Social Science
Social Science
An African Feminist Philosophy of Language
This book calls for the institution of an African feminist philosophy of language, challenging existing debates and encouraging a move away from the Western gaze. The book begins with an analysis of the philosophical context of African feminism, and a...
$91.00
African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa
African feminism, this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or...
$45.00
African Fans of European Football: Cultural Globalisation in Kenya and Zimbabwe
This book examines the increasing influence of European football in African societies, considering the processes and significance of being a fan and what this means for the wider globalisation of popular culture. Focussing on fan cultures in Kenya and Zimbabwe,...
$81.00
African Fans of European Football: Cultural Globalisation in Kenya and Zimbabwe
This book examines the increasing influence of European football in African societies, considering the processes and significance of being a fan and what this means for the wider globalisation of popular culture. Focussing on fan cultures in Kenya and Zimbabwe,...
$260.00
African Etiquette 101: A Modern Guide to Respect, Culture, and Social Success Across Africa
Africa is a continent of incredible diversity. Etiquette is not uniform-customs can vary not only between countries but also within them, especially where multiple ethnicities coexist. Yet, there are foundational cultural expectations and behaviors that form the backbone of respectful...
$39.00
Ama Ata Aidoo's "No Sweetness Here and Other Stories". How colonialism still affects Africa's culture: A Thematic Analysis
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject African Studies - Literature, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences Dhar El Mahraz Fès), language: English, abstract: Ama Ata Aidoo's "No Sweetness Here and Other Short...
$79.00
Alternative Development Strategies in Subsaharan Africa (1994)
The World Bank and the IMF dominate policy-making in Africa today. This book considers the consistency between their adjustment policies and long-term development needs, with detailed analyses of country experience. An alternative development strategy is proposed. Important elements include rural...
$78.00
African Emigres in the United States: A Missing Link in Africa's Social and Economic Development
$130.00
African Emigres in the United States: A Missing Link in Africa's Social and Economic Development
The people of Africa emerged from colonial rule with optimism and determination to transform their society and bring prosperity to the continent, but today there is neither economic nor political freedom. In order to seize control of its destiny, Kofi...
$130.00
African Culture and Global Politics: Language, Philosophies, and Expressive Culture in Africa and the Diaspora
This volume attempts to insert itself within the larger discussion of Africa in the twenty-first century, especially within the realm of world politics. Despite the underwhelming amount of attention given to Africa's role in international politics in popular news sources,...
$92.00
African Culture and Global Politics: Language, Philosophies, and Expressive Culture in Africa and the Diaspora
This volume attempts to insert itself within the larger discussion of Africa in the twenty-first century, especially within the realm of world politics. Despite the underwhelming amount of attention given to Africa's role in international politics in popular news sources,...
$293.00
African Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management: Theory and Practice from Southern Africa (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2016)
For a long time, resource conservationists have viewed environmental conservation as synonymous with wilderness and wildlife resources only, oblivious to the contributions made by cultural and heritage resources. However, cultural heritage resources in many parts of the developing world are...
$156.00
African Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management: Theory and Practice from Southern Africa (2016)
For a long time, resource conservationists have viewed environmental conservation as synonymous with wilderness and wildlife resources only, oblivious to the contributions made by cultural and heritage resources. However, cultural heritage resources in many parts of the developing world are...
$156.00
Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Market Structure, Farm Constraints and Grass-Root Institutions (2017)
This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the...
$155.00
African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Research in Africa (2008)
$311.00
African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Research in Africa (2008)
This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of Africans. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites...
$311.00
Agricultural Reform in Rwanda: Authoritarianism, Markets and Zones of Governance
International observers have lauded Rwanda as an example of an African country taking control of its own development trajectory, and as a market-friendly destination for investment. A key component of this narrative has been an ambitious programme of agricultural reform,...
$45.00
Agricultural Marketing in Tropical Africa: Contributions of the Netherlands
First published in 1999, this volume explores how African agriculture has always had a strong appeal for the people of the Netherlands. This is due to (1) a long-established interest in tropical agriculture going back to the days when Indonesia...
