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Songs & Secrets
Jacana Media 2012; US$ 25.99"If you picked up this book in the expectation of revelling in the true confessions of a disaffected spy-master ? put it back. If you opened this book in the hope of enjoying the confidences of a disillusioned cadre of the South African liberation movement ?close it, put it down. If you bought this book in anticipation of a grandparents-to-grave... more...
Tonga Religious Life in the Twentieth Century
Bookworld Publishers 2007; US$ 39.95The religious life of the Tonga-speaking peoples of southern Zambia is examined over the last century, in the sense of how they have thought about the nature of their world, the meaning of their own lives, and the sources of good and evil in which their cosmology and society have been transformed. The twelve chapters cover Time, Space and Language;... more...
Challenge of Culture in Africa
Langaa RPCIG 2010; US$ 22.95This book was first published as a two-part essay in 1965 and 1967 in ABBIA ñ Cameroon Cultural Review ñ under the title ìIdea of Cultureî. Its main argument is that indigenous Africans cultures must be the foundation on which the modern African cultural structure should be raised; the soil into which the new seed should be sown;... more...
One Zambia, Many Histories
BRILL 2008; US$ 62.00In contrast to the rich tradition of academic analysis and understanding of the pre-colonial and colonial history of Zambia, the trajectory of post-colonial Zambia has been all but ignored by historians. The assumptions of developmentalism, the cultural hegemony of United National Independence Party orthodoxy and its conflation with national interests,... more...
Africa and the New World Era
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00Over the past decade, Africa's center of gravity in world politics has shifted from mere humanitarianism to a strategic view that posits the centrality of the continent as energy and natural resources supplier, in the fight against terrorism and other security threats, and in the globalization of culture. Besides these considerations, this shift is... more...
Origins of Pan-Africanism
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.95Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora recounts the life story of the pioneering Henry Sylvester Williams, an unknown Trinidadian son of an immigrant carpenter in the late-19th and early 20th century. Williams, then a student in Britain, organized the African Association in 1897, and the first-ever Pan-African... more...
European Imperialism and the Partition of Africa
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 175.00This volume seeks to explain the European partition of Africa between 1880-1900. more...
A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 290.00This invaluable Dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced to enhance the book's usability. Organizations listed include contact details wherever possible. Key features * Provides authoritative... more...







