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Author : Lawrence George Green
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Old Africa Untamed written by Lawrence George Green and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrence George Green
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Old Africa's Last Secrets written by Lawrence George Green and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Old Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558617078
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)
Download or read book Coming to Birth written by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this quietly powerful and eminently readable novel, winner of the prestigious Sinclair Prize, Kenyan writer Marjorie Macgoye deftly interweaves the story of one young woman’s tumultuous coming of age with the history of a nation emerging from colonialism. At the age of sixteen, Paulina leaves her small village in western Kenya to join her new husband, Martin, in the bustling city of Nairobi. It is 1956, and Kenya is in the final days of the "Emergency," as the British seek to suppress violent anti-colonial revolts. But Paulina knows little about, about city life, or about marriage, and Martin’s clumsy attempts to control her soon lead to a relationship filled with silences, misunderstandings, and unfulfilled expectations. Soon Paulina’s inability to bear a child effectively banishes her from the confines of traditional women’s roles. As her country at last moves toward independence, Paulina manages to achieve a kind of independence as well: She accepts a job that will require her to live separately from her husband, and she has an affair that leads to the birth of her first child. But Paulina’s hard-won contentment will be shattered when Kenya’s turbulent history intrudes into her private life, bringing with it tragedy—and a new test of her quiet courage and determination. Paulina’s patient struggles for survival and identity are revealed through Marjorie Macgoye’s keen and sensitive vision—a vision which extends to embrace the whole of a nation and a people likewise struggling to find their way. As the Weekly Standard of Kenya notes, "Coming to Birth is a radical novel in firmly asserting our common humanity."
Author : Linda M. Heywood
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674237447
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Njinga of Angola written by Linda M. Heywood and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The fascinating story of arguably the greatest queen in sub-Saharan African history, who surely deserves a place in the pantheon of revolutionary world leaders.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Though largely unknown in the West, the seventeenth-century African queen Njinga was one of the most multifaceted rulers in history, a woman who rivaled Queen Elizabeth I in political cunning and military prowess. In this landmark book, based on nine years of research and drawing from missionary accounts, letters, and colonial records, Linda Heywood reveals how this legendary queen skillfully navigated—and ultimately transcended—the ruthless, male-dominated power struggles of her time. “Queen Njinga of Angola has long been among the many heroes whom black diasporians have used to construct a pantheon and a usable past. Linda Heywood gives us a different Njinga—one brimming with all the qualities that made her the stuff of legend but also full of all the interests and inclinations that made her human. A thorough, serious, and long overdue study of a fascinating ruler, Njinga of Angola is an essential addition to the study of the black Atlantic world.” —Ta-Nehisi Coates “This fine biography attempts to reconcile her political acumen with the human sacrifices, infanticide, and slave trading by which she consolidated and projected power.” —New Yorker “Queen Njinga was by far the most successful of African rulers in resisting Portuguese colonialism...Tactically pious and unhesitatingly murderous...a commanding figure in velvet slippers and elephant hair ripe for big-screen treatment; and surely, as our social media age puts it, one badass woman.” —Karen Shook, Times Higher Education
Author : Samuel Agbamu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192664603
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Restorations of Empire in Africa written by Samuel Agbamu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The histories of Europe and Africa are closely intertwined. At times, this closeness has been emphasized, at other times, suppressed and denied. Since the nineteenth century, European imperial powers have carved up the continent of Africa among themselves, drawing borders and charting shorelines; in the process, inventing Africa. This was a project anchored in ancient Greek and Roman representations of Africa. For Italy, colonialism in Africa was a matter of consolidating its project of national unification, nominally completed in 1870 with the capture of Rome. By asserting its position as an imperial power, the young nation of Italy hoped to join the club of European nation-states and, in so doing, be rid of the perception that it was a country somewhere in between Europe and Africa. Yet, Italy's colonial endeavour in Africa was also a project with deep historical meaning. Italy posed its imperial project in Africa as a national return to territory which was rightfully Italian. Italian ideologues of imperialism based this claim on the history of Roman history on the continent. When Italian soldiers disembarked on the beaches of Libya during Italy's invasion of 1911-1912, and came across the ruins of Roman imperialism, they were, according to prominent cultural and political figures in Italy, rediscovering the traces of their ancestors. Yet, when Italian imperial ambitions set their sights on East Africa, regions that had not been conquered by Rome, how could Italy nevertheless shape its imperial project in the image of ancient Rome? This book charts this story. Beginning with Italy's first imperial endeavours on the African continent in the last decades of the nineteenth century and continuing right through to Italy's current attitudes towards Africa, this book argues that empire in Africa was a central aspect of Italian nation-building, and that this was a project which anchored itself in memories of ancient Rome in Africa. Although Fascism's invasion of Ethiopia (1935-1936) is the best-known moment of Italian imperialism in Africa, this book shows that Italian imperialism, modelled on ancient Rome, has a history which long predates Mussolini's movement, and has a legacy which continues to be acutely felt.
