Orphan of the Cold War: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Angolan Peace Process, 1992-93
ISBN: 9780333664452 / Angielski / Twarda / 566 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Angola from February 1992 to June 1993. It describes the suffering she witnessed and analyzes the reasons for the mission's failure.
This is the personal story of Margaret Anstee's experiences as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN and Head of the UN peacekeepi...
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Mozambique: A War Against the People
ISBN: 9781349223183 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mozambique: A War against the People examines the nature of the war that has been waged by the Renamo rebels in Mozambique since 1976, and the profound effects that it has had on, in particular, the country's human infrastructure. The toll of the war has been manifested most dramatically in the geographical dislocation of a large section of the population. Along with the Frelimo government's policy failures this has served to limit socialist development in the past. It now threatens potential for development along the capitalist and democratic road.
Mozambique: A War against the People examines the nature of the war that has been waged by the Renamo rebels in Mozambique since 1976, and the profoun...
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391,77 zł |
The Black Madonna: Mysterious Soul Companion
ISBN: 9781478721758 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Black Madonna, Mysterious Soul Companion. . . Beginning as a research project for a graduate class in Spirituality and Culture, The Black Madonna and all that she represents became a mystical guide for Georgieff on her intimate journey of the human soul. Through travels to some of the world's most famous Black Madonna Shrines, interviews with scholars, scientists, clergy and artists, exploration of the historic evolution of human consciousness and deep reflections on the basic purpose of the spiritual path, Georgieff weaves an intriguing story of our cosmic origins, our difficult present...
The Black Madonna, Mysterious Soul Companion. . . Beginning as a research project for a graduate class in Spirituality and Culture, The Black Madonna ...
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Light and Power for a Multiracial Nation: The Kariba Dam Scheme in the Central African Federation
ISBN: 9781349443611 / Angielski / Miękka / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Africa and based on an array of primary sources and interviews the book provides a nuanced understanding of development in the turbulent late 1950s, a time when most colonies moved towards independence.
'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Afri...
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The Women's War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria
ISBN: 9781349337965 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in whatis known as the Women's War. This bookbrings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame."
In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in whatis known as the Women's War. This bookbrings togth...
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Ethnicity Kills?: The Politics of War, Peace and Ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9781349416165 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book examines, among other issues, the emergence of civil war as a result of political struggles. The construction of Africa as the 'other' has meant that factors commonly used to explain war elsewhere have been neglected in SubSaharan Africa. The political power struggle which evolved around the state is at the forefront of the analysis of civil war and societal conflict.
The book examines, among other issues, the emergence of civil war as a result of political struggles. The construction of Africa as the 'other' has me...
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195,87 zł |
Musings of a Manyu Ngore: Re-Indigenization, A Theological Approach
ISBN: 9781533364715 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I made the decision that my ancestral heritage is indispensable for my future success that leaves behind a legacy. So in this book, I embark on the quest to discover the meaning of my name, the culture the Creator birthed me into, and why as a Christian Catholic I have been taught to despise the culture that the Most High created me in. Do you find yourself stuck between Christian Religion and Ejagham/Banyang Culture? This book is for you. Musings of a Manyu Ngore uncovers Biblical passages and shows you the history of encounter between Christianity and Manyu land. Have you found yourself...
I made the decision that my ancestral heritage is indispensable for my future success that leaves behind a legacy. So in this book, I embark on the qu...
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The English Speaking Mbos of Cameroon. Economic Development and Historical Perspective: 1885-1922 An Assessment Report of J.
ISBN: 9789956763054 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Mbos are a large ethnic group in present day Cameroon and were an important and powerful group until the Anglo-French partition. Following the defeat of the colonial power, Germany, in the First World War, the League of Nations in a March 1916 Mandate, partitioned the territory into two unequal halves among the victorious imperial powers of England and France, to be governed in trust as from 1922. As a result of the partition, the Mbos, who happened to find themselves right along the lines of division, were thrust under French and English administrations. Roughly two thirds of the Mbos...
The Mbos are a large ethnic group in present day Cameroon and were an important and powerful group until the Anglo-French partition. Following the def...
