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Author : Dag Henrichsen
Publisher : BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
ISBN 13 : 9783905141696
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (416 download)
Download or read book A Glance at Our Africa written by Dag Henrichsen and published by BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN. This book was released on 1997 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Binyavanga Wainaina
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0812989678
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)
Download or read book How to Write About Africa written by Binyavanga Wainaina and published by One World. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of Africa’s most influential and eloquent essayists, a posthumous collection that highlights his biting satire and subversive wisdom on topics from travel to cultural identity to sexuality “A fierce literary talent . . . [Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliché.”—The Guardian “Africa is the only continent you can love—take advantage of this. . . . Africa is to be pitied, worshipped, or dominated. Whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed.” Binyavanga Wainaina was a pioneering voice in African literature, an award-winning memoirist and essayist remembered as one of the greatest chroniclers of contemporary African life. This groundbreaking collection brings together, for the first time, Wainaina’s pioneering writing on the African continent, including many of his most critically acclaimed pieces, such as the viral satirical sensation “How to Write About Africa.” Working fearlessly across a range of topics—from politics to international aid, cultural heritage, and redefined sexuality—he describes the modern world with sensual, emotional, and psychological detail, giving us a full-color view of his home country and continent. These works present the portrait of a giant in African literature who left a tremendous legacy.
Author : Isak Dinesen
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443432954
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book Out Of Africa written by Isak Dinesen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Out of Africa, author Isak Dinesen takes a wistful and nostalgic look back on her years living in Africa on a Kenyan coffee plantation. Recalling the lives of friends and neighbours—both African and European—Dinesen provides a first-hand perspective of colonial Africa. Through her obvious love of both the landscape and her time in Africa, Dinesen’s meditative writing style deeply reflects the themes of loss as her plantation fails and she returns to Europe. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.
Author : Makhosazana Xaba
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 0620924489
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Queer Africa 2: New Stories written by Makhosazana Xaba and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Queer Africa 2: New Stories, the 26 stories by writers from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda and the USA present exciting and varied narratives on life. There are stories on desire, disruption and dreams; others on longing, lust and love. The stories are representative of the range of human emotions and experiences that abound in the lives of Africans and those of the diaspora, who identify variously along the long and fluid line of the sexuality, gender and sexual orientation spectrum in the African continent. Centred in these stories and in their attendant relationships is humanity. The writers showcase their artistry in storytelling in thought-provoking and delightful ways.
Author : Marion Wallace
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197513867
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)
Download or read book History of Namibia written by Marion Wallace and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990 Namibia gained its independence after a decades-long struggle against South African rule--and, before that, against German colonialism. This book, the first new scholarly general history of Namibia in two decades, provides a fresh synthesis of these events, and of the much longer pre-colonial period. A History of Namibia opens with a chapter by John Kinahan covering the evidence of human activity in Namibia from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, and for the first time making a synthesis of current archaeological research widely available to non-specialists. In subsequent chapters, Marion Wallace weaves together the most up-to-date academic research (in English and German) on Namibian history, from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. She explores histories of migration, production and power in the pre-colonial period, the changes triggered by European expansion, and the dynamics of the period of formal colonialism. The coverage of German rule includes a full chapter on the genocide of 1904-8. Here, Wallace outlines the history and historiography of the wars fought in central and southern Namibia, and the subsequent mass imprisonment of defeated Africans in concentration camps. The final two chapters analyse the period of African nationalism, apartheid and war between 1946 and 1990. The book's conclusion looks briefly at the development of Namibia in the two decades since independence. A History of Namibia provides an invaluable introduction and reference source to the past of a country that is often neglected, despite its significance in the history of the region and, indeed, for that of European colonialism and international relations. It makes accessible the latest research on the country, illuminates current controversies, puts forward new insights, and suggests future directions for research. The book's extensive bibliography adds to its usefulness for scholar and general reader alike.
