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Cecil John Rhodes lived from 1853 to 1902, a brief span, and was the renowned and world-famous founder of Rhodesia (1890-1980), the leading personality and figure in the Victorian world’s late nineteenth-century Africa empire.
Rhodes’ endeavours shaped the domains of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Zambesia, and set down the trajectories marking southern Africa, while the Great Powers’ record of empire in Africa proved greatly inferior to Rhodesia’s. Zambesia’s long history of continuous turbulence on a troubled plateau was reversed by Rhodes’ Pioneer Column in 1890 when the ‘First Rhodesians’ arrived following five decades of itinerant white presence in Zambesia. The Occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, conquest of Matabeleland in 1893 and the end of native rebellions in 1896-97 set the stage for decades of enduring prosperity in Rhodesia, Rhodes’ most enduring legacy. Pax Rhodesiana lasted ninety years, ending in a civil war.
Then, Rhodes’ memorabilia and many memorials were subjected to modern cultural cleansing, the inheritor state in time eroding and declining into a failing state.
International Handbook of Inquiry and Learning is an overview of
scholarship related to learning through and engagement in inquiry.
Education takes on complex dimensions when learners solve problems,
draw conclusions, and create meaning not through memorization or
recall but instead through active cognitive, affective, and
experiential processes. Drawing from educational psychology and the
learning sciences while encompassing key subdisciplines, this
rigorous, globally attentive collection offers new insights into
what makes learning through inquiry both possible in context and
beneficial to outcomes. Supported by foundational theories, key
definitions, and empirical evidence, the book's special focus on
effective environments and motivational goals, equity and epistemic
agency among learners, and support of teachers sets powerful,
multifaceted new research directions in this rich area of study.
International Handbook of Inquiry and Learning is an overview of
scholarship related to learning through and engagement in inquiry.
Education takes on complex dimensions when learners solve problems,
draw conclusions, and create meaning not through memorization or
recall but instead through active cognitive, affective, and
experiential processes. Drawing from educational psychology and the
learning sciences while encompassing key subdisciplines, this
rigorous, globally attentive collection offers new insights into
what makes learning through inquiry both possible in context and
beneficial to outcomes. Supported by foundational theories, key
definitions, and empirical evidence, the book's special focus on
effective environments and motivational goals, equity and epistemic
agency among learners, and support of teachers sets powerful,
multifaceted new research directions in this rich area of study.
Many seek to "fix" Africa - economists, experts, politicians,
gurus, cognoscenti and glitterati. But the continent conceals
multiple secrets, including the Holy Grail: explanations of its
saga over the previous centuries. Africa's Future tells the tale of
Africa's economic evolution, revealing unique prisms for
understanding the continent's panoramic story, one of triumph over
the lasting influences of nature and multiple political tragedies.
It explains why from Roman times to 1500 CE Africa went backwards,
evolving slowly, growing later, improving recently, and how its
modern and archaic economies coexist uneasily today. Modern Africa
developed diverse economic pathways to betterment - yet survivalist
economies litter the landscape. Its paradox of "subsistence with
many faces" coexists amidst the tiny middle class, growing rich,
and many more poor expected in the future. Clarke provides fresh
and challenging insights into Africa's economies and future,
offering seasoned views on a continent of unlocked potential which
has witnessed many false dawns. Not "poor" but poorly managed,
Africa holds greater promise, its destiny revealed by its history.
We might think that the world's oil empires are invincible
megaliths, dominated by American interests, but Duncan Clarke
reveals the ways in which these empires will face huge challenges
in the twenty-first century. Based on razor-sharp analysis of
contemporary geopolitics and a deep knowledge of global history, he
shows exactly why these empires are declining. He explains where
the new empires of oil will be around the world; which of the
hidden threats and unknown enemies are and will be the most
serious; and where companies have gone wrong and can improve their
global strategies. "Empires of Oil" reveals how the world will
change because of global battles over the commodity that underpins
our lives.
In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into the second largest Internet company in the world. The company’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the world’s largest, valuing the company more than Facebook or Coca Cola. Alibaba today runs the e-commerce services that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on every day, providing employment and income for tens of millions more. A Rockefeller of his age, Jack has become an icon for the country’s booming private sector, and as the face of the new, consumerist China is courted by heads of state and CEOs from around the world.
Granted unprecedented access to a wealth of new material including exclusive interviews, Clark draws on his own first-hand experience of key figures integral to Alibaba’s rise to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of how Alibaba and its charismatic creator have transformed the way that Chinese exercise their new found economic freedom, inspiring entrepreneurs around the world and infuriating others, turning the tables on the Silicon Valley giants who have tried to stand in his way.
Duncan explores vital questions about the company’s past, present, and future: How, from such unremarkable origins, did Jack Ma build Alibaba? What explains his relentless drive and his ability to outsmart his competitors? With over 80% of China’s e-commerce market, how long can the company hope to maintain its dominance? As the company sets its sights on the country’s financial and media markets, are there limits to Alibaba’s ambitions, or will the Chinese government act to curtail them? And as it set up shop from LA and San Francisco to Seattle, how will Alibaba grow its presence and investments in the US and other international markets?
Clark tells Alibaba’s tale within the wider story of China’s economic explosion—the rise of the private sector and the expansion of Internet usage—that haver powered the country’s rise to become the world’s second largest economy and largest Internet population, twice the size of the United States. He also explores the political and social context for these momentous changes. An expert insider with unrivaled connections, Clark has a deep understanding of Chinese business mindset. He illuminates an unlikely corporate titan as never before, and examines the key role his company has played in transforming China while increasing its power and presence worldwide.
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African Textiles (Hardcover)
Duncan Clarke, Vanessa Drake Moraga, Sarah Fee
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R3,498
R2,952
Discovery Miles 29 520
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The African continent is home to numerous outstanding textile
traditions, many dating to antiquity and all playing a multifaceted
role in their respective societies: these eye-catching fabrics
proclaim wealth and status, convey symbolic meanings, and of course
serve a practical function in garments both ordinary and
exceptional. This magnificent book conveys the amazing diversity of
African textiles, from the geometric-patterned kente cloths of
Ghana, to the multicolour raffia skirts of the Democratic Republic
of Congo, to the beaded barkcloths once reserved for Ugandan
royalty. The authors, all leading experts in the field, examine
each region of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar in turn,
elucidating the aesthetic qualities, cultural significance, and
production methods of the most important textile traditions. Their
authoritative text is illustrated with over 300 superlative
textiles from public and private collections, many reproduced as
full-page plates that allow the reader to appreciate each
individual fibre. This impressive clothbound volume will be a key
reference for students and scholars, an essential sourcebook for
designers, and a delight for all art lovers.
Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of
African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this
comprehensive book shows that Africa's flaws are not the whole
story, when it comes to the continent's history. A definitive yet
original perspective on the rush for Africa's oil, this is also a
guide to the hidden face of Africa.
Duncan Clarke begins by placing African oil issues in their
historical context before tackling the issues of power, nationalism
and different parties' strategies for control that have led to
today's oil scene. This book is the ultimate reference work on oil
in Africa - which is vital to everyone's future around the world.
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