Author : Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalog of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University Library (Evanston, Illinois) and Africana in Selected Libraries written by Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Boyd Varty
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1400069858
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cathedral of the Wild written by Boyd Varty and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a gorgeous, lyrical, hilarious, important book. . . . Read this and you may find yourself instinctively beginning to heal old wounds: in yourself, in others, and just maybe in the cathedral of the wild that is our true home.”—Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than eighty years ago as a hunting ground, Londolozi was transformed into a nature reserve beginning in 1973 by Varty’s father and uncle, visionaries of the restoration movement. But it wasn’t just a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human spirit to be restored. When Nelson Mandela was released after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, he came to the reserve to recover. Cathedral of the Wild is Varty’s memoir of his life in this exquisite and vast refuge. At Londolozi, Varty gained the confidence that emerges from living in Africa. “We came out strong and largely unafraid of life,” he writes, “with the full knowledge of its dangers.” It was there that young Boyd and his equally adventurous sister learned to track animals, raised leopard and lion cubs, followed their larger-than-life uncle on his many adventures filming wildlife, and became one with the land. Varty survived a harrowing black mamba encounter, a debilitating bout with malaria, even a vicious crocodile attack, but his biggest challenge was a personal crisis of purpose. An intense spiritual quest takes him across the globe and back again—to reconnect with nature and “rediscover the track.” Cathedral of the Wild is a story of transformation that inspires a great appreciation for the beauty and order of the natural world. With conviction, hope, and humor, Varty makes a passionate claim for the power of the wild to restore the human spirit. Praise for Cathedral of the Wild “Extremely touching . . . a book about growth and hope.”—The New York Times “It made me cry with its hard-won truths about human and animal nature. . . . Both funny and deeply moving, this book belongs on the shelf of everyone who seeks healing in wilderness.”—BookPage
Author : Lawrence George Green
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Tavern of the Seas written by Lawrence George Green and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Crown Colonist written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wolfram Hartmann
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781919713229
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (132 download)
Download or read book The Colonising Camera written by Wolfram Hartmann and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with black and white photographs, this book brings together provocative and exciting new material on Namibia's colonial past. An eight-page colour section looks at how present day Namibians view themselves. It includes contributions from the editors, Wolfram Hartman, Jeremy Silvester and Patricia Hayes, as well as Michel Bollig, Jan Bart Gewald, Robert Gordon, Brent Harris, Paul Landau, Rick Rohde, Margo Timm and Marion Wallace.
Author : G.E. Wickens
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402064314
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia written by G.E. Wickens and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-02 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. This book fills a gap in the botanical literature. It deals with a genus that has fascinated and intrigued scientists and lay persons for centuries.
Author : Giorgio Miescher
Publisher : BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
ISBN 13 : 9783905141740
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (417 download)
Download or read book New Notes on Kaoko written by Giorgio Miescher and published by BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN. This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brent A. Carter
Publisher : Enso Books
ISBN 13 : 0982018541
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Untamed Leadership written by Brent A. Carter and published by Enso Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instincts shape who we are as leaders. They encapsulate the social variety we exhibit to others, from the servant to the tyrant. Though they are integrated into our every thought and deed, we are relatively unaware of what they are or how they impact us. Perhaps the frenzied lives we lead are to blame, or maybe we spend too much time developing the veneer of leadership rather than excavating its core substance. No matter the cause, each day we are presented opportunities to make differences in the lives we touch. As we awaken to the reality that who we are on the inside has a direct role in what we project on the outside, we will have begun the process of apprehending Untamed Leadership.
Author : Margery Perham
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000856046
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Colonial Sequence 1949 to 1969 written by Margery Perham and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonial Sequence 1949 to 1969 (1970) continues the sequence begun in Colonial Sequence 1930 to 1949 and presents a valuable body of evidence for the enquiry into Britain’s colonial actions, written at a time when Britain was retreating from empire. In these collected articles we see Britain’s colonial service in action, snapshots from the time and place, revealing colonialism with all its limitations and mistakes, achievements and ideals.
Author : Mayne Reid
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Vee-Boers: A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa written by Mayne Reid and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Vee-Boers: A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa' by Mayne Reid, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the landscapes of Southern Africa, filled with adventure and unexpected twists. The book is written in a vivid and descriptive style, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the exotic setting and experience the dangers and wonders of the African wilderness. Reid's attention to detail and authentic portrayal of the region's culture and people make this book a compelling read for those interested in adventure tales from the 19th century. Mayne Reid, a Scottish-born author and adventurer, drew inspiration for 'The Vee-Boers' from his own travels in Africa. His firsthand experiences enrich the narrative with a sense of authenticity and depth, capturing the spirit of exploration and discovery that characterized his own life. Reid's passion for adventure shines through in every page, making this book a must-read for fans of classic adventure literature. I highly recommend 'The Vee-Boers' to readers who crave excitement and escapism in their literary choices. Mayne Reid's masterful storytelling and intimate knowledge of Southern Africa make this book a captivating and immersive reading experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression.
Author : Patricia Hayes
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821446886
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Ambivalent written by Patricia Hayes and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond photography as an isolated medium to engage larger questions and interlocking forms of expression and historical analysis, Ambivalent gathers a new generation of scholars based on the continent to offer an expansive frame for thinking about questions of photography and visibility in Africa. The volume presents African relationships with photography—and with visibility more generally—in ways that engage and disrupt the easy categories and genres that have characterized the field to date. Contributors pose new questions concerning the instability of the identity photograph in South Africa; ethnographic photographs as potential history; humanitarian discourse from the perspective of photographic survivors of atrocity photojournalism; the nuanced passage from studio to screen in postcolonial digital portraiture; and the burgeoning visual activism in West Africa. As the contributors show, photography is itself a historical subject: it involves arrangement, financing, posture, positioning, and other kinds of work that are otherwise invisible. By moving us outside the frame of the photograph itself, by refusing to accept the photograph as the last word, this book makes photography an engaging and important subject of historical investigation. Ambivalent‘s contributors bring photography into conversation with orality, travel writing, ritual, psychoanalysis, and politics, with new approaches to questions of race, time, and postcolonial and decolonial histories. Contributors: George Emeka Agbo, Isabelle de Rezende, Jung Ran Forte, Ingrid Masondo, Phindi Mnyaka, Okechukwu Nwafor, Vilho Shigwedha, Napandulwe Shiweda, Drew Thompson
