Decolonization of Africa, Paperback - David Birmingham

Reducere. A bold synthesis of the events that have dominated modern Africa in this historic era of nation-building and transformation.About the AuthorDavid B...

Reducere. In the mid-twentieth century, the struggle against colonial rule fundamentally reshaped the world and the lives of the majority of the world's popu...

Reducere. There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world as we know it. Suspended for a few se...

This extraordinary, candid account of James Kilgo's African sojourn conveys the untamed beauty of the bush country with the attention of a seasoned...

Reducere. The most intimate and elaborately enhanced addition to the Hemingway Library series: Hemingway's memoir of his safari across the Serengeti--present...

The definitive reference guide to all of Africa's venomous snakes, written by a team of internationally acclaimed herpetologists.

This haunting and bestselling memoir of the author's life - and loss - in Africa has sold 250, 000 copies to date.

Reducere. When Jack Allison joined the Peace Corps in 1967, he never intended to write the number one hit song in Malawi or be described by Newsweek as more ...

The first African statesman to achieve world recognition was Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who became president of the new Republic of Ghana in 1960. ...

This is an innovative and accessible study of how decolonization is engaged with, subverted, and transformed as a curriculum change project in univ...

From the moment the author arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and r...

Park's two journeys to Africa, in 1795 and 1805, provided Europeans with their first reliable descriptions of that continent's interior. A vivid re...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This concise, illustrated history of Portugal offers an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for econo...

A member of the unique generation of African writers and intellectuals who came of age in the last days of colonialism, Wole Soyinka has witnessed ...

Reducere. In a mythical African land, some shipwrecked and uniquely talented passengers stage a grand gala to entertain themselves and their captor, the grea...

Contributor(s): Author: Patrick Wanakuta BarazaWhile Africa is the continent on which human life began, it is also a continent that has been invade...

The first of Roussel's two major prose works, Impressions of Africa is not, as the title may suggest, a conventional travel account, but an adventu...

Reveals the amazing story of a largely forgotten explorer and naturalist who forged his way into West Africa and its history. From his early life i...

... this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." --International Journal of Africa...

In this extraordinary memoir we look at Africa's wonders through the eyes of a visionary, live through hair-raising adventure and personal sorrow, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Abdourahman a. WaberiTranslator: David BallTranslator: Nicole BallIn a literary reversal as deadly serious as it is wickedl...

Originally part of a set, now sold separately, Volume 4 of Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide is dedicated to Eastern Africa, from the Sahel to...

Reducere. This historical and comparative ethnography of the Oromo of the Horn of Africa is based on the teachings of the custodians of the sacred knowledge ...

Reducere. First published in 1974, and edited by John Henrik Clarke with the aid of Amy Jacques Garvey, this is a superbly edited collection of writings refl...

Reducere. Brad Ricca's Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history--bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable--and her story is so full of adve...

Angola of geopolitical interest and this offers a brief history

With previously unpublished images looking at the demonstrator buses used by Birmingham City Transport.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Dav...

Reducere. While observing a family of elephants in the wild, Caitlin O'Connell noticed a peculiar listening behavior--the matriarch lifted her foot and scann...

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This long awaited Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of the Horn of Africa depicts some of the world's rarest mammals. All of the larger mammals of ...

Reducere. Lyrical, beautifully written tales of life in AfricaAfrica evokes a deep sense of mystery. It is a place that retains what most of the world has lo...