African Studies

New York: Facts on File, 1995 A complete set of 2 volumes in 3-ring binders (as published). Vol. 1: East, Southern and North Africa. Vol. 2: West and Central Africa, Regional Issues. 386 pp. 332 maps and charts, references, index (in vol. 2). This work is a nice reference resource, providing excellent, succinct overviews for each country in Africa. Every country is represented by a country map, a fact sheet, and a physical features map; for most countries, this basic information is supplemented by additional sheets (e.g., timelines, demographic and economic statistics, cultural information sheets). CONDITION: An ex-reference (non-circulating) library set with minimal library marks (in each binder, these marks are limited to: neat library stamps on title-page and base of "book block"; barcode label and "Do not loan/Reference source" and neat "Discard" stamps on the final page). (NOTE: if desired, clean unmarked pages may be purchased separately from the publisher--ordering information is available inside each binder.) Printed on heavy card stock which shows nearly no handling wear; all pages are clean and free of all marks. The original, sturdy blue 3-ring binders (no library marks visible on binders) likewise show very minor shelving wear. Overall, in excellent condition. OVERSIZED.. First Edition. 3-Ring Binders. Very Good. 30 x 30 cm. more information

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Nairobi, Kenya: Oxford University Press, 1964 24 pp. Maps. Parallel texts in Swahili and English. Rare; stapled pamphlet. Originally published in 1961, this is a 1965 reprint of the 1964 revised edition. Contains eleven black-and-white, single-page maps devoted to the territory of Tanganyika (now the mainland part of the Republic of Tanzania). The maps are entitled: Regions; Main rivers and neighbours; Some of the tribes; Railways; Airways; Mountains and hills; Yearly rainfall; Plants and trees; Main crops; Cattle; People; Africa (continental view). Opposite each map is a list of study questions for use in primary schools. CONDITION: Light overall wear; text clean and free of all marks. Staples are rusted (adjacent paper discolored and brittle). Center folio detached.. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. 25 x 19 cm. more information

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Syracuse, NY: Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, 1968 58 pp. Undated, but published ca. 1968-1970. This is a reader for second-year students learning Swahili. The book includes 14 short (one-page) essays and stories in Swahili, each followed by a vocabulary list (definitions in English) and learning exercises. The selections were chosen from approximately 125 essays submitted as part of an essay contest sponsored by the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1967-1968. CONDITION: Stapled booklet. Light overall wear to card covers with light sunning; former owner's name on front. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. more information

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Durban, South Africa: Noel Glass Press, 1982 New. 121 pp. 2005 reprint of original 1982 edition. Illustrations.. Reprint. Paperback. New. 22 x 16 cm. more information

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Durban, South Africa: Noel Glass Press, 1982 New. 172 pp. Illustrations. Sewn binding.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 22 x 15 cm. more information

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Zomba, Malawi: Kachere Series, 2006 148 pp. Illustrations, maps, ports., bibliographical references. 21 cm. VG condition (some shallow indentations to back cover).. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002. ix, 242 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Focusing on the broad educational aims of the colonial administration and missionary societies, the author draws on newspaper archives, early unofficial texts, and popular sources to uncover how Africans used literacy to carve out new cultural, social, and economic spaces for themselves beween 1880 and 1940. Newly literate Africans not only shaped literary tastes in colonial Africa but also influenced how and where English was spoken; established standards for representations of gender, identity, and morality; and created networks for African literary production, dissemination, and reception throughout British West Africa. Newell reveals literacy and reading as powerful social forces that quickly moved beyond the missionary agenda and colonial regulation. A fascinating literary, social, and cultural history of colonial Ghana, this book sheds new light on understandings of the African colonial experience and the development of postcolonial cultures in West Africa. CONDITION: Like new.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 22 x 14 cm. more information

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Institute of Kiswahili Research, University of Dar es Salaam, 1981 151 pp. Endnotes, bibliography. The first monographic literary study of modern Kiswahili prose literature. CONDITION: Moderate overall rubbing to covers. Paper age-toned. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 20 x 14 cm. more information

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New York: Greenhaven Press, 2004 80 pp. CONDITION: An ex-library, non-circulating copy in excellent overall condition: text neat and clean; minor shelving/handling wear only; library stickers; library markings on title-page; stamped "withdrawn.". First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 24 x 16 cm. more information

