Africa
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JAMES VAN DERZEE: THE PICTURE-TAKIN' MAN
Based on interviews with the late black photographer, James Van DerZee, whose oeuvre of aesthetic portraits and documents of Harlem life in the 1920's and 1930s "discovered" when he was 83 years old,
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INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA
For all who are interested in traditional medicine and the development of medical practices, this text by one of the world's leading Ethiopianists looks at the traditional and modern medicine as it evolved from 1800 to the present.
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BEYOND SAFARIS: A GUIDE TO BUILDING PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE TIES WITH AFRICA
Product details
Publisher : Africa World Pr; 1st Africa World Press, Inc. ed edition (June 1, 1991)
Language : English
Hardcover : 360 pages
ISBN-10 : 086543204X
ISBN-13 : 978-0865432048
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POPULAR LITERATURE IN AFRICA
What is the written word that captivates the masses of African people? What are the stories and essays that most Africans read? Scholars usually pay little attention to the popular literature of Africa
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POLITICS OF BLACK NATION: FROM HARLEM TO SOWETO
"History, politics and literature roll out like thread off the spindle of fine research, to be woven into a picture postcard of theblack experience by Dr. Kinfe Abraham's deft analytical hand."
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MALCOLM X :MAN AND HIS TIMES
The full impact of Malcolm X, his personality and his mission come urgently to life in this definitive anthology of his writings, speeches and manifestos along with writings about him by an international group of African and African-American scholars and...
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PAN AFRICAN THEOLOGY: PROVIDENCE AND THE LEGACIES OF THE ANCESTORS
A Pan-African Theology: Providence and the Legacies of the Ancestors is a liberation theology that blends radical perspectives of black North American and African theologies
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ONE IS ENOUGH
This is the powerful and compelling story of a woman's struggle to find an independent and fulfilling life on her own.
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WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT
From Flora Nwapa comes another collection of absorbing short stories centered around women. Common to all stories is the involvement of women in all kinds of wars
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WOMEN IN CITY OF THE DEAD
The 'City of the Dead' is a vast and ancient cemetery close to center of Cairo which has gradually become a permanent home for thousands of migrants from the countryside. For many of the women, though still living in poverty,...
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ZAMANI GOES TO MARKET
was cool in the early morning. The sun spread a soft light over the family compound of five huts. Zamani was wide awake. He had slept little that night; he was too excited. Today, for the first time, he would...
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CAPITEIN: A CRITICAL STUDY OF AN 18TH CENTURY AFRICAN
Capitein's claim to fame or infamy derives from his thesis that slavery is not contrary to Christian principles. Slavery has long been banished from human social intercourse. Capitein continues to be remembered as the African who defended slavery.The resurgence of...
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GODS, ORACLES & DIVINATION: FOLKWAYS IN CHINUA ACHEBE'S NOVELS
A cultural exegesis of the four novels of Chinua Acheb. Focus of exegis is the 'folkways,' the inclusive category of verbal performances peculiar to the world of Achebe's novels: cosmology, traditional religion; gods, divination
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HOW FAST THE WIND?: SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1975-2000
How Fast the Wind? asks the question, what is the reality of the fast-moving, continuous change in southern Africa from 1975 to the year 2000? Clearly there has been political independence-- of Mozambique and Angola, of Zimbabwe, of Namibia. And now...
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LAST POETS
Since 1968, the Last Poets have been central to New York street poetry. In the rap explosion their poems are being rediscovered, re-mixed and reviewed. Successful gigs in Britain, and now albums on the Celluloid label, are winning a new...
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NEVER AGAIN
Written by Flora Nwapa after the Nigerian Civil War, Never Again looks at her society at the time of war and she concentrates on the importance of Biafran women in sustaining their fighting men and the society in general.
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SPIRIT OF AFRICA: THE HEALING MINISTRY OF ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL MILINGO OF ZAMBIA
Only after his appointment as RC Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia, in 1969 did Emmanuel Milingo become aware of his healing powers.
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THUNDER AND SILENCE: The Mass Media in Africa
Contents:The FoundationsNewspapers and the Colonial ContextMedia Control and National DevelopmentElectronic Broadcasting in AfricaTwo National Perspectives on the MediaProblems and PrerogativesThe Potential for Press FreedomAccess to International InformationThe Media and Ideology: A Final NoteThe Leading media Institutions in AfricaRural Newspapers in...
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THIS IS LAGOS: AND OTHER STORIES
From Flora Nwapa comes another collection of absorbing short stories centered around women. Common to all stories is the involvement of women in all kinds of wars.
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TO TANGLE WITH TARZAN
"The trauma of Nigeria's encounter with the West provides the theme for these engaging stories of village and urban life. Introduced by a fable and concluded with a lively retelling of an Igbo epic of resistance to 'The Pink Men...
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WIVES AT WAR
From Flora Nwapa comes another collection of absorbing short stories centered around women. Common to all stories is the involvement of women in all kinds of wars.
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PAINFUL SEASON A STUBBORN HOPE (A): Odyssey Of An Eritrean Mother
Abeba Tesfagiorgis has a startling story. A story which might as well have been acted out on the dark side of the moon for the world knew of what befell her. her record of her experiences at the hands of...
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