Author : David D. Newsom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Look at African Issues at the United Nations written by David D. Newsom and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A.G Hales
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752363525
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)
Download or read book Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) written by A.G Hales and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) by A.G Hales
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 : Giorgio Miescher
Publisher : BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
ISBN 13 : 9783905758092
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Posters in Action written by Giorgio Miescher and published by BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN. This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mboono Nghidinwa
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 3905758571
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Women Journalists in Namibia's Liberation Struggle Women 1985-1990 written by Mboono Nghidinwa and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2008-12-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the experiences of women journalists during the last phase of Namibia's liberation struggle against South African rule. Black or white, women journalists in Namibia made significant contribu-tions to the liberation cause -including the founding of a high-profiled newspaper -whilst others worked for media sympathetic to the apart-heid government. Based on interviews and deploying feminist media theory, Maria Mboono Nghidinwa pays close attention to the gendered power relationships in the newsrooms of newspapers and radio stations at the time. She looks at the intense political intimidations which tar-geted women and, in particular, the constraints experienced by black women journalists.
Author : Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472054139
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon written by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon illuminates how issues of ideal womanhood shaped the Anglophone Cameroonian nationalist movement in the first decade of independence in Cameroon, a west-central African country. Drawing upon history, political science, gender studies, and feminist epistemologies, the book examines how formally educated women sought to protect the cultural values and the self-determination of the Anglophone Cameroonian state as Francophone Cameroon prepared to dismantle the federal republic. The book defines and uses the concept of embodied nationalism to illustrate the political importance of women’s everyday behavior—the clothes they wore, the foods they cooked, whether they gossiped, and their deference to their husbands. The result, in this fascinating approach, reveals that West Cameroon, which included English-speaking areas, was a progressive and autonomous nation. The author’s sources include oral interviews and archival records such as women’s newspaper advice columns, Cameroon’s first cooking book, and the first novel published by an Anglophone Cameroonian woman.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catholic World written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sizwe Thekingrat Mabanga
Publisher : Authorhouse UK
ISBN 13 : 1481783491
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)
Download or read book A Slightly Sarcastic Look at the New South Africa by a Slightly Bitter Bantu written by Sizwe Thekingrat Mabanga and published by Authorhouse UK. This book was released on 2013 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've accepted that this first book is really just a novelty book: the quaint ideas of a bitter Bantu man who cannot let go of the past, the last of those so-called freedom fighters who belong in museums. I imagine this book will end up on the coffee tables of, well, people who have coffee tables. But so be it. I'll happily fade into the background of endless time. But there are some ideas that must just outlive this bitter-souled freedom fighter. Look, it's simple: Mostly you are who you think you are. And when people are actually listening, you are who you say you are. I am Bantu. To me, being Bantu is the epitome of being human. Being Bantu is a glorious gift that I refuse to squander recklessly in the excesses of modern Western culture. And life really is all just games we all assume we must play. All the smart people know this. It's part of why they are smart. Western culture is just a game. It is one game among many games. It is a game that currently decides the fates of billions of people, yes, but it is just a game. Deeply embedded in the Western culture games is the race game (white people versus everyone else). The race game is still being played globally and locally. The race game, like any other, has its own set of rules, regulations, penalties, and rewards for us players and is sometimes even fun. But I personally grow tired of Western culture and the race game, especially the part where Bantu people are generally losing. There are other better games to be played. We have choices. These choices are the freedom we fought for. But the Western culture game will need to be dealt with first because it frames a lot of the Bantu neocolonial stories. It frames our post-1994 economic and cultural struggles in South Africa. We cannot ignore it. I thus suggest that we Bantu start looking at ourselves as game changers and not just as late entrants into a long-running oppressive game. After all, this is our life. Our Africa. Our time. "It is better to die for an idea that will live than to live for an idea that will die" (Steve Biko).
Author : Heinrich Barth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa written by Heinrich Barth and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Barth
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 337516176X
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (751 download)
Download or read book Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa written by Henry Barth and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.