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Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2004 xxiv, 231 pp. Illustrations, color plates, 2 appendices, references. A scholarly study of pre-colonial Ghanaian slavery prior to the rise of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. CONTENTS: Foreword (by Emeritus Professor J. H. Kwabena Nketia, University of Ghana). 1) General perceptions of slavery: Their relevance to the Ghanaian situation. 2) Slavery and the slave trade up to the 18th century. 3) Sources of slaves for domestic use from the 15th to the 19th century. 4) Local use of slaves from the 15th to the 19th century. 5) Slaves and the pre-colonial social structure. 6) Slaves and succession to political office. 7) The abolition of indigenous slavery. CONDITION: Virtually like new, with only very minor handling wear.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 21 x 16 cm. more information

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Sydney, Australia; Portsmouth, NH: Dangaroo Press / Heinemann, 1992 viii, 180 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical notes, list of contributors. A reprint of the original edition published in 1991 by Kunapipi. A diverse collection of short stories, poetry, and critical writings reflecting the decline of apartheid in South Africa. CONDITION: Very light overall handling wear to covers. Sewn binding (no creasing). Text clean and free of all marks.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 15 cm. more information

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Austin, TX: African and Afro-American Research Institute, University of Texas, 1972 As new. 24 pp. A handlist of manuscript holdings for 13 Southern African writers: Herman Charles Bosman, Roy Campbell, Stuart Cloete, Jack Cope, Nadine Gordimer, Dan Jacobson, Uys Krige, Laurens van der Post, Doris Lessing, Sarah Gertrude Millin, Alan Paton, William Plomer, and Olive Schreiner. CONDITION: In stapled card covers. As new.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 23 x 15 cm. more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955 xvi, 272 pp. Map, list of events, footnotes, appendices, bibliography, biographies of statesmen, index. A study of British imperial policy in South Africa. CONDITION: Ex-library copy with usual library markings. Some light marginalia in pen. Binding partically cracked before title page. Light sunning to spine. Moderate overall wear to cloth covers. Minor bumps to corners and back cover. Small water spot to front cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 15 x 23 cm. more information

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Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1997 xii, [2], 341, [2] p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index. Softcover. NF condition. Soft Cover. more information

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Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, 1969 27 pp. Bibliographical references. Originally published in 1967. A brief but useful survey. CONDITION: Stapled pamphlet with moderate overall handling wear. Underlining and marginalia in red pen on two pages.. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 22 x 14 cm. more information

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Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Avebury, 1992 xviii, 228 pp. Chapter notes, bibliography, index. CONDITION: An ex-library copy in good overall condition: light pencil underlining on 8 pages; light overall handling/shelfwear. Library marks to title-page; call number and barcode labels; stamped "withdrawn.". First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 23 x 16 cm. more information

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Gottingen-Windhoek: Klaus Hess Verlag, 2005 240 seiten, 30 cm. 229 Zeichnungen und 78 Farbfotos, 2 Karten. Auf funf Reisen begleitet der leser die Autorin durch Namibia. Kenntnisreich, frohlich und mit dem besonderen Blick fur Details berichtet Sie von Naturlandschaften, Orten, historischen Ereignissen und von Menschen, denen sie auf ihren Safaris begegnet. Hannah Schreckenbach ist Architektin, daher durfen im handgepack nie Skizzenblock und Zeichenstift fehlen. Zusammen mit dem Fotoapparat erganzen sie die Texte auch visuell in einer ganz personlichen Weise, oft reduziert auf die wesentlichen Elemente und Strukturen des Wahrgenommenen. NF condition [No dustjacket-as issued]. OVERSIZED.. Hard Cover. Like New. more information

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Madison, WI: NALRC Press, 2003 New CD-ROM sealed in shrinkwrap (sold separately from textbook). This Audio CD-ROM was developed to supplement the author's "Tuseme Kiswahili" textbook for enhancing the learner's grasp of the Swahili language. It is a recording of the monologues and the dialogues presented in the textbook by native speakers of Swahili. Self-learners will find this CD-ROM particularly helpful to practice the pronunciation of words as they would have been presented by a teacher.. First Edition. New. more information

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Dar es Salaam University Press, 1982 xiv, 96 pp. Chapter notes, bibliography. A scholarly study of the theme of the prostitute in Swahili literature. CONTENTS: 1) Negative treatment: The prostitute in selected works of Abdoulaye Sadji, David G. Maillu, and Mohamed S. Mohamed. 2) The prostitute and the protest tradition. 3) The way out: The prostitute in the works of S. Ousmane, C. Ekwensi, N. Balisidya, M. S. Mohamed, and N. wa Thiong'o [James Ngugi]. 4) Further avenues of exploration: The prostitute in world literature. CONDITION: Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks. Printing on four pages near end of book is somewhat doubled (blurred).. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 19 x 14 cm. more information

