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General History of Africa Volume 1: Methodology & African Prehistory
ISBN: 9780852550915 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Assesses the importance attached by African societies to their past and the growth and development of African historiography. This is followed by accounts of the primary literary sources, the oral and living traditions and African archaeology and its techniques. There are further chapters on linguistics, migrations and historical geography before the second part of the book which deals specifically with earliest man and the prehistory of Africa according to geographical area. Specific chapters are also devoted to prehistoric art, agricultural techniques and the development of metallurgy. The...
Assesses the importance attached by African societies to their past and the growth and development of African historiography. This is followed by acco...
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129,62 zł |
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Swahili Origins: Swahili Culture and the Shungwaya Phenomenon
ISBN: 9780852550755 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James de Vere Allen, who was curator at Lamu Museum, set out to give modern Swahili evidence of their shared history during a period of eight centuries.
James de Vere Allen, who was curator at Lamu Museum, set out to give modern Swahili evidence of their shared history during a period of eight centurie...
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129,62 zł |
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Paths in the Rain Forests: Towards a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa
ISBN: 9780852550748 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rainforests of equatorial Africa cover an area almost as large as Western Europe and some 12 million people live there. So why has this area remained without a historiography? Vansina disputes the myth of an unchanging past in a hostile environment and demonstrates that there are rich and complex political, social and economic histories to be uncovered, as varied as the forest habitats themselves. North America: University of Wisconsin Press
The rainforests of equatorial Africa cover an area almost as large as Western Europe and some 12 million people live there. So why has this area remai...
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129,62 zł |
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African Perspectives on Colonialism
ISBN: 9780852550601 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Counteracts the misconception of Africa having no history before colonisation.
Counteracts the misconception of Africa having no history before colonisation.
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103,69 zł |
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Letters and Documents, 1841-72
ISBN: 9780852550410 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of David Livingstone's personal papers, edited by Timothy Holmes, is from the Livingstone Museum in Zambia and features many previously unpublished letters. The first part deals with his period in Botswana, the second part focuses on the Zambezi expedition (1858-64), the third section covers to time of his visit to Britain in 1864-5, and the fourth part covers his last journey (1866-73). North America: Indiana U Press; Zambia: UNZA Press
This collection of David Livingstone's personal papers, edited by Timothy Holmes, is from the Livingstone Museum in Zambia and features many previousl...
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414,96 zł |
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Siaya: The Historical Anthropology of an African Landscape
ISBN: 9780852550359 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book written both for and about the Luo.
A book written both for and about the Luo.
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129,62 zł |
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Warfare and Diplomacy in Pre-Colonial West Africa
ISBN: 9780852550328 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering a period of some 400 to 500 years up to the last decades of the nineteenth century, the author takes a wide range of examples from those societies whose levels of political organisation warrant the term 'states'. The arrangements for the exercise of power within these varied from states where one man or an oligarchy made decisions about war and peace to states where power was diffused between members of the community. North America: University of Wisconsin Press
Covering a period of some 400 to 500 years up to the last decades of the nineteenth century, the author takes a wide range of examples from those soci...
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103,69 zł |
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Enigma of Colonialism
ISBN: 9780852550267 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The discussion of pre-colonial slavery shows how slavery became integrated into the new colonial economy.
The discussion of pre-colonial slavery shows how slavery became integrated into the new colonial economy.
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103,69 zł |
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Oral Tradition as History
ISBN: 9780852550076 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although written by a leading historian of Africa, Vansina's work on oral traditions ranges far beyond Africa, so has a wider relevance. Vansina explains not only how oral traditions have been used in the past but also how they should be used by historians in their research. North America: University of Wisconsin Press; Kenya: EAEP
Although written by a leading historian of Africa, Vansina's work on oral traditions ranges far beyond Africa, so has a wider relevance. Vansina expla...
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129,62 zł |
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Peasant Consciousness and Guerrilla War in Zimbabwe: A Comparative Study
ISBN: 9780852550014 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Draws on a wide range of archival and oral sources to argue that the history of African peasants in Zimbabwe produced a specific consciousness which meant that peasant participation in the guerrilla war was different from the peasant role in Mau Mau or in the war in Mozambique. It also examines the changing relations between the peasantry and the Zimbabwean state after the 1980 elections. North America: U of California Press
Draws on a wide range of archival and oral sources to argue that the history of African peasants in Zimbabwe produced a specific consciousness which m...
