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  • Abseits der Vorhersehbarkeitby Manfred Schmidbauer

    Springer 2007; US$ 31.99

    Keiner, der in die Wüste geht, ist der Gleiche, wenn er wiederkommt. Ebenso wahr ist wohl, dass die Wüste jene Fragen spiegelt, die uns bewegen, wenn wir sie betreten. Überwiegend zu Fuß, ohne Kamera, mit Zeichenstift und Tagebuch ist Manfred Schmidbauer, Autor des "gitterlosen Käfigs", des "kreativen Netzwerks" und des "Nerventurms" in die Wüste vorgedrungen.... more...

  • Africaby various

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 275.00

    Complete set Since 1961 the Adelphi Papers have provided some of the most informed accounts of international and strategic relations. Produced by the world renowned International Institute of Strategic Studies, each paper provides a short account of a subject of topical interest by a leading military figure, policy maker or academic. The project... more...

  • Africa and the New World Eraby Jack Mangala

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00

    Over 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...

  • African Foreign Policy and Diplomacy from Antiquity to the 21st Centuryby Daniel Don Nanjira

    ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 105.00

    This book offers a continent-wide examination of Africa's foreign policy and diplomacy, addressing the relevance of its many languages, precolonial history, traditional value systems, and previous international relationships. more...

  • Britain in Africaby Tom Porteous

    Zed Books 2008; US$ 23.95

    This book sets out the balance sheet of what Britain has achieved, and where and why it failed in Africa. more...

  • Bulozi under the Luyana Kingsby Mutumba Mainga

    Bookworld Publishers 2010; US$ 34.95

    Bulozi under the Luyana Kings is a study of the Lozi Kingdom in Western Zambia in the pre-colonial period. The study traces the origins of the Luyana and the Lozi people; the founding of the Luyana Central Kingship and the invasion by the Makololo in the mid-nineteenth century; and ends with the study of the Lozi response to European intrusion at the... more...

  • The Caliph's Houseby Tahir Shah

    Random House Publishing Group 2006; US$ 16.00

    In the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun , acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family?s move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched city of Casablanca, where Islamic tradition... more...

  • Challenge of Culture in Africaby Bernard Nsokika Fonlon

    Langaa RPCIG 2010; US$ 22.95

    This 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...

  • Contemporary Moroccoby Bruce Maddy-Weitzman; Daniel Zisenwine

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00

    Discussions of the unsettled political and social landscapes in the Middle East and North Africa frequently point to Morocco as an exception. An Arab League member-state, Morocco enjoys a favorable image in the West, seemingly combining a healthy and balanced mix of tradition and modernity, authenticity with openness to foreign cultures, political... more...

  • The Culture of Islamby Lawrence Rosen

    University of Chicago Press 2004; US$ 22.50

    Having worked for several decades in North Africa, anthropologist Lawrence Rosen is uniquely placed to ask what factors contribute to the continuity and changes characterizing the present-day Muslim world. In The Culture of Islam , he brings his erudition and his experiences to illuminating key aspects of Muslim life and how central tenets of that... more...