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A Bar on Adly Street - An Egyptian Memoir (Hardcover): Medhat M Ghabrial A Bar on Adly Street - An Egyptian Memoir (Hardcover)
Medhat M Ghabrial; Contributions by Sherif Asfoury; Illustrated by Alaa Awad
R1,157 R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Save R177 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gazing Upon Sheba's Breasts (Hardcover): David Price Williams Gazing Upon Sheba's Breasts (Hardcover)
David Price Williams
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Lumumba Generation - African Bourgeoisie and Colonial Distinction in the Belgian Congo (Hardcover): Daniel Toedt The Lumumba Generation - African Bourgeoisie and Colonial Distinction in the Belgian Congo (Hardcover)
Daniel Toedt; Translated by Alex Skinner
R2,230 Discovery Miles 22 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How and why did the Congolese elite turn from loyal intermediaries into opponents of the colonial state? This book seeks to enrich our understanding of the political and cultural processes culminating in the tumultuous decolonization of the Belgian Congo. Focusing on the making of an African bourgeoisie, the book illuminates the so-called evolues' social worlds, cultural self-representations, daily life and political struggles. https://youtu.be/c8ybPCi80dc

The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Hardcover): E. A. Wallis Budge The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Hardcover)
E. A. Wallis Budge
R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quality of Life and Human Well-Being in Sub-Saharan Africa - Prospects for Future Happiness (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Valerie... Quality of Life and Human Well-Being in Sub-Saharan Africa - Prospects for Future Happiness (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Valerie Moller, Benjamin J. Roberts
R1,773 Discovery Miles 17 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume presents an account of how people in sub-Saharan Africa have fared under changing life circumstances of the past centuries until the present. By introducing the geography of the region it traces a time line of different historical periods that have shaped livelihoods of ordinary people of the region, and addresses the major milestones in political and economic development. It focuses on social indicators pointing to significant changes that have affected the health, education and wealth of sub-Saharan Africans and their outlook on the future since the wind of change blew through the region. With case studies and vignettes the book highlights how individual citizens across the 44 different countries of sub-Saharan Africa experience well-being and express their aspirations for the future. This book provides relevant material for practitioners and policy makers, including community and development workers, in non-governmental and other organizations in sub-Saharan African countries.

Coptic Ostraca - From the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund, the Cairo Museum and Others (Hardcover): W E (Walter... Coptic Ostraca - From the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund, the Cairo Museum and Others (Hardcover)
W E (Walter Ewing) 1865-1944 Crum, Egypt Exploration Fund Special Publi, F E (Frank Edward) 1856 Brightman
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer - An Authorised Biography (Paperback): Eric Naki Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer - An Authorised Biography (Paperback)
Eric Naki 3
R290 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Bantu Holomisa is one of South Africa’s most respected and popular political figures. Born in the Transkei in 1955, he attended an elite school for the sons of chiefs and headmen. While other men his age were joining Umkhonto weSizwe, Holomisa enrolled in the Transkeian Defence Force and rose rapidly through the ranks.

As head of the Transkeian Defence Force, Holomisa led successive coups against the homeland regimes and then became the head of its military government. He turned the Transkei into a ‘liberated space’, giving shelter to ANC and PAC activists, and declared his intention of holding a referendum on the reincorporation of the Transkei into South Africa. These actions brought him immense popularity and the military dictator became a liberation hero for many South Africans.

When the unbanned ANC held its first election for its national executive in 1994, Holomisa, who had by now joined the party, received the most votes, beating long-time veterans and party stalwarts. He and Mandela developed a close relationship, and Holomisa served in Mandela’s cabinet as deputy minister for environmental affairs and tourism. As this biography reveals, the relationship with both Mandela and the ANC broke down after Holomisa testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, among other issues, that Stella Sigcau and her cabinet colleagues had accepted a bribe from Sol Kerzner.

After being expelled from the ANC, Holomisa formed his own party, the United Democratic Movement, with Roelf Meyer. As leader of the UDM, Holomisa has played a prominent role in building coalitions among opposition parties and in leading important challenges to the dominant party.

