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The Cuban Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991by Edward George
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 188.00The first complete study of Cuban involvement in the Angolan War, from the first contacts in the 1960s to the full-scale military occupation of the 1980s more...
African Archaeologyby Ann Brower Stahl
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2004; US$ 49.95A landmark introduction to the archaeology of Africa that challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa’s past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. Provides an unprecedented and exciting introduction to the archaeology of Africa Challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa’s past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims Includes a thoughtful introduction that explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa's past Lays out research questions that have shaped the contours of African archaeology Comprised of chapters specifically written for this volume by prominent archaeologists with regional and topical expertise more...
No One Can Stop the Rainby Karin Moorhouse
Insomniac Press 2005; US$ 16.95Set in central Angola during the final stages of the country's thirty-year civil war, No One Can Stop the Rain is the true story of two ordinary Médecins Sans Frontières volunteers ? a surgeon and his wife, leaving behind their comfortable lives in mid-career. In doing so they are confronted by both the best and worst aspects of humanity. Based on correspondence and diary entries, the book chronicles the couple's journey to Kuito, deep in the heart of Angola. The remnants of this provincial capital had the unenviable reputation of being one of the world's most heavily landmined cities. The events witnessed by Moorhouse and Cheng as they worked alongside civilians ? victims of landmines, the malnourished, and the displaced ? provide a unique... more...
Darkest Europe and Africa's Nightmareby Akinyi Princess of K'Orinda-Yimbo
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 34.95Probing the human causes of Africa s continuing travails, a London-educated Kenyan princess examines official policies that do more harm than good, while poking fun at Western hypocrisy and greed, and African vanity and passivity, as well. If the United States is based on the principle that all men are created equal, why, the author asks, does the West treat Africa and Africans differently? Just what kind of democracy is being exported, when only the West s interests are served?. In an incisive view of the relationship between Africa and the West, a London-educated Kenyan princess suggests that the aid machinery hurts Africa more than it assists. Westerners (and successful Africans alike) perpetuate the negative image of Africa to assuage their... more...
Reassessing Suez 1956by Simon C. Smith
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 124.95Although much has been written on the nationalization of the Suez Canal, and the subsequent military action, this study provides fresh perspectives by reflecting the latest research from leading international authorities on the crisis. Drawing on recently released documents, including previously neglected aspects of Suez, and by reassessing its more familiar ones, the volume makes a key contribution to furthering research on, and understanding of, events in Egypt in 1956. more...
Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginationsby Toyin Falola; Fallou Ngom
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 113.00This volume brings together insights from distinguished scholars from around the world to address the facts, fiction and creative imaginations in the pervasive portrayals of Africa, its people, societies and cultures in the literature and the media. more...
How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africaby Olúfémi TáÃwò
Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 23.75Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olúfémi TáÃwò claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. TáÃwò looks closely at modern institutions, such as church missionary societies, to recognize African agency and the impulse toward progress. He insists that Africa can... more...
Angola Travel Complete Profileby World Trade Press
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 14.40Whether planning your own trip to Angola, or planning someone elses, youll be equipped with the all-inclusive travel reportboth of our Travel and Points of Interest reports rolled into one. more...
Brothers' or Others?by Anita Fábos
Berghahn Books 2008; US$ 70.00Muslim Arab Sudanese in Cairo have played a fundamental role in Egyptian history and society during many centuries of close relations between Egypt and Sudan. Although the government and official press describes them as ?brothers? in a united Nile Valley, recent political developments in Egypt have underscored the precarious legal status of Sudanese in Cairo. Neither citizens nor foreigners, they are in an uncertain position, created in part through an unusual ethnic discourse which does not draw principally on obvious characteristics of difference. This rich ethnographic study shows instead that Sudanese ethnic identity is created from deeply held social values, especially those concerning gender and propriety, shared by Sudanese and Egyptian... more...
Top 10 Cairo and the Nileby Andrew Humphreys
Dorling Kindersley 2011; US$ 14.00DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo & The Nile travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Cairo & The Nile have to offer. Whether you're looking for must-see Egyptian museums, or want to find the best attractions in Cairo for all the family; this travel guide is packed with essential information for every corner of this fascinating region. Whether you are traveling first class or on a limited budget, there are dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 tombs in Luxor to the Top 10 Islamic monuments and ancient Egyptian temples to the Top 10 cruises along the Nile, Islamic architectural sites and, to save you time and money, there's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo & The Nile is... more...









