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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...
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Writing African History (05 Edition)
by Philips Publisher Comments Writing African History is an essential work for anyone who wants to write, or even seriously read, African history. It will replace Daniel McCall's classic Africa in Time Perspective as the introduction to African history for the next generation and as...
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Auguste Rodin
by Rainer Maria Rilke Publisher Comments Sculptor Auguste Rodin once wrote that one has only to look at a human face to find a soul, no feature deceives; hypocrisy is as transparent as sincerity. The inclining of the brow, the least furrowing of a look may reveal the -secrets of the heart...
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Kwani? 4
by Binyavanga Wainaina Publisher Comments Following and keeping close to the great tradition set by its three predecessors, Kwani? 4 presents a wail of new voices in literary concert with the not so new. The now established talents- Binyavanga Wainaina, Muthoni Garland, Doreen Baingana- share...
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Under African Skies : Modern African Stories (97 Edition)
by Charles R. Larson Publisher Comments Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a new generation of writers. Powerful, intriguing and essentially non-Western, these stories will be welcome...
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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
by Clive James Publisher Comments Forty years in the making, a new cultural canon that celebrates truth over hypocrisy, literature over totalitarianism. Echoing Edward Said's belief that Western humanism is not enough, we need a universal humanism, the renowned critic Clive James...
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Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, and Mad English
by Kurt Thometz Publisher Comments A unique anthology that brings together examples of once wildly popular but long out-of-print African market literature never intended as art: irresistibly charming, brief literary anomalies in all genres, written for entertainment, instruction, and...
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To Stir the Heart (07 Edition)
by Head Publisher Comments From origin myths to tales of modern prostitutes in search of dignity-even for only a moment-these powerful stories by two renowned African authors explore the uneasy coexistence between women and men, tradition and modernity. They show strong women...
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Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private
by Anna Quindlen Publisher Comments "A splendid collection...Eloquent, powerful, compassionate and droll. There is considerable variety in the subjects she addresses....Compelling."<BR>THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER<BR>Thinking out loud is what Anna Quindlen does best. A syndicated...
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Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Eric Ross Publisher Comments A book about contemporary urban design, a metaphysical worldview and a cultural process that transcends the pre-colonial/colonial/post-colonial divides....
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The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by A. E. Afigbo Publisher Comments The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885 - 1950, is a history of the campaign waged by Great Britain in colonial Nigeria from approximately 1885 on, to abolish the internal slave trade in the Bight of Biafra and its hinterland, a...
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Jungfrau and Other Short Stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 2007
by Mary Watson Publisher Comments The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Each year the winning story and shortlisted entries are collected and...
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Laughing Now. New Stories from Zimbabwe
by Irene Staunton Publisher Comments Weaver Press's previous collections of short stories, Writing Now and Writing Still, were highly praised for the quality of their prose and the imagination of their writers. They confirmed, for one reviewer, 'the paradoxical truth that troubled societies...
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Student Encyclopedia of African Literature
by Douglas And Alicia L. Kerfoot Killam Publisher Comments African literature is a vast subject of growing output and interest. Written especially for students, this book selectively surveys the topic in a clear and accessible way. Included are roughly 600 alphabetically arranged entries on writers, genres, and...
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The Best of Gowanus: New Writing from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean
by Thomas J. Hubschman Publisher Comments Short stories and essays from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean....
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Strong Women and Strutting Men
by Marcia Williams Publisher Comments A collection of fiction which allows the black women to truly bare her soul and speak her mind....
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Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora #26: HIV/AIDS, Illness, and African Well-Being
by Toyin Falola Publisher Comments HIV/AIDS, Illness and African Well-Being highlights the specific health problems facing Africa today, most particularly the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the book presents not only the health crises facing Africa today, but...
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Yoruba Proverbs
by Oyekan Owomoyela Publisher Comments “The leopard’s stealthy gait is not a result of cowardice; it is simply stalking a prey.” (Do not mistake people’s gentle nature for spinelessness.) “The rabbit that eats yams and enjoys them will return for more.”...
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The United States and West Africa: Interactions and Relations (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Toyin Falola Publisher Comments Over the last several decades, historians have conducted extensive research into contact between the United States and West African during the era of the transatlantic trade. Yet we still understand relatively little about more recent relations between...
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Ira Aldridge: The African Roscius (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
by Bernth (edt) Lindfors Publisher Comments Ira Aldridge--a black New Yorker--was one of 19th-century Europe's greatest actors, performing abroad for 43 years, winning more awards, honors, and official decorations than any of his professional peers. This collection restores the luster to Aldridge...
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