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Author : Joseph Mwalonya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783896457004
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Mgombato written by Joseph Mwalonya and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc J. Swartz
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520347315
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Way the World Is written by Marc J. Swartz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture. In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share them as well as of those who do, Swartz points to the mediation of status. The many types of status available to individuals provide guidelines that help explain, for example, why the broadly shared elements of Swahili culture (Islamic religion or the nuclear family) do not alone translate into behavior. The Way the World Is demonstrates in a highly original way how culture "works." This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.
Author : Wangũhũ Ng'ang'a
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kenya's Ethnic Communities written by Wangũhũ Ng'ang'a and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert M. Maxon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810874695
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Kenya written by Robert M. Maxon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenya has a long and complex history that began thousands of years ago. Indeed, some archaeologists contend that the country was the "cradle of mankind" or, at the very least, one of the places that was home to the earliest hominids. In later centuries, Kenya's strategic location astride the Indian Ocean and the East African littoral attracted numerous foreign peoples, some of the most significant of which have been the Americans, Arabs, British, Chinese, French, Germans, and Portuguese. Additionally, Africans from throughout the subcontinent have settled in Kenya to escape conflict or political persecution, while others wanted an opportunity to begin a new life. As a result of being a gateway to the world, the country traditionally has been one of the most important business, cultural, diplomatic, and political centers in Africa. Although it has maintained this reputation during the post-independence period, Kenya, like most African countries, has been plagued by an increasing array of complex economic, political, and social problems. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Kenya provides a starting point for those interested in any of the phases of Kenya's historical evolution. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Kenya.
Author : John A. Parrotta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400721447
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge written by John A. Parrotta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring a topic of vital and ongoing importance, Traditional Forest Knowledge examines the history, current status and trends in the development and application of traditional forest knowledge by local and indigenous communities worldwide. It considers the interplay between traditional beliefs and practices and formal forest science and interrogates the often uneasy relationship between these different knowledge systems. The contents also highlight efforts to conserve and promote traditional forest management practices that balance the environmental, economic and social objectives of forest management. It places these efforts in the context of recent trends towards the devolution of forest management authority in many parts of the world. The book includes regional chapters covering North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Australia-Pacific region. As well as relating the general factors mentioned above to these specific areas, these chapters cover issues of special regional significance, such as the importance of traditional knowledge and practices for food security, economic development and cultural identity. Other chapters examine topics ranging from key policy issues to the significant programs of regional and international organisations, and from research ethics and best practices for scientific study of traditional knowledge to the adaptation of traditional forest knowledge to climate change and globalisation.
Author : Charles Eliot
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714616612
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (166 download)
Download or read book The East Africa Protectorate written by Charles Eliot and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1966. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : John A. Parrotta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa written by John A. Parrotta and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Derek Nurse
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520097750
Total Pages : 813 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Swahili and Sabaki written by Derek Nurse and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages.
