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Marothodi: The Historical Archaeology of an African Capital
ISBN: 9780956142764 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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158,08 |
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Gazing Upon Sheba's Breasts
ISBN: 9781909276710 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Swaziland, a small country on the edge of Africas Great Escarpment, is a microcosm of African environments. It was the ideal laboratory where Dr David Price Williams and a team of scientists developed a major research project to investigate the evolution of humankind from the dawn of prehistory two million years ago right up to the present. The book charts their ten year journey, along with the fascinating results of their search, and how David designed and built the Swaziland National Museum. Its full of humour and his love for Africa and its peoples.
Swaziland, a small country on the edge of Africas Great Escarpment, is a microcosm of African environments. It was the ideal laboratory where Dr David...
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93,87 |
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Gazing Upon Sheba's Breasts
ISBN: 9781909276703 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Swaziland, a small country on the edge of Africas Great Escarpment, is a microcosm of African environments. It was the ideal laboratory where Dr David Price Williams and a team of scientists developed a major research project to investigate the evolution of humankind from the dawn of prehistory two million years ago right up to the present. The book charts their ten year journey, along with the fascinating results of their search, and how David designed and built the Swaziland National Museum. Its full of humour and his love for Africa and its peoples.
Swaziland, a small country on the edge of Africas Great Escarpment, is a microcosm of African environments. It was the ideal laboratory where Dr David...
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119,49 |
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Facets of Power. Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
ISBN: 9781779222886 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the worlds largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since their discovery in 2006. Against the backdrop of a turbulent political economy, control of Chiadzwas diamonds was hotly contested. By 2007 a new case of blood diamonds had emerged, in which the countrys security forces engaged with informal miners and black market dealers in the exploitation of rough diamonds, violently disrupting local communities and looting a key national resource. The formalisation of diamond mining in 2010 introduced new...
The diamond fields of Chiadzwa, among the worlds largest sources of rough diamonds have been at the centre of struggles for power in Zimbabwe since th...
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167,64 |
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Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924
ISBN: 9780691624488 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the contribution made by Christian missionaries to the formation of Northern Rhodesia based on firsthand information and study by the author, who has visited nearly every mission station in Northern Rhodesia, consulted missionary diaries, journals, and records. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting... A study of the contribution made by Christian missionaries to the formation of Northern Rhodesia based on firsthand information and study by the au... |
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169,68 |
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South Africa
ISBN: 9781780931920 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of any of the conventional bonds of national consciousness, the improvised nation was fixed on the civic identity and national citizenship envisaged in the new constitution. In the twentieth anniversary year of the country's democracy, South Africa reviews the progress of nation-building in... At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war we... |
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137,73 |
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South Africa
ISBN: 9781780932705 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weariness, hope, idealism and calculated pragmatism on the part of the elites who negotiated the compromise settlement. In the absence of any of the conventional bonds of national consciousness, the improvised nation was fixed on the civic identity and national citizenship envisaged in the new constitution.
In the twentieth anniversary year of the country's democracy, South Africa reviews the progress of nation-building in... At the heart of South Africa's 'miracle' transition from intractable ethno-racial conflict to democracy was an improvised nation born out of war weari...
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663,39 |
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Malawi and Scotland Together in the Talking Place Since 1859
ISBN: 9789996027079 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pioneering and fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the remarkably enduring bonds between Malawi and Scotland from the time of David Livingstone to the flourishing cultural, economic and religious relationships of the present day. Why should there be any significant relationship between one small nation on Europes north-western seaboard and another in the interior of Africa? How did it reach the stage where in 2012 Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish Government, could describe Malawi as Scotlands "sister nation"? This book...
This pioneering and fascinating book is the first to tell the story of the remarkably enduring bonds between Malawi and Scotland from the time of Davi...
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266,25 |
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Death, Belief and Politics in Central African History
ISBN: 9789982680011 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this set of essays Walima T. Kalusa and Megan Vaughan explore themes in the history of death in Zambia and Malawi from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Drawing on extensive archival and oral historical research they examine the impact of Christianity on spiritual beliefs, the racialised politics of death on the colonial Copperbelt, the transformation of burial practices, the histories of suicide and of maternal mortality, and the political life of the corpse.
In this set of essays Walima T. Kalusa and Megan Vaughan explore themes in the history of death in Zambia and Malawi from the late nineteenth century ...
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310,64 |
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Theophilus Shepstone and the forging of Natal : African autonomy and settler colonialism in the making of traditional authority
ISBN: 9781869142490 / Angielski / Twarda / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theophilus Shepstone is recognized as one of the key figures in the history of colonial Africa. He is credited with developing some of the essential and widely copied features of colonial administration, including indirect rule, customary law, and segregation. And yet, Shepstone is also one of colonialism's most enigmatic personalities: fighting for and against Africans and colonists - admired by some, hated by others, but hiding his thoughts and his feelings with an intimidating and silent public persona. This book uses biography and history to break the silence and examine the man and his...
