Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
WE SHALL NOT FAIL: VALUES IN THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF: SERETSE KHAMA, NELSON MANDELA AND JULIUS NYERERE
This book focuses on pertinent political and social issues in Botswana, South Africa, and Tanzania during the leadership of Seretse Khama, Nelson Mandela, and Julius Nyerere respectively. It is a critical analysis of the nature of good and effective national...
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EFUNSETAN ANIWURA: IYALODE IBADAN AND TINUUBU, IYALODE EGBA: THE YORUBA HISTORICAL DRAMAS OF AKINWUMI ISOLA
Pamela J. Olúbùnmi Smiths Efúnsetán Aníwúrà, Ìyálóde Ibadan and Olú Æmæ (Tinuúbu), Ìyálóde Ëgbá, is an annotated English translation of Akínwùmí Ìsölás trailblazing dramas of two powerful, nineteenth century Ìyálóde during the seventy-year protracted internecine Yorùbá wars. Besides important male historical figures, change agents included...
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MADIBA
Unencumbered by traditional conventions, Ogaga Ifowodo’s poetry exudes freedom and freshness. The rhythmic lines carry the poet’s political awareness and human sensitivity. This new voice enlivens contemporary African poetry with a fascinating jolt of the imagination.” —Tanure Ojaide, The University...
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TRADITIONS AND POLITICS: INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN AFRICA
Tradition and Politics: Indigenous Political Structures in Africa is based on selected original papers presented at the International Conference on Indigenous Political Structures and Governance in Africa, held at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2001 under the auspices of the...
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WOMEN IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION AND LIBERALIZTAION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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WOMEN IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT: THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION AND LIBERALIZTAION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The basic premise of this book is that one of the most effective ways to ensure increased and sustainable development in Africa is through the improvement of African womens skills and ensuring their access to tools such as credit, training,...
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BANDITS ON THE BORDER: The Last Frontier In the Search For Somali Unity
In the early 1990s, Somalia was in the spotlight for factionalism as warlords, clans, and sub-clans doggedly wrenched their fiefdoms from the state through bloody civil wars. In contrast, thirty years earlier the Somali were pre-occupied with the struggle to...
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FANON'S WARNING: A CIVIL SOCIETY READER ON THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT
Is the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) a genuine blueprint for Africa's recovery? The question arises not least because some things don't add up. NEPAD argues that if Africa's "enormous potential and human resources are properly harnessed and utilized,...
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AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RECONSIDERED: WESTERN NARRATIVES AND AFRICAN ALTERNATIVES
This book explores the conditions of production in agricultural biotechnology. Situating its discussion in theoretical debates on the role of science and technology in global capitalism, the book grounds abstract discussions in a case study of Africa. Adopting the premise...
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BEING BLACK BEING HUMAN
In this follow-up to his first volume, "On Black Culture," Femi Ojo-Ade continues his in-depth explication and exploration of black essence and experience, primarily through literature, as well as through socio-political events and personal actions and interactions. He discusses a...
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THE PEOPLE'S POET: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES ON NIYI OSUNDARE
This book explores the emergence of the award-winning Niyi Osundare, a modern Nigerian poet. It examines how Osundare started in Ikere-Ekiti as a farmer-born, peasant-bred oral singer to becoming one of the worlds most celebrated African poets. Osundare has won...
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WAR DESTROYS, PEACE NURTURES (AVAILABLE IN HB ONLY)
War Destroys: Peace Nurtures presents selected papers form the 8th Somali Studies International Association congress held in Hargeisa in July 2001. This volume focuses on finding tools, solutions, and policies that speak to the need for building peace, establishing equitable and...
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100 Great Bible Mysteries
Many Christians are interested in unraveling mysteries and finding solutions to apparent contradictions in the Bible.
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Publisher : Africa World Pr (June 1, 2009)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1592211011
ISBN-13 : 978-1592211012
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CHINUA ACHEBE: TEACHER OF LIGHT
Born in Ogidi, southeastern Nigeria, on November 16, 1940, Chinua Achebe has become one of the worlds leading fiction writers.
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Publisher : Africa World Pr (April 2, 2003)
Language : English
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592210325
ISBN-13 : 978-1592210329
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GENDER, IDENTITY AND PERFORMANCE: UNDERSTANDING SWAHILI CULTURAL REALITIES THROUGH SONGS
This book analyzes the intersection between gender and identity within popular performance of the Swahili people of Mombasa. Juxtaposing cultural norms with everyday practices, Ntarangwi explores how gender and identity are practiced, constructed, mobilized, and contested through popular musical expressions...