This biography, written in collaboration with Holomisa, presents an engaging and revealing account of a man who has made his mark as a game changer in South African politics.

Culture and Customs of Namibia (Hardcover): Anene Ejikeme Culture and Customs of Namibia (Hardcover)
Anene Ejikeme
R1,840 Discovery Miles 18 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides an overview of the history, culture, and society of Namibia, a country on which little information in English exists. Namibia is a sizeable and significant country in southern Africa that is little known to the outside world. A vast country of startling beauty with a storied history, including one of the world's worst genocides and a war of independence that lasted nearly a quarter century, this "land between two deserts" is a fascinating result of its African, German, and English influences. Culture and Customs of Namibia is one of very few English language works written about Namibia's history, culture, and society. The book reveals details about Namibian daily life, gender relations, modern youth culture, and the influence of traditional cultures that allow readers to appreciate this country's unique character. A section on tourism explains how Namibia-an extremely arid country with an immense number and diversity of wildlife-is on the cutting edge of ecotourism. Provides a chronology of key events in the history of Namibia Includes photographs of natural Namibian settings, such as the desert, colonial architecture, unique plant and animal life, and Namibia's cultural life An interdisciplinary bibliography-drawn from history, politics, gender, law and other relevant fields-provides suggestions for further reading A glossary contains terms used commonly in contemporary Namibia

Angels in Swollen Crises - Stepmother (Hardcover): Chol-Wdwuok Angels in Swollen Crises - Stepmother (Hardcover)
Chol-Wdwuok
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
African Women - A Historical Panorama (Hardcover): Patricia W. Romero African Women - A Historical Panorama (Hardcover)
Patricia W. Romero
R2,102 Discovery Miles 21 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a survey of the roles women have played in Africa south of the Sahara, from the Queen of Sheba in Ethiopia to the present-day presidents of Liberia and Malawi. Romero discusses education and religion; the occult and power; diseases and treatment; women and war; and women's increasing presence on the political stage, including their roles as environmental activists. Drawing on the latest research, the book comprises documents, travellers' accounts, and case studies in its coverage of pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial Africa.

A Certain Amount of Madness - The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (Hardcover): Amber Murrey A Certain Amount of Madness - The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara (Hardcover)
Amber Murrey; Preface by Horace G. Campbell; Afterword by Aziz Fall
R2,750 Discovery Miles 27 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thomas Sankara was one of Africa's most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century. His declaration that fundamental socio-political change would require a 'certain amount of madness' drove the Burkinabe Revolution and resurfaced in the country's popular uprising in 2014. This book looks at Sankara's political philosophies and legacies and their relevance today. Analyses of his synthesis of Pan-Africanism and humanist Marxist politics, as well as his approach to gender, development, ecology and decolonisation offer new insights to Sankarist political philosophies. Critical evaluations of the limitations of the revolution examine his relationship with labour unions and other aspects of his leadership style. His legacy is revealed by looking at contemporary activists, artists and politicians who draw inspiration from Sankarist thought in social movement struggles today, from South Africa to Burkina Faso. In the 30th anniversary of his assassination, this book illustrates how Sankara's political praxis continues to provide lessons and hope for decolonisation struggles today.

The Death Penalty from an African Perspective - Views from Zimbabwean and Nigerian Philosophers (Hardcover): Jonathan Chimakonam The Death Penalty from an African Perspective - Views from Zimbabwean and Nigerian Philosophers (Hardcover)
Jonathan Chimakonam
R1,806 Discovery Miles 18 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Death of Dignity - Angola's Civil War (Paperback): Victoria Brittain Death of Dignity - Angola's Civil War (Paperback)
Victoria Brittain
R685 R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Save R48 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Angola has been embroiled in internal conflict since 1975. Yet despite countless casualties, two million displaced people and over 500,000 refugees, Western media have paid scant attention. This account provides an outline of key events and figures in recent Angolan history, offering first-hand reportage of how the revolution was deliberately derailed and the fabric of Angola systematically destroyed. Victoria Brittain describes the bombings and sabotage following Angola's invasion by South Africa in 1975 and examines the subsequent deployment of Cuban troops and the Soviet-supported MPLA's confrontations with a militia backed by the US, Morocco and Zaire. She looks at how Savimba's UNITA movement became a formidable army, and reveals his regime in Angola to be as brutal as the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The author argues that the terrorism of thousands of people and their human rights violations have been largely hidden from the world by US-driven propaganda portraying Savimbi as a democrat.

