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Africa world press
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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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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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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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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ASINAMALI UNDIVERSITY STRUGGLES IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
Asinamali is an edited collection of essays that includes work by Dennis Brutus, Shereen Essof, Jonathan Jansen, Mahmood Mamdani and Andrew Nash. It is a project of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA). Asinamali marks CAFA's first enquiry...
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AND THE GIRLS IN THEIR SUNDAY DRESSES PB
Two very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and a child share a last loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity...
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Culture, Society, and Politics in Modern African Literature Texts and Contexts
A gap exists between African literary texts and their interpretation for many scholars and readers of African literature today. Unfamiliar with the cultures, societies, and politics of Africa, some readers bring a perspective to the work that is at odds...
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AFRICANS AT THE CROSSROADS Paperback
Product details
Paperback : 458 pages
ISBN-10 : 0865432716
ISBN-13 : 978-0865432710
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WHITE NILE BLACK BLOOD
This pioneering volume introduces and defines a new realm of scholarly investigation. Over the course of half-century of independence the former Anglo-Egyptian Sudan has been torn by extended periods of warfare, during which the Southern Sudan, roughly defined by the...
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ETHICS AND THE INTERNET IN WEST AFRICA: TOWARD AN ETHICAL MODEL OF INTEGRATION
The whole world is currently undergoing a period of profound change brought about by the development of the worldwide information and communications network, the Internet, which affects every sphere of social life. This book focuses specifically on ethical questions related...
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NEW WOMEN'S WRITING IN AFRICAN LITERATURE #24
This book is about discoveries made in the course of carrying out research on African literatures in well-stocked archives in various parts of the world. Many of the essays collected here deal with early publications and manuscripts by now-famous writers...
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AFRICAN THEATRE: Southern Africa
Articles and interviews on theatre in Southern Africa include the familiar territory of South Africa and Zimbabwe but also countries which have received little previous attention, such as Angola and Namibia. The articles range from evaluations of single plays to...
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BLACK WOMEN WHITE MEN THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE SLAVES IN THE DANISH WEST INDIES
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BLACK WOMEN WHITE MEN THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE SLAVES IN THE DANISH WEST INDIES
Using archival material and other existing sources, this book graphically documents the sexual exploitation of female slaves in holding pens on the West Coast of Africa, on slave ships during the Trans-Atlantic crossing, and on plantations in the Danish West...
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THREE-FIFTHS THEOLOGY: CHALLENGING RACISM IN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
Three-Fifths Theology is a unique book by two authors from different intellectual perspectives who both share an important perspective with one goal in mind. Written by an African American and a European American, this book enters the conversation about racism in American Christianity....
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AFRICAN JIHAD: Bin Laden's Quest For the Horn Of Africa.
The African Jihad is a fascinating examination of the efforts by international jihadists to bring about their grand vision of Islamist hegemony in the greater Horn of Africa region. These efforts began with the collaboration between Al Qaeda and the National...
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CLOTHES OF NAKEDNESS
Into a poor, if jovial, world of a group of friends descends the intriguing and dapper Mystique Mysterious bearing attractive offers of a better life. Embracing him is to fall prey to his diabolical machinations; however, those that dare challenge...
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VISIONS OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM: BLACK SCIENCE FICTION NOVELISTS WRITE THE FUTURE
In Visions of the Third Millenium, Sandra Grayson analyzes how writers of African descent use the codes of science fiction to explore race and gender, myth and language, slavery and freedom, alienation and difference.
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PAGES FROM THE BOOK OF THE SUN: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS
This long-expected collection brings together some of the best poems by one of Africa’s most important poets.
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JIMMA ABBA JIFAR: An Oromo Monarcy in Ethiopia (with a postcript)
Established around 1830, the Kingdom of Jimma Abba Jifar was the largest and most powerful of the five monarchies formed by the Oromo in the Gibe region of southwestern Ethiopia.
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JOURNEYS HOME: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DIASPORIC EXPERIENCE
As a major origin of emigrants to the western hemisphere, the African continent has seen its share of both forced and volunteer emigration.
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SPEAKING FOR THE GENERATIONS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN SHORT STORIES
This anthology aims to represent the best of contemporary African short stories written in English. Familiar names such as Benjamin Kwakye, Tijan Sallah, Zahra Ramij, Freddy Macha, Arja Salafranca, Odun Balogun, Tanure Ojaide
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WHISPERING OUT LOUD: Voices of Africana Edited by Michael T. Tillotson
This book contains a collection of articles written by Africana Studies scholars: Kaila Story, De Reef Jamison, Karanja Carrol, Dawn Elissa Fischer, Serie Mc Dougal, Justin Gammage, Marquita Gammage, and Michael Tillotson. Kaila Story examines the dire consequences of young...
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