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Histoire de la République gabonaise
ISBN: 9782334172004 / Francuski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Le Gabon est un pays d'Afrique centrale situe a cheval sur l'equateur et draine par le fleuve Ogooue et ses affluents. Il est borde par l'ocean Atlantique a l'ouest, la Guinee equatoriale et le Cameroun au nord, et le Congo-Brazzaville a l'est et au sud. Libreville et Port-Gentil sont les deux principales villes du pays. Le Gabon est devenu une republique independante le 17 aout 1960 avec Leon Mba comme premier president de 1961 a 1967. Depuis les annees 1970, l'economie gabonaise a ete centree sur l'industrie petroliere, qui a fourni au pays l'un des PIB par habitant les plus eleves au monde...
Le Gabon est un pays d'Afrique centrale situe a cheval sur l'equateur et draine par le fleuve Ogooue et ses affluents. Il est borde par l'ocean Atlant...
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The African Stakes of the Congo War
ISBN: 9781349388028 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book situates the war in its historical and theoretical context and surveys the interests of the Congolese government, the rebel groups, and of the intervening states in the war.
This book situates the war in its historical and theoretical context and surveys the interests of the Congolese government, the rebel groups, and of t...
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Histoire de la République du Congo
ISBN: 9782334166072 / Francuski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La Republique du Congo est un pays d'Afrique centrale situee a cheval sur l'equateur. Le pays est souvent appele Congo-Brazzaville, pour le distinguer de son voisin, la Republique democratique du Congo (RDC), qui est souvent designe par son acronyme, Congo-Kinshasa. Brazzaville est la capitale de la Republique du Congo et l'ancienne capitale de l'Afrique equatoriale francaise (AEF). Le 15 aout 1960, le Congo est devenu un pays independant avec Fulbert Youlou comme nouveau premier president. Marien Ngouabi a assume la presidence le 31 decembre 1968 et a proclame la Republique populaire du...
La Republique du Congo est un pays d'Afrique centrale situee a cheval sur l'equateur. Le pays est souvent appele Congo-Brazzaville, pour le distinguer...
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Histoire de la République démocratique du Congo
ISBN: 9782334160735 / Francuski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La Republique democratique du Congo (RDC) est un pays situe en Afrique centrale. C'est le deuxieme plus grand pays du continent africain et le plus grand pays d'Afrique centrale. Sa capitale, Kinshasa, est situee sur le fleuve Congo et sert de centre officiel administratif, economique et culturel du pays. Le Congo a obtenu son independance de la Belgique le 30 juin 1960. De 1971 a 1997, le pays portait officiellement le nom de republique du Zaire; un changement apporte pendant le regne du marechal Mobutu Sese Seko. La RDC est tres riche en ressources naturelles. Elle dispose de vastes...
La Republique democratique du Congo (RDC) est un pays situe en Afrique centrale. C'est le deuxieme plus grand pays du continent africain et le plus gr...
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Histoire du Cameroun, de 1940 à nos jours - Tome 1: De la première proclamation de l'indépendance le 15 juillet 1940 par Robert Coron au discours d'Um
ISBN: 9781535227377 / Francuski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ce livre renoue avec les pages glorieuses, parfois ecrites en lettres de sang, de l'histoire du Cameroun. Il ne rabaisse pas les uns, pour attribuer le beau role a d'autres. Un livre d'histoire qui s'efforce de retracer l'evolution politique du Cameroun, a la veille de l'independance, tout comme apres celle-ci, sans deformation."
Ce livre renoue avec les pages glorieuses, parfois ecrites en lettres de sang, de l'histoire du Cameroun. Il ne rabaisse pas les uns, pour attribuer l...
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Ethnic Identity and Development: Khat and Social Change in Africa
ISBN: 9781349384532 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story of khat, the book will serve as a vehicle for the analysis of social change, development priorities and shifting ethnic identities in Uganda over the last 80 years.
This book presents data on Ugandan khat within the context of international debates on the drug, and the proposed ban in 2009. By telling of the story...
