Category: african

"Tight, bright, clean and square, but has 6 pages with underlining and 1 margin note. In 1974 when more than half of the population of Africa was under 25, Davenport predicted ""a revolution, similar to the West's Industrial Revolution, that will (sic) bridge the current impasse between Africa's growth and its development, and, at the same time, put an end to foreign economic rule..."" 207 indexed, annotated pages" View more info

Island of the Dragon's Blood

By: "Douglas Botting (A. Spark, maps) (Janet Chandler, Sketches)"

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, 1958

Seller ID: 6-3T017

Condition: GOOD+

"Ex-library with dust jacket in protective cover. Tight, bright, clean and square except for expected library markings.1956 Oxford University expedition to the island of Socotra to record specimens of the native flora and fauna, make recordings of the native language, and collect archaeological artifacts. Socotra (Soqotra ) is a small island archipelago off the Horn of Africa in the Indian Ocean, currently controlled by Yemen, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2008." View more info

Le Sahara

By: "Gauthier, E.F. "

Price: $24.95

Publisher: "Paris, France", 1950

Edition: (Truisieme Edition)_

Seller ID: 7-3T001

Condition: GOOD

"Tight, age tanned pages and covers, clean interior, age soiled exterior, square. Rough cut page edges. Tiny rips along top and bottom cover edges. Owner's name on first free page. History and Geography of the Sahara region of Africa. Avec vingt-six Illustrations - maps (Schema du Sahara Occidental, Schema du Sahara Oriental, and Capture par ensablement de L'oued Zousfana par L'oued Guir), sketches and sepia photos. Text in French. " View more info

The Broken Hoe

By: "Iyam, David Uru"

Price: $29.95

Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR:

Edition: 2

Seller ID: 62T041

ISBN: 0226388492

Condition: NEW

"""cultural Reconfiguration in Biase Southeast Nigeria"" ""Must Third world peoples adopt Western attitudes, practices, and technologies to improve their standard of living, or are indigenous beliefs, technologies, and strategies better suited to local conditions?"" New still in shrink wrap." View more info

Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur

By: "Lewis, Damien, Bashir, Halima"

Price: $12.50

Publisher: One World/Ballantine:

Seller ID: 9780345506252

ISBN: 0345506251

Condition: very good

Like the single white eyelash that graces her row of dark lashes-seen by her people as a mark of good fortune-Halima Bashir's story stands out. Tears of the Desert is the first memoir ever written by a woman caught up in the war in Darfur. It is a survivor's tale of a conflicted country, a resilient people, and the uncompromising spirit of a young woman who refused to be silenced. Born into the Zaghawa tribe in the Sudanese desert, Halima was doted on by her father, a cattle herder, and kept in line by her formidable grandmother. A politically astute man, Halima's father saw to it that his... View more info

Southern Africa in World Politics: Local Aspirations and Global Entanglements (Dilemmas in World Politics)

By: "Love, Janice"

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Westview Press:

Seller ID: 9780813343112

ISBN: 0813343119

Condition: GOOD

These days, politics often seem to be local and global simultaneously, challenging people, politicians, and scholars to sort out what is domestic from what is international and how the two are related. Janice Love demonstrates the complex realities of how local and global politics are intimately interwoven, sometimes inextricably so, specifically in southern Africa. In southern Africa, like many other regions, such linkages have existed for decades, if not centuries. Yet the current era is different from previous times when human communities found themselves closely intertwined. Love examines ... View more info

African Masks

By: "Monti, Franco"

Price: $19.95

Publisher: "London, UK", Hamlyn Publishing Group: 1969

Seller ID: 7-6T044

Condition: NEAR FINE

"As new except for faintest fade to top edge of spine and faintest age soil to top exterior page edges. Crisp, clean dust jacket. Explains the place and function of the artist in the tribe... ""How the mask, part of a dance costume, is linked via the public ceremonial life of the tribe to the most secret religious customs. 158 pages: Text with 69 full color plates with full accompanying notes; a 2 page map of source area; and a detailed illustration list. 5.5x7.5x.75""" View more info

The House of Si Abd Allah: The Oral History of a Moroccan Family (English and Arabic Edition)

By: "Muhammad, al-Hajj, Munson, Henry J., Fatima Zohra"

Price: $8.75

Publisher: Yale Univ Pr:

Seller ID: 9780300030846

ISBN: 0300030843

Condition: GOOD

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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman

By: "Shostak, Marjorie"

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Vintage:

Seller ID: 9780394711263

ISBN: 0394711262

Condition: GOOD

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Sons of Sinbad

By: "Villiers, Alan"

Price: $42.95

Publisher: NY, c1969

Seller ID: 15T029

Condition: GOOD+

"Tight, bright, light age soil to exterior pages edges, slight curl. Corner bumps have left a few dog-eared pages. ""an account of sailing with the Arabs and their dhows. In the Red Sea, around the coasts of Arabia, and to Zanzibar and Tanganyika: pearling in the Persian Gulf: and the life of the Shipmasters, the Mariners and the Merchants of Kuwait...Illustrated with photographs by the author"" 414 indexed pages. Originally published in 1940. " View more info

Understanding an African Kingdom: Bunyoro (Studies in Anthropological Method)

By: Beattie

Price: $11.95

Seller ID: 98X009

ISBN: 0030524652

Condition: VERY GOOD

"Tight, bright, clean & square. Faint shelfwear to exterior. ""an outline account, based on 22 months of fieldwork, of the social and cultural life of the Banyoro or Nyoro, a Bantu people of Western Uganda…"" 61 pages, 9-1/8x6-3/8"" (23.2x16.2cm)" View more info

On the Move

By: Bono

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson:

Seller ID: B0013L2DXM

ISBN: B0013L2DXM

Condition: very good

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Working Women: A portrait of South Africa's black women workers ( A People's College Book)

By: Lesley Lawson (text & photos)

Price: $9.95

Publisher: "Johannesburg, South Africa", Raven Press / Sached Trust: 1985

Seller ID: 7-5X011

ISBN: 869752766

Condition: VERY GOOD+

"As new except for light shelfwear to covers and 2 bumped and rubbed cover corners. 144 annotated, illustrated pages. ""tells of the struggles of South Africa's black women workers…describes their lives at work and at home…strong voices speak out against women's oppression. ..shows women challenging the government, the bosses, and their own husbands...""" View more info