different cultures to cultural diagnosis and implementing successful change
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Amazon.com, EDS, Honda and Nissan, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Edgar Schein, Charles Handy, Geert Hofstede and Gareth Morgan.
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
Fast track route to mastering culture and culture change
Covers the key areas of culture, from how culture evolves and why different companies have...
In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised an army called the "Holy Spirit Mobile Forces." With it she waged a war against perceived evil, not only an external enemy represented by the National Resistance Army of the government, but internal enemies in the form of "impure" soldiers, witches, and sorcerers. She came very close to her goal of overthrowing the government but was defeated and fled to Kenya. This book provides a unique view of Alice's movement, based on interviews with its...
In August 1986, Alice Auma, a young Acholi woman in northern Uganda, proclaiming herself under the orders of a Christian spirit named Lakwena, raised ...