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134,81 zł |
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African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective
ISBN: 9781580463140 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective presents new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of African urban history and culture. It presents original research and integrates historical methodologies with those of anthropology, geography, literature, art, and architecture. Moving between precolonial, colonial, and contemporary urban spaces, it covers the major regions, religions, and cultural influences of sub-Saharan Africa. The themes include Islam and Christianity, architecture, migration, globalization, social and physical decay, identity, race relations, politics, and...
African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspective presents new and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of African urban history and culture. It pre...
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207,48 zł |
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Bards and Tyrants. Essays in Contemporary African Writing
ISBN: 9789783503533 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its...
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through in...
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207,59 zł |
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The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XX: Manuscripts in the Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
ISBN: 9781843842040 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The majority of the medieval manuscripts in Corpus Christi which contain Middle English prose came to the College as part of the bequest of Matthew Parker (1504-75), archbishop of Canterbury, who in 1568 had been given authority by the Privy Council to collect -auncient recordes and monumentes written- for -perusyng of the same-. These manuscripts came from all over the south of England, having mainly originated in monastic libraries. Some were subsequently returned to their owners, but the majority appear to have remained with Parker and to have been considered his personal property, to...
The majority of the medieval manuscripts in Corpus Christi which contain Middle English prose came to the College as part of the bequest of Matthew Pa...
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414,96 zł |
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Alt 26 War in African Literature Today
ISBN: 9780852555712 / Angielski / Miękka / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the second half of the twentieth century, no single phenomenon has marred the image and development of Africa more than senseless fratricidal wars which rapidly followed the political independence of nations. This issue of African Literature Today is devoted to studies of how African writers, as historical witnesses, have handled the recreation of war as a cataclysmic phenomenon in various locations on the continent. The contributors explore the subject from a variety of perspectives: panoramic, regional, national and through comparative studies. War has enriched contemporary African...
Since the second half of the twentieth century, no single phenomenon has marred the image and development of Africa more than senseless fratricidal wa...
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103,69 zł |
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
ISBN: 9780852555019 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ngugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in teaching of literature.' East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda): EAEP
Ngugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in f...
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103,69 zł |
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Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Africa: Crisis or Renaissance?
ISBN: 9780852559826 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addresses the continuing problems of the export of art and artefacts from Africa, and also of the design and target audiences of exhibitions both within and outside the continent.
Addresses the continuing problems of the export of art and artefacts from Africa, and also of the design and target audiences of exhibitions both with...
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129,62 zł |
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Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms
ISBN: 9780852555309 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection Ngugi is concerned with moving the centre in two senses - between nations and within nations - in order to contribute to the freeing of world cultures from the restrictive walls of nationalism, class, race and gender Between nations the need is to move the centre from its assumed location in the West to a multiplicity of spheres in all the cultures of the world. Within nations the move should be away from all minority class establishments to the real creative centre among working people in conditions of racial, religious and gender equality. Kenya: EAEP
In this collection Ngugi is concerned with moving the centre in two senses - between nations and within nations - in order to contribute to the freein...
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129,62 zł |
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Narrative Shape-Shifting: Myth, Humor and History in the Fiction of Ben Okri, B. Kojo Laing and Yvonne Vera
ISBN: 9781847010124 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The hybrid novels of Ben Okri, B. Kojo Laing, and Yvonne Vera address contemporary African politics in contrasting styles but complementary religious, cultural, and feminist approaches.
The hybrid novels of Ben Okri, B. Kojo Laing, and Yvonne Vera address contemporary African politics in contrasting styles but complementary religious,...
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337,16 zł |
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Public & Private Universities in Kenya: New Challenges, Issues & Achievements
ISBN: 9780852554425 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reviews the history of higher education in Kenya and details the emergence of private universities, most of them with a Christian religious orientation, as major players in the provision of tertiary-level education.
Reviews the history of higher education in Kenya and details the emergence of private universities, most of them with a Christian religious orientatio...
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129,62 zł |
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Political Culture and Nationalism in Malawi: Building Kwacha
ISBN: 9781580463102 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inspired by the events leading up to the overthrow of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's Life Presidency, this book explores the deep logic of Malawi's political culture as it emerged in the colonial and early post-colonial periods. It draws on archival sources from three continents and oral testimonies gathered over a ten-year period provided by those who lived these events. Power narrates how anti-colonial protest was made relevant to the African majority through the painstaking engagement of politicians in local grievances and struggles, which they then linked to the fight against white settler...
Inspired by the events leading up to the overthrow of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's Life Presidency, this book explores the deep logic of Malawi's polit...
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492,77 zł |
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