$32.00
Agricultural Marketing in Tropical Africa: Contributions of the Netherlands
First published in 1999, this volume explores how African agriculture has always had a strong appeal for the people of the Netherlands. This is due to (1) a long-established interest in tropical agriculture going back to the days when Indonesia...
$92.00
Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms
Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on “how” to undertake land reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with relevant lessons for other developing countries. It provides details, with case studies, on how...
$40.00
An Agricultural Household Model for Burkina Faso West Africa
An econometric model employing panel data from Burkinabe farms in West Africa's Sahel region accounting for goods both supplied and demanded by the household to determine the supply and demand elasticities for staple cereals. Dissertation Discovery Company and the...
$121.00
An Agricultural Household Model for Burkina Faso West Africa
Abstract: An econometric model employing panel data from Burkinabe farms in West Africa's Sahel region accounting for goods both supplied and demanded by the household to determine the supply and demand elasticities for staple cereals. Dissertation Discovery Company and the...
$86.00
Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa: Essays in Honor of Keijiro Otsuka (2023)
This Open Access book explores the multifaceted nature of agricultural and rural development in Asia and examines the extent to which the Asian experience is being replicated in contemporary Africa. This volume compiles the works of top scholars who provided...
$65.00
African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Research in Africa
This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of Africans. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites...
$311.00
Agricultural Development in Asia and Africa: Essays in Honor of Keijiro Otsuka (2023)
This Open Access book explores the multifaceted nature of agricultural and rural development in Asia and examines the extent to which the Asian experience is being replicated in contemporary Africa. This volume compiles the works of top scholars who provided...
$78.00
African Countries and the Global Scramble for China: A Contribution to Africa's Preparedness and Rehearsal
In this new book on Africa-China relations, Ngonlardje Kabra Mbaidjol strongly engages in the heated debates on African cooperation with China, an increassingly rich and powerful partner. The current dominant view highlights the neo-colonial and exploitative nature of these relations...
$88.00
The African Conundrum: Rethinking the Trajectories of Historical, Cultural, Philosophical and Developmental Experiences of Africa
The African conundrum... is rooted out of the historical, philosophical and cultural bastardisation, imbalances and inequalities which many post-colonial African governments have always sought to address, though with varying degrees of success, since the 1960s. Lamentably, this African conundrum is...
$72.00
African Constructions of China: Insights from Ghana and Kenya
Marking a constructivist turn in Africa-China scholarship, this book explores African constructions of China. Using Ghana and Kenya as case studies, the book outlines the role of diverse state and non-state actors in defining what China represents to the region,...
$81.00
African Brain Drain, How the American Immigration Policies Fuel Africa's Loss of Talent
“In the shadows of crowded hospitals and underfunded classrooms, Africa's brightest minds slip away like whispers in the wind, forced to choose between survival and sacrifice. As the author of African Brain Drain, I witness the heart-wrenching stories of dreamers...
$26.00
African Brain Drain, How the American Immigration Policies Fuel Africa's Loss of Talent
“In the shadows of crowded hospitals and underfunded classrooms, Africa's brightest minds slip away like whispers in the wind, forced to choose between survival and sacrifice. As the author of African Brain Drain, I witness the heart-wrenching stories of dreamers...
$39.00
African, American: From Tarzan to Dreams from My Father - Africa in the Us Imagination
Africa has long gripped the American imagination. From the Edenic wilderness of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan novels to the 'black Zion' of Garvey's Back-to-Africa movement, all manner of Americans - whether white or black, male or female - have come to see...
$156.00
African, American: From Tarzan to Dreams from My Father - Africa in the Us Imagination
Africa has long gripped the American imagination. From the Edenic wilderness of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan novels to the 'black Zion' of Garvey's Back-to-Africa movement, all manner of Americans - whether white or black, male or female - have come to see...
$34.00