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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2002 xv, 312 pp. Illustrations, endnotes, bibliography, index. An anthropological study of indigenous memories and ritualization of the slave trade and their influence on contemporary experiences of colonialism, postcolonialism and rebellion in Temne-speaking communities of Sierra Leone. CONTENTS: Introduction. 1) The Atlanticizing of Sierra Leone. 2) Spirit memoryscape. 3) Roads to life, roads to death: materializing memory through divination. 4) Diviners' knowledge, diviners' lives. 5) A thing under the water. 6) The hidden ritual process. 7) The production of witchcraft/witchcraft as production. 8) Cannibal transformations: experiencing colonialism in the Sierra Leone hinterland. 9) The politician and the diviner. CONDITION: New, in publisher's original shrinkwrap.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket (as issued). 24 x 16 cm. more information

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Bloomington, IN: African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1984 As new. 27 pp. 12 plates, bibliography. A summary history of African archaeology by an archaeologist. CONDITION: In stapled card covers. As new.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 23 x 15 cm. more information

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Kampala, Uganda: Janyeko Pub. Centre, 2003 ix, 231 : maps ; 21 cm. Bibliographical references, index.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1972 23 pp. Contains approximately 219 references. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (call number and stamp on front cover; library stamp inside front cover; pocket inside rear cover). Text clean and neat. Stapled booklet. Light sunning/aging to card covers, with light handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 28 x 22 cm. more information

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Nairobi, Kenya: East African Publishing House, 1968 28 pp. Maps, footnotes, bibliographical references. Originally published in 1966. A brief but useful survey. CONDITION: Stapled pamphlet with moderate overall handling wear. Underlining in red pen on two pages.. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 22 x 14 cm. more information

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Ibadan, Nigeria: Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, 1966 1973 reprint edition. xi, 110 pp. Map, plates, appendices, bibliography, index. CONDITION: Sewn binding. Appears to be an ex-library copy (possibly from a private individual's library): remains of pocket inside rear cover, tiny sticker removed from base of spine; former owner's name on title-page). Yellow highlighting on a single page in middle of book. Light handling wear to covers.. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 22 x 14 cm. more information

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Gottingen ; Windhoek: Klaus Hess Verlag, 2005 280 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. Col. maps on lining papers. Includes index. Ein Stapel alter Briefe und verblassende Fotos sind die einzig verbliebenen Hinweise auf Aenne Hanke, die 1931 ihren Tanten Lulu und Anni nach Südwestafrika, heute Namibia, folgte. Dort sollte sie keine zehn Jahre später jung sterben, ohne jemals wieder deutschen Boden betreten zu haben. Ihre Briefe an die Familie in Deutschland erweisen sich als interessante Zeitzeugnisse, die auch die Sicht einer Auslandsdeutschen auf das Hitlerreich widerspiegeln. NF condition [no dustjacket-as issued]. Hard Cover. Like New. more information

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Nairobi, Kenya: Heinemann Kenya, 1986 1987 reprint edition. 54 pp. Text in Swahili. A reader's guide to Mohamed S. Mohamed's acclaimed novel "Nyota ya Rehema" ("The Destiny of Rehema"; pub. 1976) set in Zanzibar. CONDITION: Very light handling wear only to covers; text clean and neat. A stapled pamphlet.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 21 x 15 cm. more information

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Bloomington, IN: African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1973 As new. vii, 50 pp. Endnotes, bibliography. This is an examination of language planning policy and its implications in East Africa (primarily in Kenya and Tanzania). CONTENTS: Introduction. Typologies of language policy decisions. Two case studies [Kenya and Tanzania]. Language choice and language use. Conclusions. Notes. References. Bibliography of the works of Wilfred Howell Whiteley [Prof. Whiteley died of a heart attack 10 days after delivering this lecture]. CONDITION: Sewn binding in card covers. As new.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 23 x 15 cm. more information

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Wageningen, Netherlands: Afdeling Agrarische Geschiedenis, Landbouwhogeschool, 1986 383 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliographical notes. 13 scholarly essays (10 in Dutch [with English summaries], 3 in English) published on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Rural History, Wageningen University. Most of the essays discuss various topics in Dutch history, but the last and longest essay (in English; 82 pp.) is "Trade and agriculture in coastal Benin c. 1470-1660: an examination of Manning's early-growth thesis." CONDITION: Sewn binding (no creasing along spine). Light overall handling wear; text neat and clean. Moderate sunning along spine.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 24 x 16 cm. more information

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