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Interesting History of Lagos [Nigeria]
ISBN: 9781537212906 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interesting History of Lagos Nigeria] Definition of Lagos "1. The former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in the sixteenth century; a slave market until the nineteenth century; ceded to Britain (1861); university (1962). Population: 11,135,000 (2005 estimate) "2. A state in southwest Nigeria. Capital: Ikeja. Population: 9,013,534 (2006). Area: 3,345 sq km (1,292 sq miles)." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/lagos Walter Graham Blackie; The Imperial Gazetteer: A General Dictionary of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical and Descriptive; Vol 2;...
Interesting History of Lagos Nigeria] Definition of Lagos "1. The former capital and chief port of Nigeria, on the Bight of Benin: first settled in t...
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Histoire de la République centrafricaine
ISBN: 9782334178242 / Francuski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La Republique centrafricaine est un pays enclave situe au centre de l'Afrique et bordee par le Tchad, le Soudan, le Soudan du Sud, la Republique democratique du Congo (RDC), la Republique du Congo et le Cameroun. La capitale, Bangui, est situee sur la limite sud, formee par la riviere Oubangui, un affluent du fleuve Congo. La Republique centrafricaine a obtenu son independance le 13 aout 1960. En decembre 1977, Jean-Bedel Bokassa se proclame empereur de l'Empire centrafricain et se fait couronner comme empereur sous le nom de Bokassa Ier. L'agriculture est le secteur le plus important et la...
La Republique centrafricaine est un pays enclave situe au centre de l'Afrique et bordee par le Tchad, le Soudan, le Soudan du Sud, la Republique democ...
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Interesting History of the Congo River
ISBN: 9781537617466 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interesting History of the Congo River Definition of Congo River "Also called Zaire, a river in central Africa, flowing in a great loop from southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Atlantic. About 3000 miles (4800 km) long. "Congo - African nation, named for the river that runs through it, which is from a Bantu word meaning 'mountains' (ie, the river that flows from the mountains). As an adjective, Congoese is native English (1797) but has been supplanted by Congolese (1900), from French Congolais. "Congo River - One of the world's longest rivers, it is Africa's largest potential...
Interesting History of the Congo River Definition of Congo River "Also called Zaire, a river in central Africa, flowing in a great loop from southeast...
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L'insurréction populaire de janvier 2015 en RDC
ISBN: 9781537118758 / Francuski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diriger sans tenir compte des aspirations des diriges est un defi que l'on lance a son propre futur. Etouffer les aspirations du peuple est une arme que l'on offre a celui-ci pour user de n'importe quelle demarche afin de taire l'arrogance de ses dirigeants."
Diriger sans tenir compte des aspirations des diriges est un defi que l'on lance a son propre futur. Etouffer les aspirations du peuple est une arme q...
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Political Philosophies and Nation-Building in Cameroon: Grounds for Remaking the Postcolony
ISBN: 9789956763443 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive text on the function of thought in the history and political sociology of Cameroon. The book brings out how the "hidden hand of history" fashions a political thought which, in turn, creates its own history. Instead of Cameroonians making history, history makes Cameroonians. The book shows how political ideas are fashioned in a post-colonial context in which Europeans impose a superordinate arrangement on a people together with its philosophers. "Thinking the nation" in Cameroon on behalf of Europeans, especially after the leaders of the national liberation struggle... This is a comprehensive text on the function of thought in the history and political sociology of Cameroon. The book brings out how the "hidden han... |
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King Leopold's Letter: Conquest Through Christ
ISBN: 9781540646354 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Your knowledge of the gospel will allow you to find texts ordering, and encouraging your followers to love poverty, like "Happier are the poor because they will inherit the heaven" and, "It's very difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of God." You have to detach from them and make them disrespect everything which gives courage to affront us. I make reference to their Mystic System and their war fetish - warfare protection - which they pretend not to want to abandon, and you must do everything in your power to make it disappear. Your action will be directed essentially to the younger...
"Your knowledge of the gospel will allow you to find texts ordering, and encouraging your followers to love poverty, like "Happier are the poor becaus...
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