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Dark Continent - Africa as Seen by Americans (Hardcover): Michael McCarthy Dark Continent - Africa as Seen by Americans (Hardcover)
Michael McCarthy
R2,769 Discovery Miles 27 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sudan (Hardcover): Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Alsir Sidahmed Sudan (Hardcover)
Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Alsir Sidahmed
R4,626 Discovery Miles 46 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Stretching between the savannah and the equator, Sudan has one leg in the Arab world and the other in Africa. Political developments, however, have failed to reflect the differences within Sudan, resulting in political instability and a lack of national consensus - ultimately leading to long-term civil war.
This useful book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Sudan from a social science perspective, outlining the evolution of the state with emphasis on its post-independence experience. It includes chapters on the history, politics, international relations and economy of the country.

The Memory of Resistance - French Opposition to the Algerian War (Hardcover, First): Martin Evans The Memory of Resistance - French Opposition to the Algerian War (Hardcover, First)
Martin Evans
R4,231 Discovery Miles 42 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What makes people act against their own national identity?How real are the concepts of nationalism and patriotism? In what ways does the media control our perception of history in the making?This ground-breaking work addresses these important questions through an examination of the Algerian war of 1954-62 and the significant French resistance to their own leaders during the bitter conflict. Through the use of extensive interviews, it provides powerful insights into the clash of values that accompanied the war. In exploring the events and experiences that led a small minority of French people to reject colonialism in the wake of the Algerian conflict, Memories of Resistance focuses on the importance of political allegiances and ideologies, and the motivations for resisting them. The complex issues of identity and shared memory are examined to provide an indispensable analysis of loyalty and self-identity in the wider political context of the world. The book also debates the changing ways in which the media influences perceptions of, and attitudes towards, world events. Third World liberation ideas, personal experiences of French colonialism, memory and the significance of anti-Nazi resistance and political allegiances are all discussed in this wide-ranging and illuminating study.Memories of Resistance represents a major contribution to the theory and practice of oral history, which is fast becoming one of the most popular and dynamic areas of historical research and will be essential reading for anyone studying French colonial history.

Sexual Life Ancient Egypt Hb (Hardcover, New Ed): Manniche Sexual Life Ancient Egypt Hb (Hardcover, New Ed)
Manniche
R7,017 Discovery Miles 70 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Last Trek - A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation (Hardcover): Sheila Patterson The Last Trek - A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation (Hardcover)
Sheila Patterson
R6,731 Discovery Miles 67 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book evaluates the historical factors that produced the Boer people, and the political, religious and economic forces that maintain modern Afrikaner Nationalism. This last trek brings the Afrikaner back into multi-racial integrating industrial society. Originally published in 1957.

The Human Factor in Changing Africa (Hardcover): Melville J. Herskovits The Human Factor in Changing Africa (Hardcover)
Melville J. Herskovits
R7,081 Discovery Miles 70 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focussing on the problems of change and resistance to change that mark the African sub-continent, this book examines Africa's place in the world from earliest times. It considers the nature of its peoples in their prehistoric development, the ways in which their cultures were oriented, and the ways in which these cultures guided their reactions to European ideas. It also assesses the human responses to industrial, technological and economic changes and the re-discovery by the Africans of African culture. Originally published in 1962.

War and Peace in Mozambique (Hardcover): Stephen Chan War and Peace in Mozambique (Hardcover)
Stephen Chan; Edited by Moises Venancio
R4,345 Discovery Miles 43 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book traces the end of hostilities and the often acrimonious, sometimes naive, but always laboured negotiations towards peace and elections in Mozambique. There is careful examination of the many international factors involved from the covert intervention of South Africa, the reaction of one African state, the role of the United Nations and that of humanitarian and religious groups. The lessons for conflict resolution and peacekeeping for Africa and beyond are discussed.

Rewriting Islamic Law - The Opinions of the 'Ulama' Towards Codification of Personal Status Law in Egypt (Hardcover):... Rewriting Islamic Law - The Opinions of the 'Ulama' Towards Codification of Personal Status Law in Egypt (Hardcover)
Tarek Elgawhary
R3,318 Discovery Miles 33 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the process, effects, and results of codification of Egyptian personal status laws as seen through the eyes of the 'ulama'. The codification process began in the mid-1800s and continued until the abolishment of the Shari'a courts in 1955 with the absorption of personal status statutes into the newly drafted civil code and the national courts that administered them.

Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt - A Study in Classical African Ethics (Hardcover): Maulana Karenga Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt - A Study in Classical African Ethics (Hardcover)
Maulana Karenga
R4,942 Discovery Miles 49 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Contents:
Preface
Introduction
1. The Maatian Ideal: A Conceptual Framework
2. The Maatian Ideal: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom
3. The Maatian Ideal: From the New Kingdom to the Late Period
4. The Declarations of Innocence: Text and Moral Theology
5. Maatian Ontology
6. Maatian Anthropology
7. Maatian Social Practice I
8. Maatian Social Practice II
9. Summary

My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War (Hardcover): Ben Viljoen My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War (Hardcover)
Ben Viljoen; Foreword by R.B. Wilson; Footnotes by R B Ilson
R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Palestine and the Egyptian National Identity (Hardcover): Ghada Hashem Talhami Palestine and the Egyptian National Identity (Hardcover)
Ghada Hashem Talhami
R2,763 Discovery Miles 27 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this comprehensive examination of the one of the world's most ancient societies, Talhami describes Egypt's quest for a sense of national identity and the factors that have affected the Egyptian identity. Generally polarized over the identity issue since the nineteenth century, Egyptians debated the significance of Sudanese bonds as a definer of Egypt's historic and national development before they debated the significance of Arab, particularly Palestinian, involvement. Nasser's rise to power, Talhami argues, amounted to an inevitable swing in the direction of pan-Arabism because of the strategic developments surrounding the rise of Israel. The author also examines Egypt's foreign policy in light of the identity question. The major conclusion of this study is that Egypt is destined to face northwards and reject isolationism because of strategic developments related to the rise of Israel. Economic and Arab leadership considerations will always impel Egypt to seek a larger role in the Arab world, but this cannot be done without sponsorship of the Palestinian issue. These conclusions challenge the accepted wisdom regarding the Camp David agreements. Those who believe that Egypt can find safety and security by linking itself with a great power while ignoring the historically-proven strategic relevance of the northeast region will find this book startling.

Although the identity debate often becomes a tool of the practicing politician, the historian, the ideologue, and the military strategist, its outcome is most likely to be determined by historical events. Egypt was bound to search for a modern sense of identity. What makes this book unique is its use of the work of literary figures, historians and politicians to investigate the cumulative impact of the changes which occurred during the Sadat period. Talhami's work places the Camp David era against the historical background of the identity debate. The fact that this debate remains unresolved today is a measure of Egypt's uncertain future as a nation and as a political community. While the majority of Egyptians recognize the inevitability of Palestinian involvement, they do not agree on the best course of action. The Persian Gulf War and Egypt's decision to side with the United States in this inter-Arab dispute constitute yet another onslaught on the Palestinians and on Arab identity. Scholars focusing on the Arab world and on Middle Eastern history and politics will find this book provocative and essential reading.

The South African Truth Commission (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): Nana The South African Truth Commission (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
Nana
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The South African Truth Commission assesses different versions of the South African past, the complex negotiations leading to the establishment of the Commission and the complex politics of amnesty, justice, and nation building.

The Golden Republic (Paperback): T.V. Bulpin The Golden Republic (Paperback)
T.V. Bulpin
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

In the story of the The Golden Republic, Bulpin sets a stage on which we meet some of the strangest characters that fate had ever attached to the puppet strings of destiny. The grim Mzilikazi; the hot-headed Hendrik Potgieter and his trekkers; prospectors like Charlie the Reefer; gaudy rogues like Gunn of Gunn and his Highlanders; bandits, highwaymen, rand lords, gold rushers, to name just a few. He tells of leaders like Pretorius and Kruger, and many others who each played a part in establishing the Republic of the Transvaal – a seemingly impossible task considering all the small wars and skirmishes on the veld and the rumble of arguments rising out of each farmhouse. In his remarkably engaging style of writing he sketches scenes of rough but beautiful land, which must have been fascinating to explorers who roamed about the old Transvaal with all its scenic novelties where every turn yielded some marvel for the geologist, the botanist, or the zoologist. The Golden Republic tells of the adventure that raised the Republic to its peak and the complex intrigues that brought it down to the dust; of misfortune and riches, and despair of such magnitude that the birth of a Republic seemed inevitable considering the economic disaster it at times experienced … Until gold poked out its shiny head and gave hope again. The characters who crowded into diggers’ towns were some of the wildest and most colourful ever known in the Transvaal. From all over South Africa they flocked to the scene, in the hope of finding fortune. Most of them were just opportunists, who knew nothing about gold except how to spend it. This is a brilliant book of the birth, life and death of the old Republic written in the tell-tale style Bulpin does so well.

