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Christopher Okigbo 1930-67: Thirsting for Sunlight by Obi Nwakanma Publisher Comments Christopher Okigbo, once described as 'Africa's most lyrical poet of the twentieth century' was killed in September 1967, fighting for the independence of Biafra. The Sunday Times described his death as 'the single most important tragedy of the Nigerian... (read more) Your price: $104.25 New - Hardcover
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Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series & the Launch of African Literature by James Currey Synopsis June 17, 2008, is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart by Heinemann. This publication provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the editorial... (read more) Your price: $68.50 New - Hardcover
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Ghosts of Kanungu: Fertility, Secrecy and Exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa (African Anthropology) by Richard Vokes Publisher Comments On 17 March 2000 several hundred members of a charismatic Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTC), burnt to death in the group's headquarters in the Southwest Ugandan village of Kanungu. Days later the... (read more) Your price: $50.95 New - Hardcover
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Living Terraces in Ethiopia: Konso Landscape, Culture & Development (Eastern Africa) by Elizabeth E. Watson Publisher Comments Terraced agricultural landscapes in Africa are remarkable feats of human engineering and social organization, enabling the conservation of soil and water and the cultivation of food. Indigenous terraced landscapes are all the more valuable because they... (read more) Your price: $87.75 New - Hardcover
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A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) by Arnold Hughes Synopsis The only complete study of modern Gambian politics from the establishment of British rule to the overthrow of the Jawara government.... (read more) Your price: $99.25 New - Hardcover
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Crossing the Zambezi: The Politics of Landscape on a Central African Frontier by Joann Mcgregor Publisher Comments This book is a history of claims to the Zambezi, focussed on the stretch of the river extending from the Victoria Falls downstream into Lake Kariba, which today constitutes the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a story of 150 years of conflict... (read more) Your price: $99.25 New - Hardcover
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After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan (Eastern Africa) by Elke Grawert Publisher Comments After a long process of peace negotiations the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed on 9 January 2005 between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). The CPA raised initial hopes that it would be... (read more) Your price: $77.50 New - Hardcover
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Multiparty Elections in Africa by Liisa Laakso Publisher Comments Most of the studies in this book are about national elections in Anglophone Africa. There are also less well-known examples from Sudan, Ethiopia and Guinea Bissau. The collection also features studies of the local elections in Namibia and of a... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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In the Rapids by Linda Rode Publisher Comments Thirty brand new stories from a wide spectrum of South Africans. A seering picture of our times and society emerges from the variety of contributions, as authors from different backgrounds - cultural, linguistic, geographical, economic and religious... (read more) Your price: $15.25 New - Trade Paper
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Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature by James Currey Publisher Comments 17 June 2008 is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by Heinemann. This provided the impetus for the foundation of the African Writers Series in 1962 with Chinua Achebe as the Editorial Adviser. '... not only... (read more) Your price: $105.00 New - Hardcover
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Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora #33: Indirect Rule in South Africa: Tradition, Modernity, and the Costuming of Political Power by J. C. Myers Publisher Comments Indirect rule -- the British colonial policy of employing indigenous tribal chiefs as political intermediaries -- has typically been understood by scholars as little more than an expedient solution to imperial personnel shortages. A reexamination of the... (read more) Your price: $87.75 New - Hardcover
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Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960 by Terence Ranger Publisher Comments This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, which is set in the Bulawayo townships in 1946 and dedicated to the author. It is an attempt to explore what historical research and reconstruction can add... (read more) Your price: $87.75 New - Hardcover
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Pan African Short Stories by Neville Denny Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Penguin book of Southern African stories by Stephen Gray List Price $9.95 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Unwinding threads :writing by women in Africa by Charlotte Bruner Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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African Writing Today by Charles Angoff Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora #1092: The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity, and Globalization by Toyin Falola Available July 2013 Your price: $94.25 New - Hardcover
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Exchanges: South African Writing in Transition List Price $16.25 Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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Indirect Rule in South Africa: Tradition, Modernity, and the Costuming of Political Power (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) by J. C. Myers Available August 2013 Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Awa Collection Winners & Runners Up of a Prose & Poetry Competition Run By the African Writers Association by Awa Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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