Author : Heinrich Barth
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465543317
Total Pages : 1297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa written by Heinrich Barth and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 1297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Richardson was waiting in Paris for despatches, when Mr. Overweg and I reached Tunis, by way of Philippeville and Bona, on the 15th of December, 1849; and having, through the kind interference of Mr. Ferrier, the British vice-consul, been allowed to enter the town after six days’ quarantine, we began immediately to provide ourselves with articles of dress, while in the meantime we took most interesting daily rides to the site of ancient Carthage. Having procured many useful articles for our journey, and having found a servant, the son of a freed slave from Gober, we left Tunis on the 30th of December, and passed the first night in Hammám el Enf. Early next morning we followed the charming route by Krumbália, which presents a no less vivid specimen of the beauty and natural fertility of the Tunisian country than of the desolate state to which it is at present reduced. We then passed the fine gardens of Turki, a narrow spot of cultivation in a wide desolate plain of the finest soil; and leaving el Khwín to our right, we reached el Arbʿain. Both these places enjoy a peculiar celebrity with the natives. El Khwín is said to have been once a populous place; but nearly all its inhabitants were destroyed by a spring of bituminous water, which according to tradition, afterwards disappeared. El Arbʿain, the locality of the “forty” martyrs, is a holy place; and ʿAli, our muleteer, in his pious zeal, took up a handful of the sacred earth and sprinkled it over us. It is a most picturesque spot. Keeping then along the wild plain covered with a thick underwood of myrtle, we beheld in the distance the highly picturesque and beautiful Mount Zaghwán, the Holy Mountain of the ancient inhabitants, which rose in a majestic form; and we at length reached Bir el buwíta, “the well of the little closet,” at one o’clock in the afternoon. The “little closet,” however, had given place to a most decent-looking whitewashed khán, where we took up our quarters in a clean room. But our buoyant spirits did not allow us long repose; and a quarter before eleven at night we were again on our mules. I shall never forget this, the last night of the year 1849, which opened to us a new era with many ordeals, and by our endurance of which we were to render ourselves worthy of success. There were, besides ourselves, our servants, and our two muleteers, four horsemen of the Bey, and three natives from Jirbi. When midnight came my fellow traveller and I saluted the new year with enthusiasm, and with a cordial shake of the hand wished each other joy. Our Mohammedan companions were greatly pleased when they were informed of the reason of our congratulating each other, and wished us all possible success for the new year. We had also reason to be pleased with them; for by their not inharmonious songs they relieved the fatigue of a long, sleepless, and excessively cold night. Having made a short halt under the olive-trees at the side of the dilapidated town of Herkla, and taken a morsel of bread, we moved on with our poor animals without interruption till half an hour after noon, when we reached the funduk (or caravanserai) Sidi Bú Jʿafer, near Súsa, where we took up our quarters, in order to be able to start again at night, the gates of the town being kept shut till morning. Starting before three o’clock in the morning, we were exactly twelve hours in reaching el Jem, with the famous Castle of the Prophetess, still one of the most splendid monuments of Roman greatness, overhanging the most shabby hovels of Mohammedan indifference. On the way we had a fine view, towards the west, of the picturesque Jebel Trutsa, along the foot of which I had passed on my former wanderings, and of the wide, out-stretching Jebel Useleet.
Author : Reinhard Kossler
Publisher : University of Namibia Press
ISBN 13 : 9991642099
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Namibia and Germany: Negotiating the Past written by Reinhard Kossler and published by University of Namibia Press. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 years since the end of German colonial rule in Namibia, the relationship between the former colonial power and the Namibian communities who were affected by its brutal colonial policies remains problematic, and interpretations of the past are still contested. This book examines the ongoing debates, conflicts and confrontations over the past. It scrutinises the consequences of German colonial rule, its impact on the descendants of victims of the 1904–08 genocide, Germany’s historical responsibility, and ways in which post-colonial reconciliation might be achieved.
