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Diasporic Africa : Reader (06 Edition)
by Michael A. Gomez  Publisher Comments "These 13 well-written scholarly essays are an eclectic compilation covering disparate topics, places, and time periods relating to the African Diaspora. . . . Recommended." —Choice "Thus this book will be fruitful for ongoing debates on Diaspora...
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Excavation Memoirs #73: The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: The Falcon Complex and Catacomb: The Archaeological Report
by Sue And H.s. Smith Davies Publisher Comments This volume includes full architectural and archaeological descriptions, an illustrated catalogue of the objects discovered, and a discussion of the nature of the Falcon cult at North Saqqara, as revealed in the inscriptional material from the site....
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The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
by Aidan Hartley Publisher Comments An epic narrative combining the literary reportage of Ryzard Kapuscinski with a historical love story reminiscent of Michael Ondaatje?s The English Patient In his final days, rising from a bed made of mountain cedar, lashed with thongs of rawhide...
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Black Death : Aids in Africa (03 Edition)
by Susan Hunter Publisher Comments To the surprise of many, George W. Bush pledged $10 billion to combat AIDS in developing nations. Noted specialist Susan Hunter tells the untold story of AIDS in Africa, home to 80 percent of the 40 million people in the world currently infected with HIV....
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Historical Dictionaries of Africa #106: Historical Dictionary of Zambia
by David J. Et Al Simon Book News Annotation With the third edition of this reference work, Simon (political science, Yale U.) continues a collaborative effort previously undertaken by Siegel (sociology, Furman U., Greenville, South Carolina) and Pletcher (political science, Denison U...
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The Politics of Bones: Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria's Oil
by Timothy J Hunt Publisher Comments The gripping story of a people's battle against a corrupt government and a powerful oil company. <BR>On November 10, 1995, Nigeria's military dictatorship executed nine environmental activists. Among them was Ken Saro-Wiwa, the charismatic...
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The New Religions of Africa (Modern Sociology)
by Benne Jules Rosette Publisher Comments This volume is an important and original collection of firsthand field reports and essays on contemporary African cults and churches. Using comprehensive ethnographic information, this volume focuses on the importance of religion as an agent and symbol...
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Constructive Engagement?: Chester Crocker & American Policy in South Africa, Namibia & Angola, 1981-1988
by J. E Davies Publisher Comments The notion of engagement represtents an indispensible tool in a foreign policy practitioner’s armory. The idea of constructive engagement is forwarded by governments as a method whereby pressure can be brought to bear on countries to improve their...
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Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
by Robert L. Paarlberg Publisher Comments Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane tarmac narrows to rutted dirt, and the journey must continue on foot. The farmers...
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Cultivating Success in Uganda: Kigezi Farmers and Colonial Policies (Eastern African Studies)
by Grace Carswell Publisher Comments Kigezi, a district in southwestern Uganda, is exceptional in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world, this district did not adopt cash crops. Soil conservation practices were successfully adopted, and the region maintained a...
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Beaufort West
by Mikhael Subotzky Publisher Comments At the halfway point along South Africa's great highway-the N1, running from Cape Town to Johannesburg-lies the small town of Beaufort West. With a prison in the middle of town on an island in the highway, it's a surreal road stop that offers everything...
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A Passage to Africa
by George Alagiah Publisher Comments As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana-- the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. "A Passage to Africa" is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that...
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The Resolution of African Conflicts: The Management of Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
by Alfred Nhema Publisher Comments This book offers analyses of a range of African conflicts and demonstrates that peace is too important to be left to outsiders....
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Understanding "Development" Interventions in Northern Ghana
by Karl Botchway Book News Annotation Dissatisfied with the persistence in understanding development as that which is self-evident and needed by all poor societies no matter their peculiar needs, circumstances, and history, Botchway (African American studies, City U. of New York-College...
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Haile Selassie, Western Education and Political Revolution in Ethiopia
by Paulos Milkias Publisher Comments The author, a former member of the Ethiopian intelligentsia, presents a probing mirror-image analysis of the postwar years and the revolutionary upheavals during the past decades. The work includes his reminiscences of personal audiences with Emperor...
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Accoun Develop Rass1h (Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies)
by R S Oluse Wallace Publisher Comments This special edition (Supplement 1) of "Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies" (RAEE) focuses on accounting and economic development issues in developing countries, with special reference to Africa. The decision to publish a special supplement on...
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What Is Africa's Problem? (00 Edition)
by Yoweri K. Museveni Publisher Comments Recent seismic shifts in Congo and Rwanda have exposed the continued volatility of the state of affairs in central Africa. As African states have shaken off their postcolonial despots, new leaders with sweeping ideas about a pan-African alliance have...
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A Brief History of Egypt (Brief History)
by Arthur Goldschmidt Publisher Comments Ancient Egypt was one of the longest-lasting civilizations the world has ever known. While most readers will be familiar with at least parts of ancient Egyptian history, contemporary Egypt and its connections to the ancient civilization are not always...
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The Call of Africa: An Illustrated Travel Journal
by Dr J. William Allgood Publisher Comments The Journey of a Lifetime... Physician and photographer, Dr. William Allgood, brings you the wonderful sights and descriptions of a place ripe with beauty--Africa. Travel with Dr. Allgood and his wife as they journey across southern Africa by air, land...
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Comrades, Clients and Cousins: Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in São Tomé and Príncipe (African Social Studies Series, Volume 13)
by Gerhard Seibert Publisher Comments This book provides comprehensive information on the 500-year long colonial history, post-colonial politics, and local political culture and practice of the island republic of Sā o Tomeacute; and Principe, one of the smallest and least known...
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