Author : Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Publisher : September Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1912836491
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (128 download)
Download or read book The Dragonfly Sea written by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and published by September Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the most unforgettable books I have read in the last few years... What a writer! What a thinker! What a woman!' Fiammetta Rocco From the award-winning author of Dust comes a magical, sea-saturated, coming-of-age novel that transports readers from Kenya to China and Turkey. On an island in the Lamu Archipelago lives a solitary, stubborn child called Ayaana and her mother, Munira. When a sailor, Muhidin, enters their lives, the child finds something she has never had before: a father. But as Ayaana grows into adulthood, forces of nature and history begin to reshape her life, leading her to distant countries and fraught choices. Selected as a descendant of long-ago Chinese shipwrecked sailors Ayaana is sent to study in China. Leaving her resourceful single mother, she is forced to grow up fast. Whether it's the scarred captain of the Chinese shipping container that transports Ayaana or the son of Turkish shipping magnate who trades in refugees, Owuor never loses a profound sense of empathy for her characters. She evokes a fascinating kind of beauty in this dangerous, chaotic world and its ever-shifting oceans and trade. Told with a glorious lyricism, The Dragonfly Sea is a transcendent story of love and adventure, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world. 'One of Africa's most exciting voices ... The Dragonfly Sea is a continent-hopping novel of epic proportions.' Refinery29 'In its omnivorous interest in the world, The Dragonfly Sea is a paean to both cultural diffusion and difference . . . as much as [the novel] traces the globe, it also depicts an internal pilgrimage, its heroine in rose attar a broken saint.' New York Times 'Owuor continues to break ground among contemporary African writers.' Vanity Fair
Author : Johann Ludwig Krapf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Nika-English Dictionary written by Johann Ludwig Krapf and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. G. Collingwood
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528766830
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)
Download or read book The Idea of History written by R. G. Collingwood and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin George Collingwood, FBA (1889 – 1943) was an English historian, philosopher, and archaeologist most famous his philosophical works. Along with “The Principles of Art” (1938), Collingwood's “The Idea of History” was his best-known work, originally collated from numerous sources following his death by a student of his, T. M. Knox. It became a major inspiration for philosophy of history in the western world and is extensively cited to his day. This fascinating volume on history and its relationship to philosophy will appeal to students and collectors of vintage philosophical works alike. Contents include: “The Philosophy of History”, “History's Nature”, “Object”, “Method”, “Greco-Roman Histography”, “The Influence of Christianity”, “The Threshold of Scientific History”, “Scientific History”, “England”, “Germany”, “France”, “Italy”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume today in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
Author : Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Goa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Mombasa Rising Against the Portuguese, 1631 written by Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Goa and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Armitage
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108423183
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Oceanic Histories written by David Armitage and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshly presents world history through its oceans and seas in uniquely wide-ranging, original chapters by leading experts in their fields.
Author : Willie F. Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of African History and Culture: The Colonial Era (1850 to 1960) written by Willie F. Page and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive encyclopedia on African history with a broad cultural and geographic sweep, this outstanding new set covers African history from ancient times to the present.
Author : World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
ISBN 13 : 9280521136
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (85 download)
Download or read book IPC Green Inventory written by World Intellectual Property Organization and published by WIPO. This book was released on 201? with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brochure explains how the IPC Green Inventory can give direct access to the latest patent information about technologies in a number of fields including alternative energy production, energy conservation, transportation, waste management, and agriculture and forestry
Author : miriam cooke
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807876313
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop written by miriam cooke and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-03-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest networks were Mediterranean trade routes that quickly expanded into transregional paths for pilgrimage, scholarship, and conversion, each network complementing and reinforcing the others. This volume selects major moments and key players from the seventh century to the twenty-first that have defined Muslim networks as the building blocks for Islamic identity and social cohesion. Although neglected in scholarship, Muslim networks have been invoked in the media to portray post-9/11 terrorist groups. Here, thirteen essays provide a long view of Muslim networks, correcting both scholarly omission and political sloganeering. New faces and forces appear, raising questions never before asked. What does the fourteenth-century North African traveler Ibn Battuta have in common with the American hip hopper Mos Def? What values and practices link Muslim women meeting in Cairo, Amsterdam, and Atlanta? How has technology raised expectations about new transnational pathways that will reshape the perception of faith, politics, and gender in Islamic civilization? This book invokes the past not only to understand the present but also to reimagine the future through the prism of Muslim networks, at once the shadow and the lifeline for the umma, or global Muslim community. Contributors: H. Samy Alim, Duke University Jon W. Anderson, Catholic University of America Taieb Belghazi, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco Gary Bunt, University of Wales, Lampeter miriam cooke, Duke University Vincent J. Cornell, University of Arkansas Carl W. Ernst, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Judith Ernst, Chapel Hill, North Carolina David Gilmartin, North Carolina State University Jamillah Karim, Spelman College Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bruce B. Lawrence, Duke University Samia Serageldin, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Tayba Hassan Al Khalifa Sharif, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Egypt Quintan Wiktorowicz, Rhodes College Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Brown University
Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 0852555016
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Decolonising the Mind written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1986 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.
