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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedAt the height of the Cold War, when the African continent was a critical theatre of ideological contest, Soviet scholars trained their analytical gaze...

Being categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more than merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am.This paradigm shifting...

Space & Astronomy Bargain Book Box Look up, then read about what you saw. Inside: the 1919 eclipse that proved Einstein right and made him famous overnight. The decades-long effort...

Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, this is an expressive exploration of Black popular culture at its most wildly imaginative, artistically ambitious and politically urgent....

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Note: unclipped dj. Clean and bright copy. At the crossroads of monarchy, religion, and political power, The Commander of the...

Author: Mayowa Alabi Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Discover the incredible history and diversity of the African continent in all its splendour with this beautifully illustrated and fact-filled encyclopedia....

The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the defeat of settler colonialism, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths...

An accessible yet critical introduction to African photography and cinema from the mid-20th century to the present day. The African Gaze is a comprehensive exploration of postcolonial and contemporary photography...

Thurgood Marshall became a living icon of civil rights when he argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court in 1954. Six years later, he was at a...

This remarkable yearbook by Danielle and Olivier Foellmi, a follow-up to their successful Buddhist Offerings, presents the wise words of a leading personality in African literature for every day of...

A unique collection of stories that spans the centuries and ranges across the entire continent, from Ancient Egypt and Ethiopia through the Sahara to Zimbabwe Gathering a wide range of...

Author: Clyde W. Ford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 "Ford's overlap of past and present, narrative and commentary is masterful, and makes this volume all the more valuable to...

An indispensable introductory textbook that provides students with a genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. Paul Nugent explores a range of key concerns...

A collection of writers, poets, artists, social entrepreneurs and political activists in the Global International African Arts Movement speak about their work in the context of Trump, giving a voice...

The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the defeat of settler colonialism, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths...

This book begins by looking at the peoples of Africa at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and goes on to study the commercial and ideological penetration of...

Author: Muriithi, Wairimu (Edt) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Mwili, Akili Na Roho: Ten Figurative Painters from East Africa features the work of ten artists from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania,...

Author: Margot BryantBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1987Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Number 53 of 100 copies. Slipcase good. A definitive...

*** Winner of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences non-fiction book award *** South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the heart of Johannesburg, where gold-rush ambition gave way to intellectual endeavour, the University of the Witwatersrand rose from modest colonial origins to...

Condition remarks: Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: Worn/faded, chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, some tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding: Appears intact but aged. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A...

In this timely and very readable new work, Walvin focuses not on abolitionism or the brutality and suffering of slavery, but on resistance, the resistance of the enslaved themselves -...

'A historically insightful read' Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest 'A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism' Astrid Madimba and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, tears along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact. At the volatile...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of military power and political transformation, Morris Janowitz's The Military in the Political Development of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear and fading to cover. Page Condition: Good. Markings: price stickers at back. Binding: Intact. A landmark work...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket is structural and in good condition, still bright. Some shelf...

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"Dr Livingstone, I presume..." Everyone knows Stanley's famous words. But what of the other great explorers of the mysterious interior of Africa? Burton, Speke, Grant, Baker, Kingsley: in the space...

Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African perspective, for fans of William Dalrymple, David...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. A landmark work in conservation science, The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests:...

A brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years A Financial Times Book of the Year No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Remainder mark,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersRising dramatically from the rolling plains of KwaZulu-Natal, the Drakensberg — the Dragon's Back —...

As a spokesman for a country, a continent and the developing world, Thabo Mbeki plays a crucial role in world politics, but to many people he is an enigma. Is...

Illustrates the emotional attraction of the continent's very being - the grandeur, the natural beauty and the multifarious animal kingdom - and inspires a dream of the magic of Africa,...

A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of stories of Africa from centuries past to the present, selected by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri. A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of...

The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and one of the continent's principal arteries of movement, migration, conquest and commerce. In this book, historian Malyn Newitt quotes rarely used...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhen South African Airways commemorated half a century of aviation history, the result was 50 Years of Flight — a...

New to Black Classics from 20th C. (0141181001) 'Poetry, always foremost of the arts in traditional Africa, has continued to compete for primacy against the newer forms of prose fiction...

Meet the culinarians who are setting the new African table. James Beard Award-winning author Alexander Smalls presents a vibrant library of home cooking recipes and texts contributed by 33 chefs,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback cover with some light wear and minor aging. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact. Fold-out map...