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Postkoloniale Erinnerungslandschaften
Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 36.65Hauptbeschreibung Die Kolonisierung Namibias durch das Deutsche Reich mündete 1904 in einen Kolonialkrieg: Herero erhoben sich gegen die deutsche Kolonialmacht; diese führte in der Folge einen erbitterten Krieg gegen große Teile der afrikanischen Bevölkerung des Landes. Bis heute erinnern deutsch- und hererosprachige Namibier an dieses zentrale Ereignis... more...
Responsibility to Protect und Wandel von Souveränität
BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2010; US$ 26.96Hauptbeschreibung Somalia, Ruanda, Srebrenica, Darfur - Bilder gehen um die Welt von Völkermord und Vertreibung, von Exekutionen und Massenvergewaltigungen, von Menschenrechtsverbrechen in unvorstellbarem Ausmaß. Staatssouveränität und Interventionsverbot sind noch immer wirksame völkerrechtliche Vorwände für die Tatenlosigkeit der internationalen... more...
The African Diaspora and the Disciplines
Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 22.95Focusing on the problems and conflicts of doing African diaspora research from various disciplinary perspectives, these essays situate, describe, and reflect on the current practice of diaspora scholarship. Tejumola Olaniyan, James H. Sweet, and the international group of contributors assembled here... more...
Brainwashed
Hay House, Inc. 2009; US$ 15.95Black people are not dark-skinned white people, says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are a lot more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of no way! At this point in history, the idea of black inferiority... more...
The New African Diaspora
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 25.45The New York Times reports that since 1990 more Africans have voluntarily relocated to the United States and Canada than had been forcibly brought here before the slave trade ended in 1807. The key reason for these migrations has been the collapse of social, political, economic, and educational structures... more...
Culture and Customs of Sudan
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 70.00Amid a Sudan's dark history, saturated with conflicts and tragic current events, lies a culture with deep roots, going back as far as 8000 BC. With several hundred ethnic groups and languages, Sudan is one of the world's most diverse countries. Learn how these cultures have blended and collided throughout the centuries, and examine how traditions... more...
Not Just Childs Play
University Press of Mississippi 2007; US$ 50.00Felicia R. McMahon breaks new ground in the presentation and analysis of emerging traditions of the \"Lost Boys,\" a group of parentless youths who fled Sudan under tragic circumstances in the 1990s. With compelling insight, McMahon analyzes the oral traditions of the DiDinga Lost Boys, about whom very little is known. Her vibrant ethnography... more...
Namibia Women in Culture, Business & Travel
World Trade Press 2010; US$ 7.45Women often occupy different roles in a foreign culture. Avoid offensive assumptions and behavior by understanding the position of women in Namibian society: their legal rights; access to education and health care; workforce participation; and their dating, marriage, and family life. more...
Sudan
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 36.00Sudan, the largest country in Africa, has been called one of the most politically unstable nations in the world. Throughout its long history, Sudan has experienced turmoil, and in the second half of the 20th century alone, millions of Sudanese were killed or displaced by civil war. The country was once a great empire, ruled by Nubia. Today, it is a... more...
Namibia - Culture Smart!
Kuperard 2011; US$ 9.95Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will... more...









