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To Benin and Back

Author : Chris Starace
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462046231
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book To Benin and Back written by Chris Starace and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just out of college seeking the adventure of his life and an opportunity to do good, Chris Starace joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Benin, West Africa for two years from 1995 to 1997. The challenge was great, and he was pushed to the limit in adapting to a starkly different culture while living on a meager $6 a day. He made many discoveries about himself, as well as an exotic land. Delving into the culture and creating strong relationships with the people led him to appreciate numerous aspects of Benin, while many outsiders are unable to see past its shortcomings. To Benin and Back recounts a variety of unique experiences from an insiders perspective such as living in a remote village, exploring the regional market, harrowing bush taxi rides, odd encounters with Voodoo, having a strange illness diagnosed by a very imaginative traditional healer, being stuck in a sandstorm in the Sahara desert, and humorous anecdotes about adapting to the Beninese culture, insects, snakes, domestic animals and children. When he returned to the United States, he was forced to reevaluate his own culture while dealing with severe reverse culture shock. Traveling back to Benin seven years later allowed him relive, reexamine and assess his long-term contribution.

Children of the Benin Kingdom

Author : Dinah Orji
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999336332
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Children of the Benin Kingdom written by Dinah Orji and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Benin (Other Places Travel Guide)

Author : Erika Kraus
Publisher : Other Places Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0982261918
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Benin (Other Places Travel Guide) written by Erika Kraus and published by Other Places Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benin is a country of wonder and mystery, fitting all levels of adventure and comfort. Its unique mixture of culture, history, geography, and wildlife provides the ultimate West African experience. From thrilling zemidjan moped rides to spotting hippos from dugout canoes, traveling across Benin will surely stimulate visitors' senses and broaden their horizons. Erika and Felicie, the authors, lived, worked, and played in Benin for over two years while attached to the Peace Corps. They experienced this fascinating country like few outsiders have before and created a national network of locals who all contributed their own specialty and unique insight for this book. To see the real Benin and to travel like a local, this book is a must. - Discover Cotonou's lively markets and nightlife. - Explore the settlements along the mighty Mono River and hike in the picturesque granite hills of the central Collines region. - Lounge on the sunny, palm-fringed beaches of Grand Popo before exploring the historical cities of Ouidah and Abomey. - Embark on a veritable wildlife safari in the national parks of the north, and marvel at the vast plains of the Sahel in the upper Atakora and Alibori regions. - Enjoy the resilient spirit, charm, and vitality of the Beninese people who will captivate visitors and keep them coming back for more.

Loot

Author : Barnaby Phillips
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786079364
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Loot written by Barnaby Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Prospect Best Book of 2021 ‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd ‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT ‘Compelling…humane, reasonable, and ultimately optimistic.’ Evening Standard ‘[A] valuable guide to a complex narrative.’ The Times In 1897, Britain sent a punitive expedition to the Kingdom of Benin, in what is today Nigeria, in retaliation for the killing of seven British officials and traders. British soldiers and sailors captured Benin, exiled its king and annexed the territory. They also made off with some of Africa’s greatest works of art. The ‘Benin Bronzes’ are now amongst the most admired and valuable artworks in the world. But seeing them in the British Museum today is, in the words of one Benin City artist, like ‘visiting relatives behind bars’. In a time of huge controversy about the legacy of empire, racial justice and the future of museums, what does the future hold for the Bronzes?

Care Work and Medical Travel

Author : Cecilia Vindrola-Padros
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793618879
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Care Work and Medical Travel written by Cecilia Vindrola-Padros and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume explores the interconnection between care work, travel, and healthcare, emphasizing the emotional dimensions of seeking care away from home. It brings together contributions from disciplines such as anthropology, nursing, primary care, sociology and geography and covers experiences of medical travel and other forms of remote care in the United States, Laos, India, Italy, France, Finland, Switzerland, and Russia.

Cosmopolitan Europe: A Strasbourg Self-Portrait

Author : John Western
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317159098
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Cosmopolitan Europe: A Strasbourg Self-Portrait written by John Western and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past hundred years of Europe are distilled in the experiences of the citizens of Strasbourg. From the turn of the twentieth century until 1945, Europe's ruling idea of nationalism rendered Strasbourg/Straßburg the prize in a tug-of-war between the two greatest continental powers, France and Germany. Then, in the immediate post-war period, ideals for European unity set up various European institutions, some headquartered in Strasbourg, which have gradually created a partially supranational Europe. At the end of the 1950s, a third theme arises: the large-scale settling in Strasbourg and other such richer, western European cities of persons from poorer lands, frequently ex-colonial territories, whose appearance and cultural practices render them essentially "different" to local eyes: expressions of racism thereby jostle with professions of multiculturalism. Now in the globalisation era, the issue of "immigration" has broadened yet further into transnationalism: the experience of persons who are embedded in varying manner in both Strasbourg and in their land of origin. Based on in-depth, lively interviews with 80 men and 80 women ranging from 101 to 20 years, and from all over the world (France, Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, Portugal, Italy, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Cameroon, and Afghanistan amongst other countries), the author draws out of these compelling testimonies all sorts of compelling insights into issues of identity, race, nationality, culture, politics, heritage and representation, giving a unique and valuable view of what it means (and has meant over the past century) to be a European.