Egypt - Native Rulers and Foreign Interference (Hardcover): Karl Von 1838-1889 Malortie Egypt - Native Rulers and Foreign Interference (Hardcover)
Karl Von 1838-1889 Malortie
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Disarmed - The Radical Life and Legacy of Michael Mj Sharp (Hardcover): Marshall V King Disarmed - The Radical Life and Legacy of Michael Mj Sharp (Hardcover)
Marshall V King
R727 R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Image of Africa in Ghana's Press - The Influence of International News Agencies (Hardcover): Michael Serwornoo The Image of Africa in Ghana's Press - The Influence of International News Agencies (Hardcover)
Michael Serwornoo
R1,332 Discovery Miles 13 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Three Years in Savage Africa (Paperback): Lionel Decle Three Years in Savage Africa (Paperback)
Lionel Decle
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Hardcover): Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (Hardcover)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
"The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World - Alexandria as a Case Study... "The Compassionate and Benevolent": Jewish Ruling Elites in the Medieval Islamicate World - Alexandria as a Case Study (Hardcover)
Miriam Frenkel; Translated by Tzemah Yoreh
R3,220 Discovery Miles 32 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is a monograph about the medieval Jewish community of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Through deep analyses of contemporary historical sources, mostly documents from the Cairo Geniza, life stories, conducts and practices of private people are revealed. When put together these private biographies convey a social portrait of an elite group which ruled over the local community, but was part of a supra communal network.

Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa - Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue (Hardcover, New): Prince Sorie... Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa - Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue (Hardcover, New)
Prince Sorie Conteh
R2,480 Discovery Miles 24 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As is the case for most of sub-Saharan Africa, African Traditional Religion (ATR) is the indigenous religion of Sierra Leone. When the early forebears and later progenitors of Islam and Christianity arrived, they met Sierra Leone indigenes with a remarkable knowledge of God and a structured religious system. Successive Muslim clerics, traders, and missionaries were respectful of and sensitive to the culture and religion of the indigenes who accommodated them and offered them hospitality. This approach resulted in a syncretistic brand of Islam. In contrast, most Christian missionaries adopted an exclusive and insensitive approach to African culture and religiosity. Christianity, especially Protestantism, demanded a complete abandonment of African culture and religion, and a total dedication to Christianity. This attitude is continued by some indigenous clerics and religious leaders to such an extent that Sierra Leone Indigenous Religion (SLIR) and its practitioners continue to be marginalised in Sierra Leone's interreligious dialogue and cooperation. Although the indigenes of Sierra Leone were and continue to be hospitable to Islam and Christianity, and in spite of the fact that SLIR shares affinity with Islam and Christianity in many theological and practical issues, and even though there are many Muslims and Christians who still hold on to traditional spirituality and culture, Muslim and Christian leaders of these immigrant religions are reluctant to include Traditionalists in interfaith issues in the country. The formation and constitution of the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone (IRCSL), which has local and international recognition, did not include ATR. These considerations, then, beg the following questions: Why have Muslim and Christian leaders long marginalized ATR, its practices, and practitioners from interfaith dialogue and cooperation in Sierra Leone? What is lacking in ATR that continues to prevent practitioners of Christianity and Islam from officially involving Traditionalists in the socioreligious development of the country? This book investigates the reasons for the exclusion of ATR from interreligious dialogue/cooperation and ATR's relevance and place in the socioreligious landscape of Sierra Leone and the rest of the world. It also discusses possible ways for ATR's inclusion in the ongoing interfaith dialogue and cooperation in the country; this is important because people living side by side meet and interact personally and communally on a regular basis. As such, they share common resources; communal benefits; and the joys, crises, and sorrows of life. The social and cultural interaction and cooperation involved in this dialogue of life are what compel people to fully understand the worldviews of their neighbours and to seek out better relationships with them. Most of the extant books and courses about interreligious encounters and dialogue deal primarily with the interaction between two or more of the major world religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This book fills a gap in the study of interreligious dialogue in Africa by taking into consideration the place and relevance of ATR in interreligious dialogue and cooperation in Sierra Leone. It provides the reader with basic knowledge of ATR, Islam, and Christianity in their Sierra Leonean contexts, and of interfaith encounters and dialogue among thethree major faith traditions in Africa. As such, it provides for the first time a historical, chronological, and comparative study of interreligious encounters and dialogue among Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Sierra Leone. Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa is an important reference for scholars, researchers, religious leaders, missionaries, and all who are interested in interfaith cooperation and dialogue, especially among all three of Africa's major living religions-ATR, Islam, and Christianity.