The Mayor of Mogadishu - A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia (Paperback): Andrew Harding The Mayor of Mogadishu - A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia (Paperback)
Andrew Harding
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Mayor of Mogadishu tells the story of one family's epic journey through Somalia's turmoil, from the optimism of independence to its spectacular unravelling.Mohamud 'Tarzan' Nur was born a nomad, and became an orphan, then a street brawler in the cosmopolitan port city of Mogadishu - a place famous for its cafes and open-air cinemas. When Somalia collapsed into civil war, Tarzan and his young family joined the exodus from Mogadishu, eventually spending twenty years in North London. But in 2010 Tarzan returned to the unrecognisable ruins of a city largely controlled by the Islamist militants of Al-Shabaab. For some, the new Mayor was a galvanising symbol of defiance. But others branded him a thug, mired in the corruption and clan rivalries that continue to threaten Somalia's revival.The Mayor of Mogadishu is an uplifting story of survival, and a compelling examination of what it means to lose a country and then to reclaim it.

France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Martin S. Alexander, J.... France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Martin S. Alexander, J. F. V. Keiger
R4,931 Discovery Miles 49 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it shifts the focus to the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's belated official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war. Each contributor made use of the increasingly liberalised French archives of the war since the early 1990s. The book re-evaluates counter-terrorism in the cities; the methods used in the "battle for hearts and minds" in the villages of the interior; the hitherto neglected roles of French air and naval power in supporting the army's counter-insurgency offensives against the Armee de Liberation Nationale; and the battles that France decisively lost for both world opinion and for support from her major Western allies.
For years, with few exceptions, writers have overwhelmingly examined the Algerian crisis through the prism of French party politics, personal testimony and more recently, memory. But, far from being "a war with no name" the fighting in Algeria was on a massive scale involving some two million French soldiers. This collection, published for the 40th anniversary of the war's end, firmly situates the battles they fought in strategy, operations and diplomacy.

The Life of the Rt. Hon. Cecil John Rhodes, 1853-1902; Volume 1 (Hardcover): Lewis Michell The Life of the Rt. Hon. Cecil John Rhodes, 1853-1902; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Lewis Michell
R976 Discovery Miles 9 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Emily Hobhouse and the British Concentration Camp Scandal - an Expose of the Treatment of Boer Women and Children During the... Emily Hobhouse and the British Concentration Camp Scandal - an Expose of the Treatment of Boer Women and Children During the South African War by One of its Most Vociferous Opponents (Hardcover)
Emily Hobhouse
R1,118 Discovery Miles 11 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
European Atrocity, African Catastrophe - Leopold II, the Congo Free State and its Aftermath (Hardcover, illustrated edition):... European Atrocity, African Catastrophe - Leopold II, the Congo Free State and its Aftermath (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Martin Ewans, Sir Martin Ewans
R4,191 Discovery Miles 41 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


There is a broad consensus among those who are concerned with Africa that the plight of the continent is approaching the catastrophic. Partly the roots of the problem are historical, stemming from the exploitation and colonisation of the continent by European powers. An appreciation of the history of the relationship between Europe and Africa, a major episode of which this book examines, is indispensable to an understanding of the continent's present predicament. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries King Leopold II of the Belgians established a colony in Africa, which, as the Congo Free State, became a byword for unremitting exploitation and widespread atrocities. This book describes the creation, the development and the collapse both of this regime and of the Belgian colony that replaced it. Conclusions are drawn about the nature of European colonialism in Africa and the consequences for Europe itself.

Patrisiers and Prinse - Die Europese Samelewing En Die Stigting Van 'N Kolonie Aan Die Kaap, 1619-1715 (Afrikaans,... Patrisiers and Prinse - Die Europese Samelewing En Die Stigting Van 'N Kolonie Aan Die Kaap, 1619-1715 (Afrikaans, Hardcover)
Karel Schoeman 1
R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Patrisiers & prinse is die eerste deel van 'n vyfdelige reeks oor vroee blanke vestiging aan die Kaap. In die deel beskryf Karel Schoeman die sewentiende-eeuse Europese wêreld waarin Jan van Riebeeck en sy tydgenote grootgeword het. Hierdie wereld vorm die agtergrond van die verversingspos wat die VOC in 1652 by Kaap die Goeie Hoop sou stig. In die eerste twee hoofstukke en in hoofstuk 4 word die opkoms en hoogbloei van die Nederlandse Republiek bespreek. Die Frankryk van Lodewyk XIV kry in hoofstuk 3 aandag, met klem op die toenemende oorheersing van Europa deur die Franse kultuur. Besonder boeiend is die dele wat gewy word aan die opkoms van die hoe burgerstand in Nederland en die versamelaarsdrif wat deur die stand se welvaart en die kontak met Nederland se kolonies moontlik gemaak is. In die laaste twee hoofstukke wys Schoeman daarop dat Europa in die sewentiende eeu nog besonder naby aan die Middeleeue gestaan het en bespreek hy die soms skokkend primitiewe lewenswyse wat maar geleidelik nader aan die moderne beweeg het.

