Cultural Literature
Cultural Literature
Bridging Mobilities. ICTs Appropriation by Cameroonians in South Africa and The Netherlands
This is a study on the creative appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by mobile Africans and the communities to which they belong, home and away. With a focus on Cameroonian migrants from Pinyin and Mankon who are currently...
$87.00
Bourgeon Divin: Temoignages (French Edition)
Ce livre dévoile un matériel ethnographique innovant, notamment, des événements dans lesquels des individus font face au super naturel, tel la réaction à la mort d'un enfant dont l'opération chirurgicale était considérée comme la réponse aux prières à Dieu, la...
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Born Nude
Born Nude is philosophical poetry that explores myriad themes, from equality to humility and environmental consciousness. It is divided into chapters that pinpoint specific areas of interest. The author delves into human weaknesses and strengths based on nature and nurture. He...
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Body and Affect in the Intercultural Encounter
The volume draws from René Devisch's encounters with groups in southsaharan Africa, primarily. The author had the privilege to immerse himself, around the clock, in the Yakaphones' activities and thoughts in southwest DR Congo from 1972 to 1974, and intermittently...
$61.00
Blessing
Fatti Ashi died. Startling her family and community, she comes back to life just a few hours after dying. Blessing chronicles the life of this Fatti Ashi, a young village girl who from the moment she rejoins the land of...
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Bites of Insanity
In this collection of poems Nsah Mala casts a critical compassionate gaze at the predicaments in the lives of present day Cameroonians. The poet lambasts power abuse in Cameroon and Africa. He decries the lost glory of traditional values sacrificed...
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The Birth of a Child in a Fishing Boat
The Birth of a Child in a Fishing Boat is redolent with creativity, weaving folklore and faith into literary and historical memoir. It is a brilliant synthesis of collective historiography and personal autobiography. While dense with episodes of the author's...
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Beyond Zimbabwe's 5.0 Education Model: A Critical Examination
This book provides a thought-provoking and comprehensive examination of Zimbabwe's ground-breaking 5.0 Education Model. As Zimbabwe grapples with the ever-evolving landscape of education, this timely work explores the ambitious 5.0 Education Model that has captured the nation's attention. The authors...
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Between Worlds
Because of the climate crisis and declining ocean health, humans are increasingly in a liminal space between this world and imaginary, alien worlds to come. The poems raise the issue of climate change by foregrounding the centrality, beauty, and significance...
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Between Rhetoric and Reality. The State and Use of Indigenous Knowledge in Post-Colonial Africa
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Between Rhetoric and Reality. The State and Use of Indigenous Knowledge in Post-Colonial Africa
Since time immemorial, indigenous peoples around the world have developed knowledge systems to ensure their continued survival in their respective territories. These knowledge systems have always been dynamic such that they could meet new challenges. Yet, since the so-called enlightenment...
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Best "New" African Poets 2015 Anthology
Consisting of 214 poems and 79 poets, from over 23 African countries and the Diasporas, Best New African Poets 2015 Anthology: Poetry Progeria contains poems that deal with a panoply of issues, feelings, thoughts, ideas, beliefs..., on identity, Africanness (Blackness,...
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Being Available and Reachable. New Media and Cameroonian Transnational Sociality
The book investigates what have become of Cameroonian transnational family and friendship ties in the age of the mobile phone and the internet that make people readily available and reachable. Most theoretical literature states that these tools of sociality cement...
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Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe's Proverbs
This book is a timely addition to debates and explorations on the epistemological relevance of African proverbs, especially with growing calls for the decolonization of African curricula. The editors and contributors have chosen to reflect on the diverse ways of...
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From the Browder File Vol II: Survival Strategies for Africans in America: 13 Steps to Freedom
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From the Browder File Vol II: Survival Strategies for Africans in America: 13 Steps to Freedom
We Africans in America have been socially engineered to reject our past, and far too many of us live in a state of suspended animation.
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Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity
Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity surveys the country’s most accomplished architectural firms, whose work enhances cities and landscapes across Canada’s geographically varied expanse. Author Leslie Jen explores a number of significant projects in urban and rural environments―private residences, cultural...
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Raising Confident Black Kids
A Comprehensive Guide for Empowering Parents and Teachers of Black Children How to Raise Black Kids in a Racist World #1 New Release in Teacher Resources and Student Life Raising Confident Black Kids includes everything Black and multi-racial families need to...
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I Do Not Sleep: A Novel
A story of betrayal, desire, and family drama, written by a giant of Egyptian popular fiction who shocked readers in the 1950s when this Lolita-esque novel first appeared and whose work has never before been available in EnglishSixteen-year-old Nadia had...
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The Brave Little Parrot
How can you save a burning forest with just sprinkles of water? This timeless Buddhist tale may just have the answer!In this ancient tale of one of the Buddha’s past lives, the Buddha is born as a little gray parrot...
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White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality
A 2021 C. Wright Mills Award FinalistShows how government created “ghettos” and affluent white space and entrenched a system of American residential caste that is the linchpin of US inequality—and issues a call for abolition.The iconic Black hood, like slavery and Jim...
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The Religious Instruction of the Negroes: A Sermon, Delivered Before Associations of Planters in Liberty and M'intosh Counties, Georgia (Classic Reprint)
Slavery and racism in the United States run hand in hand and the silver screen is littered with dramatic representations of the hot, hazy environment of the Slave States at their height. The popular imagination is familiar with the white...
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77 Amazing Facts About the Moors With Complete Proof: Black & White Student Edition
Over 100 pages of little known facts about the Moors and their impact on civilizations the world over. Collaboration between Canaanland and the Moorish Califa to continue to Great Work of Master Teacher J.A. Rogers. Black & White edition reduced...
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Napoleon: A Life
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller“A thrilling tale of...
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Fabric of Immortality
Fabric of Immortality focuses on Egungun masking, a unique cultural tradition practiced by the Yoruba of West Africa and their descendants in the African Diaspora, particularly in Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Trinidad, Venezuela and the United States of...
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Man, God, and Civilization
Drawing from sources of ancient, classic, and contemporary literature, the author shows how European culture was derived from the older civilizations of Africa and Asia. Cover may vary.
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You Get What You Pay For: Essays
In her “witty and searing” first essay collection, award-winning poet Morgan Parker examines “the cultural legacy of Black womanhood and the meaning of finding ‘well-being’ in a world that wasn’t built for you” (Vogue).“Riveting and deeply personal . . . filled with...
$28.00
Why Would Feminists Trust the Police?: A tangled history of resistance and complicity
A tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistanceEvery week it seems there is a fresh scandal involving abhorrent, racist, misogynist behavior by police officers. Yet these are the very people women are supposed to approach for help when faced with...
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We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Begin Again, a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for what it takes to achieve a more just...
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We Alive, Beloved: Poems
NYT Bestselling Author Frederick Joseph explores a new genre in this captivating poetry collection that seeks to find joy in moments of difficulty whether through illuminating the beauty of being Black, highlighting the hope that can be found in childhood,...
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Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair
A visual celebration of natural Black hair that highlights the powerful connection between mothers and their children during their wash day rituals.“A beautiful love letter to natural hair and the rituals Black women have created.”—Roxane GayIn this stunning book, documentary...
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