Theophilus Shepstone is recognized as one of the key figures in the history of colonial Africa. He is credited with developing some of the essential a...
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164,83 |
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Diboko Tsa Basotho
ISBN: 9781475276855 / Sotho / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,00 |
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A School of Struggle : Durban's Medical School and the Education of Black Doctors in South Africa
ISBN: 9781869142520 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Durban's Medical School has made an indelible mark on South African history and society. The first medical school in South Africa to offer a full biomedical education to black students, it laid the foundation of the black medical profession. Also, during a time of repression and political unrest it offered students an education in politics and activism. Alumni - among them Steve Biko, Jerry Coovadia, Nkosana Dlamini Zuma, Malegapuru Makgoba, Zweli Mkhize and Mamphela Ramphele - went from here to change the medical landscape, make history and set the tone of public life. Based on valuable,...
Durban's Medical School has made an indelible mark on South African history and society. The first medical school in South Africa to offer a full biom...
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145,38 |
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What Next
ISBN: 9781494778330 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The final chapter in the true story of an extraordinary family continues - from The Polek's last-minute bid to escape the Nazis (see A Special Brand of Courage) to the London blitz to the untamed territories of Northern Rhodesia (see A Zest for Life) back to South Africa, a land in the throes of political and domestic upheaval.
The final chapter in the true story of an extraordinary family continues - from The Polek's last-minute bid to escape the Nazis (see A Special Brand o...
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79,84 |
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Impressions of South Africa
ISBN: 9781490359595 / Angielski / Miękka / 578 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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88,00 |
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Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali Basemjondolo
ISBN: 9781137414779 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa.
Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development o...
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221,37 |
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History of the Zulu War
ISBN: 9781475201437 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an eyewitness account of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, published in 1880.
This is an eyewitness account of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, published in 1880.
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57,71 |
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Cubans in Angola: South-South Cooperation and Transfer of Knowledge, 1976-1991
ISBN: 9780299301040 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Angola, a former Portuguese colony in southern central Africa, gained independence in 1975 and almost immediately plunged into more than two decades of conflict and crisis. Fidel Castro sent Cuban military troops to Angola in support of the Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA), leading to its ascension to power despite facing threats both international and domestic. What is less known, and what Cubans in Angola brings to light, is the significant role Cubans played in the transformation of civil society in Angola during these years. Offering not just military support but...
Angola, a former Portuguese colony in southern central Africa, gained independence in 1975 and almost immediately plunged into more than two decades o...
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155,13 |
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The Gender Politics of the Namibian Liberation Struggle
ISBN: 9783905758269 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Womens contributions against apartheid under the auspices of the Namibian liberation movement SWAPO and their personal experiences in exile take center stage in this study. Male and female leadership structures in exile are analysed whilst the sexual politics in the refugee camps and the public imagery of female representation in SWAPOs nationalism receive special attention. The partys public pronouncements of women empowerment and gender equality are compared to the actual implementations of gender politics during and after the liberation struggle.
Womens contributions against apartheid under the auspices of the Namibian liberation movement SWAPO and their personal experiences in exile take cente...
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231,76 |
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From the Cam to the Zambezi : Colonial Service and the Path to the New Zambia
ISBN: 9781784530044 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1961 a group of men arrived in Cambridge to join the Overseas Services Course before going on to work in the Provincial Administration of the Northern Rhodesia Government. Two of the twenty two were African graduates from Northern Rhodesia, twelve were graduates newly recruited in the UK and eight were non-graduates who had previously worked in Northern Rhodesia. After the course, each was posted to a different district in the territory, mostly in rural areas. The group remained in contact over the years.
This book features contributions by fifteen of the original course members... In 1961 a group of men arrived in Cambridge to join the Overseas Services Course before going on to work in the Provincial Administration of the North...
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255,15 |
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Sent to Kill: The Shocking True Story Behind a Forgotten African Colonial War
ISBN: 9781494286989 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. WHAT COLONIALISM WAS REALLY LIKE
A 19th Century colonial occupation forces a thousand-year-old African kingdom to fight for its survival. IN A RIVETING TRUE STORY, Sent to kill describes how British settlers sought to take control of the Southern African territory of Quthing (today part of Lesotho), ruled by King Moorosi, leader of the Baphuthi people, in the way they had already done in territories to the south. It tells, too, how the astute Moorosi was more than a match for his would-be rulers. For a 20 percent discount, enter code JDUMKCDX on... WHAT COLONIALISM WAS REALLY LIKE
A 19th Century colonial occupation forces a thousand-year-old African kingdom to fight for its survival... |
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