Embodied Engineering - Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Taste in Twentieth-Century Mali (Hardcover): Laura Ann Twagira Embodied Engineering - Gendered Labor, Food Security, and Taste in Twentieth-Century Mali (Hardcover)
Laura Ann Twagira
R1,740 Discovery Miles 17 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Foregrounding African women's ingenuity and labor, this pioneering case study shows how women in rural Mali have used technology to ensure food security through the colonial period, environmental crises, and postcolonial rule. By advocating for an understanding of rural Malian women as engineers, Laura Ann Twagira rejects the persistent image of African women as subjects without technological knowledge or access and instead reveals a hidden history about gender, development, and improvisation. In so doing, she also significantly expands the scope of African science and technology studies. Using the Office du Niger agricultural project as a case study, Twagira argues that women used modest technologies (such as a mortar and pestle or metal pots) and organized female labor to create, maintain, and reengineer a complex and highly adaptive food production system. While women often incorporated labor-saving technologies into their work routines, they did not view their own physical labor as the problem it is so often framed to be in development narratives. Rather, women's embodied techniques and knowledge were central to their ability to transform a development project centered on export production into an environmental resource that addressed local taste and consumption needs.

France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy (Paperback, illustrated edition): Martin S.... France and the Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Strategy, Operations and Diplomacy (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Martin S. Alexander, J. F. V. Keiger
R2,036 Discovery Miles 20 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The French Army's war in Algeria has always aroused passions. This book does not whitewash the atrocities committed by both sides; rather it focuses on the conflict itself, a perspective assisted by the French republic's official admission in 1999 that what happened in Algeria was indeed a war.

Egyptian Mummies Hb (Hardcover, New Ed): Smith Egyptian Mummies Hb (Hardcover, New Ed)
Smith
R6,722 Discovery Miles 67 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Egyptian Mummies" is regarded by egyptologists as the classic account of mummification in ancient Egypt. Originally published in 1924, its re-issue in complete form will be welcomed by all those who have sought rare second hand copies in vain. This book provides the most comprehensive account available of the technical processes and materials employed by the ancient Egyptian embalmers together with a historical analysis of their modification throughout the dynastic period. The authors draw on fully illustrated archaeological and pathological evidence together with Egyptian and Greek textual references to provide a thorough survey of the mummification process and attendant funeral ceremonies, and to offer clues to an understanding of the custom's significance and the reasons for its adoption.

Democracy in Senegal - Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa (Hardcover, New): S. Gellar Democracy in Senegal - Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa (Hardcover, New)
S. Gellar
R1,536 Discovery Miles 15 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Providing an in-depth comparative study of democracy formation, Gellar traces Senegal's movement from a pre-colonial aristocratic order towards a modern democratic political order. Inspired by Tocqueville's methodology, he identifies social equality, ethnic and religious tolerance, popular participation in local affairs, and freedom of association and the press as vital components of any democratic system. He shows how centralized state structures and monopoly of political power stifled local initiative and perpetuated neo-patrimonial modes of governance.

Reclaiming African American Students - Legacies, Lessons, and Prescriptions: The Bordentown School Model (Hardcover): Mildred L... Reclaiming African American Students - Legacies, Lessons, and Prescriptions: The Bordentown School Model (Hardcover)
Mildred L Rice Jordan
R648 R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Save R62 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Church, State and Society in Kenya - From Mediation to Opposition (Hardcover): Galia Sabar Church, State and Society in Kenya - From Mediation to Opposition (Hardcover)
Galia Sabar
R4,648 Discovery Miles 46 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the 1980s, religion was widely assumed to have lost its dominant position in Western culture and to be losing ground throughout the world. This has not been the case. Today we see an upsurge in religion worldwide, which has affected people's spiritual, cultural, economic and political lives.
Much has been written about the expanded role of religion in the socio-political arena of Islam in the Middle East, of the Catholic Church in countries formerly under Communist control, and of the rising neo-Pentecostalism in Latin America. Similary, much has also been written about the colonial evangelism and the expansion on the role of Christianity in post-colonial Africa. This book joins the debate on the role of Christianity in coloniality, and more so, in post-coloniality and neo-coloniality in Kenya. It traces the process of transformation in which the church, state and society in Kenya took part, and attempts to construct new understandings of the relationships between the three. It demonstrates the crucial role of the church in shaping Kenya's emerging civil society and in developing an alternative politics.

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