Contested Holdings

Author : Felicity Bodenstein
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800734247
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Contested Holdings written by Felicity Bodenstein and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going beyond strictly legal and property-oriented aspects of the restitution debate, restitution is considered as part of a larger set of processes of return that affect museums and collections, as well as notions of heritage and object status. Covering a range of case studies and a global geography, the authors aim to historicize and bring depth to contemporary debates in relation to both the return of material culture and human remains. Defined as contested holdings, differing museum collections ranging from fine arts to physical anthropology provide connections between the treatment and conceptualization of collections that generally occupy separate realms in the museum world.

The Life Of An Enigma

Author : Joseph I Okogun
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525591495
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Life Of An Enigma written by Joseph I Okogun and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life of an Enigma is an engaging read about an interesting and memorable life lived under uniquely challenging surroundings and times. The book is also an anthropological, sociological, and religious inquiry into the cultures and traditions of John Okogun Omovuon’s Edo and Delta States of Nigeria covering his lifetime, 1905 -1993 with special reference to the Esan(Edo) people. Educators, students, and researchers should find the book useful in the area of British colonialism and African culture, Nigeria history, Christianity in Africa, African spiritualism and African indigenous studies. A number of stranger than fiction events and encounters that uphold faith, courage, and integrity woven into free enterprise are described using materials from Okogun’s verbal and written accounts, information obtained by the author from Okogun’s contemporaries, and the author’s experience of life in the communities. The dance culture of the people including the famous Esan acrobatic dance (YouTube) Igbabonalimin is described in detail for the first time in the narrative. The author’s professional international experience as a natural products chemist is brought to bear on many aspects of the story including the herbalism practised by his father Okogun. Okogun lived a heroic life and his story needs to be told and read.

The Autobiography of an Orange Seller

Author : Ikogho, Eric
Publisher : Kraft Books
ISBN 13 : 9789181442
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of an Orange Seller written by Ikogho, Eric and published by Kraft Books. This book was released on 2015-04-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography relives the lifestyle of a Warri Boy, the typical escapades of a young man going through life with the influence of peer groups, and an ultimate transformation through experiences of self-discovery and a deepening relationship with God.

The Light (English)

Author : Utpala Dasa
Publisher : Golden Age Media
ISBN 13 : 9389050480
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Light (English) written by Utpala Dasa and published by Golden Age Media . This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Light book contains direct, eye witness accounts of the devotional activities and achievements of an unforgettable and indefatigable spiritual warrior: His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami (Krishnapada) in West Africa, as seen or directly experienced by some of his admirers, well wishers and over thirty of his numerous disciples in West Africa. This book is capable of transforming lives positively, especially of those who will aspire to take a cue and adopt the lifestyle of His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami (Krishanapada) or to follow his teachings

Black World/Negro Digest

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black World/Negro Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1965-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black World”) was the publication that launched Johnson Publishing. During the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, Negro Digest/Black World served as a critical vehicle for political thought for supporters of the movement.

Doing Development in West Africa

Author : Charles Piot
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 082237403X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Doing Development in West Africa written by Charles Piot and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the popularity of service learning and study abroad programs that bring students to the global South has soared, thanks to this generation of college students' desire to make a positive difference in the world. This collection contains essays by undergraduates who recount their experiences in Togo working on projects that established health insurance at a local clinic, built a cyber café, created a microlending program for teens, and started a local writers' group. The essays show students putting their optimism to work while learning that paying attention to local knowledge can make all the difference in a project's success. Students also conducted research on global health topics by examining the complex relationships between traditional healing practices and biomedicine. Charles Piot's introduction contextualizes student-initiated development within the history of development work in West Africa since 1960, while his epilogue provides an update on the projects, compiles an inventory of best practices, and describes the type of projects that are likely to succeed. Doing Development in West Africa provides a relatable and intimate look into the range of challenges, successes, and failures that come with studying abroad in the global South. Contributors. Cheyenne Allenby, Kelly Andrejko, Connor Cotton, Allie Middleton, Caitlin Moyles, Charles Piot, Benjamin Ramsey, Maria Cecilia Romano, Stephanie Rotolo, Emma Smith, Sarah Zimmerman

Finding Soul, From Silicon Valley to Africa

Author : Kurt Davis
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1631952730
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Finding Soul, From Silicon Valley to Africa written by Kurt Davis and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tech entrepreneur journeys across Africa in this inspiring memoir about economic development, spiritual growth, and how to live with purpose. In 2017, Kurt Davis traveled to Africa to volunteer with entrepreneurial support organizations and humanitarian non-profits. In Finding Soul, From Silicon Valley to Africa, Kurt shares his enlightening and inspiring experiences in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, and numerous other countries. His story sheds light on the power of entrepreneurialism as a tool for development. But it is also shares lessons about the profound power of empathy, what we gain when we release the ego, and how we can discover deeper meaning in our lives.