Never Again - Africa's Last Stand (Hardcover): Emma S Etuk Never Again - Africa's Last Stand (Hardcover)
Emma S Etuk
R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, you will learn how Africa is greatly endowed and blessed, her contributions to world civilization, experiences with colonialism and neo-colonialism, her need to excel, produce or perish, the lessons from history and "Never Again."

Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid in Western Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Knud Andresen, Sebastian Justke, Detlef Siegfried Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid in Western Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Knud Andresen, Sebastian Justke, Detlef Siegfried
R3,627 Discovery Miles 36 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited collection examines how Western European countries have responded and been influenced by the apartheid system in South Africa. The debate surrounding apartheid in South Africa underwent a shift in the second half of the 20th century, with long held positive, racist European opinions of white South Africans slowly declining since decolonisation in the 1960s, and the increase in the importance of human rights in international politics. While previous studies have approached this question in the context of national histories, more or less detached from each other, this edited collection offers a broader insight into the transnational and entangled histories of Western European and South African societies. The contributors use exemplary case studies to trace the change of perception, covering a plurality of reactions in different societies and spheres: from the political and social, to the economic and cultural. At the same time, the collection emphasizes the interconnections of those reactions to what has been called the last 'overtly racist regime' (George Frederickson) of the twentieth century.

Libya Since the Revolution - Aspects of Social and Political Development (Hardcover): Marius Deeb, Mary-Jane Deeb Libya Since the Revolution - Aspects of Social and Political Development (Hardcover)
Marius Deeb, Mary-Jane Deeb
R2,218 Discovery Miles 22 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Under the Acacia Tree (Hardcover): Ces Family Of Friends Under the Acacia Tree (Hardcover)
Ces Family Of Friends; Edited by Michael Frederiksen, Carl Friesen
R954 R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Save R129 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Algerian New Novel - The Poetics of a Modern Nation, 1950-1979 (Hardcover): Valerie K. Orlando The Algerian New Novel - The Poetics of a Modern Nation, 1950-1979 (Hardcover)
Valerie K. Orlando
R2,605 Discovery Miles 26 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Disputing the claim that Algerian writing during the struggle against French colonial rule dealt almost exclusively with revolutionary themes, The Algerian New Novel shows how Algerian authors writing in French actively contributed to the experimental forms of the period, expressing a new age literarily as well as politically and culturally. Looking at canonical Algerian literature as part of the larger literary production in French during decolonization, Valerie K. Orlando considers how novels by Rachid Boudjedra, Mohammed Dib, Assia Djebar, Nabile Fares, Yamina Mechakra, and Kateb Yacine both influenced and were reflectors of the sociopolitical and cultural transformation that took place during this period in Algeria. Although their themes were rooted in Algeria, the avant-garde writing styles of these authors were influenced by early twentieth-century American modernists, the New Novelists of 1940s-50s France, and African American authors of the 1950s-60s. This complex mix of influences led Algerian writers to develop a unique modern literary aesthetic to express their world, a tradition of experimentation and fragmentation that still characterizes the work of contemporary Algerian francophone writers.

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