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SISYPHUS AND ELDORADO: MAGICAL AND OTHER REALISMS IN CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
This important new work on Kamau Brathwaite includes work on and inspired by the subject, recognizing the power and influence of his poetry and other creative work, historical research and cultural and literary criticism. Brathwaite is recognized as an institution...
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BLOWING THE TRUMPET IN OPEN COURT: PROPHETIC JUDGEMENT AND LIBERATION
In this fascinating new book, Sanders calls for a radical stepping out of the empty trappings of postmodernity. He confronts the illusory state of the black world by challenging it to analyze and redefine itself in light of certain relevant...
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THE CREATIVE CIRCLE: ARTIST, CRITIC, AND TRANSLATOR IN AFRICAN LITERATURE
Translation, in all of its dimensions, was the theme of the 2001 African Literature Association Conference held in Richmond, Virginia. Translation encompasses more than the movement of expression from one language to another and includes the translating of one culture...
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EMBATTLED GODS: THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF IGBOLAND, 1841-1991
The Embattled Gods: The Christianization of Igboland 1841-1991 has three concerns: the first is to serve as a handbook on how to do church history in an African context. The story of the presence of the gospel in many African communities...
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FEDERALISM IN AFRICA VOL. II: THE IMPERATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
This book is the first attempt at a scholarly historicisation of the African crisis of development. It interrogates the problem of national integration within the context of ethno-religious and cultural pluralism. Drawing on the experiences of other organic federal societies...
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GLOBALIZATION AND URBANIZATION IN AFRICA
Scholars present new interpretations of African cities, from the pre-colonial to the modern, set in the context of national and international economy, politics and culture. While providing insights into the evolution of African cities, they also raise issues of vital...
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GUNS AND GUERILLA GIRLS: WOMEN IN THE ZIMBABWEAN LIBERATION STRUGGLE
Guns and Guerilla Girls: Women in the Zimbabwean Liberation Struggle is about women guerilla fighters in the Zimbabwean National Liberation war (1965-1980). It provides an examination of the plethora of representations of women who joined the struggle for national independence and...
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HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DESPAIR: A NOVELIST'S CURES FOR AFRICA
This book examines Ayi Kwei Armah's five novels: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Fragments (1969), Two Thousand Seasons (1973), The Healers (1973), and Osiris Rising (1995). Drawing on a thorough discussion of the five novels, the book probes the resistive moves in the works of the Ghanaian...
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MASAMO YA KISASA: CONTEMPORARY READINGS IN SWAHILI
Masamo ya Kisasa is designed to enable students at the intermediate and advanced levels to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili. Appropriate for classroom or independent use, this book provides a transition to unassisted reading of journalistic, scholarly, and literary...
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MUSIC, WRITING AND CULTURAL UNITY IN THE CARIBBEAN
Music, Writing, and Cultural Unity in the Caribbean brings together performers, writers, critics, and musicologists from the Dutch-, English-, French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean, as well as Britain and the United States. The collection explores the history of the circulation of music...
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NORTH-SOUTH LINKAGES AND CONNECTIONS IN CONTINENTAL AND DIASPORA AFRICAN LITERATURES
This volume collects some of the best presentations offered at the African Literature Association’s 25th annual conference held in 1999. The conference venue, Fez, Morocco, was an apt setting for the conference’s theme: “Continental North-South and Diaspora Linkages and Connections,”...
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN HENRICK CLARKE: PAN AFRICAN NATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAS
As one of the pioneering scholars in the discipline of Africana Studies, John Henrik Clarke spent majority of his adult life, researching, rescuing, constructing, debating, and preserving the study of African World history. His unique style and analyses postured from...
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POLITICS OF TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN AFRICA: FORCED CONSENSUS?
This book maps the policy process and political economy of policymaking in Africa. Its focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique in the literature. Detailed case studies help the decisions can vary from country to country depending on...
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Power and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970: The Impact of Globalization and Civil Society on Media-Government Relations
Power and Press Freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970 tells the rich and sometimes heroic story of the press in Liberia, from 1830, when the first newspaper was established, to 1970, the nadir of government control of the media. Early newspapers were infused...
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POLITICS OF TRANSITION IN AFRICA
The Politics of Transition comes out of a new Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) series of multidisciplinary readers, organized as teaching texts around themes central to African studies and development. Each volume will have guides to further reading and glossaries of...
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