Crashed Realities? Gender Dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism

Author : Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004545700
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Crashed Realities? Gender Dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism written by Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crashed Realities? explores the lived realities women Pentecostals encounter in male-founded Pentecostal churches. Idumwonyi demonstrates the gender dynamics at play in Nigerian Pentecostalism by exploring the ‘drama’ that played out in the wake of the nomination of the first woman Pentecostal archbishop in Nigeria and the subsequent attempt to 'erase' her from a significant leadership position and the pages of history. This case underscores how Pentecostalism, which presents as egalitarian, engages in and perpetuates gender disparity, revealing the realities that are crashed every day. This book further explores the profound ambiguities that result from an underlying commitment to patriarchy, making the calls to inclusivity illogical. In contrast, she proposes the advantages of the Pentecost Experience as favorable background to gender inclusivity and, in turn, human flourishing.

Practitioner Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage

Author : Joanne Orr
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003832571
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Practitioner Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage written by Joanne Orr and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practitioner Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage provides an accessible introduction to the Intangible Cultural Heritage field. Summarising the major changes that have taken place over the last two decades, the book explores ongoing debates and changes in thinking about best practice. Drawing on the author’s own experience of operationalising the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in a variety of contexts, Orr also incorporates international case studies from practitioners and provides valuable insights about best practices. Demonstrating that the top-down, state-driven hierarchy for the safeguarding of heritage is starting to shift to a model of shared ownership and values driven by communities and practitioners, the book shows that the notion of the ‘expert’ is also diversifying to include other forms of transmission of traditional knowledge. Orr argues that these different perspectives provide a platform to enrich understanding and knowledge and create a stronger basis for the safeguarding of heritage - both intangible and tangible. Exploring some of the policy developments that have laid the foundations for the future involvement of community and practitioners in the global discourse, the book also suggests how practitioners can expand networks and contribute to the global discourse. Practitioner Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage will appeal to museum curators and other heritage professionals, as well as students and academics engaged in the study of museums and heritage, art, and cultural policy and management.

Confronting Colonial Objects

Author : Carsten Stahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019269412X
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Colonial Objects written by Carsten Stahn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treatment of cultural colonial objects is one of the most debated questions of our time. Calls for a new international cultural order go back to decolonization. However, for decades, the issue has been treated as a matter of comity or been reduced to a Shakespearean dilemma: to return or not to return. Confronting Colonial Objects seeks to go beyond these classic dichotomies and argues that contemporary practices are at a tipping point. The book shows that cultural takings were material to the colonial project throughout different periods and went far beyond looting. It presents micro histories and object biographies to trace recurring justifications and contestations of takings and returns while outlining the complicity of anthropology, racial science, and professional networks that enabled colonial collecting. The book demonstrates the dual role of law and cultural heritage regulation in facilitating colonial injustices and mobilizing resistance thereto. Drawing on the interplay between justice, ethics, and human rights, Stahn develops principles of relational cultural justice. He challenges the argument that takings were acceptable according to the standards of the time and outlines how future engagement requires a re-invention of knowledge systems and relations towards objects, including new forms of consent, provenance research, and partnership, and a re-thinking of the role of museums themselves. Following the life story and transformation of cultural objects, this book provides a fresh perspective on international law and colonial history that appeals to audiences across a variety of disciplines. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

The Rough Guide to First-Time Africa

Author : Emma Gregg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1405388889
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Rough Guide to First-Time Africa written by Emma Gregg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide First-Time Africa tells you everything you need to know before you go to Africa, from visas and vaccinations to budgets and packing. It will help you plan the best possible trip, with advice on when to go and what not to miss, and how to avoid trouble on the road. You'll find insightful information on what tickets to buy, where to stay, what to eat and how to stay healthy and save money in Africa. The Rough Guide First-Time Africa includes insightful overviews of each African country highlighting the best places to visit with country-specific websites, clear maps, suggested reading and budget information. Be inspired by the 'things not to miss' section whilst useful contact details will help you plan your route. All kinds of advice and anecdotes from travellers who've been there and done it will make travelling stress-free. The Rough Guide First-Time Africa has everything you need to get your journey underway.