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Rome in Africaby Susan Raven
Routledge 1993; US$ 49.95Susan Raven recounts the story of this magnificent Empire in North Africa, drawing on a wide variety of historical and archaeological evidence in addition to her own experience of the region. more...
Lesser Gods of the Saharaby Jeremy Keenan
Frank Cass 2004; US$ 52.95A thoroughly studied series of eight essays that capture the key changes that have occurred amongst Algeria's Tuareg - the nomadic, blue-veiled warlords of the Central Sahara - in the 40 years since the country's independence in 1962. more...
Nation, Society and Culture in North Africaby James McDougall
Frank Cass 2003; US$ 68.95The essays in this volume explore the complexities of the relationship between states, social groups and individuals in contemporary North Africa, as expressed through the politics, culture and history of nationhood. more...
A Place in the Sunby Patrizia Palumbo
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Given the centrality of Africa to Italy's national identity, a thorough study of Italian colonial history and culture has been long overdue. Two important developments, the growth of postcolonial studies and the controversy surrounding immigration from Africa to the Italian peninsula, have made it clear that the discussion of Italy's colonial past is essential to any understanding of the history and construction of the nation. more...
Frantz Fanonby Anthony C. Alessandrini
Routledge 1998; US$ 45.95Addressing Frantz Fanon's extraordinary, often controversial writings, this text examines the ways in which his work can shed light on contemporary issues in cultural politics. more...
Words cannot be foundby J Silvester
BRILL 2003; US$ 86.00The year 2004 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the Namibian war against German rule. It is intended that this annotated re-publication of the suppressed "Blue Book" - a rare document of African voices describing their encounter with a colonial power - will be a memorial to those that died. more...
South Africa's Diverse Peoplesby Sally Frankental
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 55.00This authoritative work examines 500 years of interaction between the races in a country that during the apartheid era became a byword for racial disharmony. more...
South Africaby Vernon Domingo
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 30.00- Information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture - Abundant full-color illustrations guide the reader on a voyage of discovery - Maps reflect current political boundaries more...
Money and Violenceby Erik Bahre
BRILL 2007; US$ 58.00An ethnographic study that reveals how financial self-help groups (burial societies and credit groups) are islands of hope for Xhosa migrants living in the townships and squatter camps of Cape Town, South Africa. This work examines the urban poor's day-to-day struggles over money in post-apartheid South Africa. more...
Truceless Warby Dexter Hoyos
BRILL 2007; US$ 145.00A major rebellion against Carthage of mercenary troops and oppressed North African subjects almost ended her existence, a story vividly recorded by the historian Polybius. This title reconstructs what happened and why. more...