Refractions of the National, the Popular and the Global in African Cities, Paperback - Simon Bekker

Case studies of metropolitan cities in nine African countries - from Egypt in the north to three in West and Central Africa, two in East Africa and...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Goeran TherbornIllustration(s): 8pp b&w plate sectionNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 1...

A study of how colonial and postcolonial legacies manifest in African cities and African urban planning

This volume uncovers the relations between globalization and dirty dealings in urban settings, focusing on some capital cities and on the relations...

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An ambitious look at the African novel and its connections to African philosophy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries The African Novel of I...

By comparing eight cities - Barcelona, Cape Town, Eindhoven, Johnnesburg, Manchester, Tampere, the Hague and Venice - this book examines a range of...

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In this riveting debut, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world - before the wrong person finds the answer first.

Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creat...

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Revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or values. This book explores how this classical idea can be applied to ...

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This book explores cities and intra-regional relational dynamics to challenge common representations of urban development 'success' and 'failure'. ...

DescriptionThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The AfricanBy Olaudah Equiano

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DescriptionThe future of our cities is not what it used to be. The modern-city model that took hold globally in the twentieth century has outlived ...

This book explores the reasons behind the variation in national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, it furthers the policy studies sch...

Celebrities, heroes and champions explores the role of the popular politician in British and Irish society from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second R...

The most solemn obligation of any president is to safeguard the nation's security. But the president cannot do this alone. He needs help. In the pa...

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In the 1980s and 1990s, the internet became a major player in the global economy and a revolutionary component of everyday life for much of the Uni...

To understand current sociopolitical dynamics on a planetary level, we need to have two mental maps in mind: the state-centered map and the nonstat...

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Join this amazing team to learn all about Africa's unique wildlife, including lions, elephants, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, hippos, gorillas, rhino...

Manufacturing is in a period of dramatic transformation. But in the United States, public and political dialogue is simplistically focused almost e...

DescriptionIntegrity, pastoral care and authority lie at the heart of Christian leadership and indeed, following Jesus in any capacity, and they ar...

Publisher: National TrustAuthor(s): Simon ToomerIllustration(s): 164 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Collection: The National Trust C...

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Intended for cultural historians and literary scholars, this volume offers new insights into the trope of the fallen city in folk-song and a variet...

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DescriptionAn authoritative guide to one of the world's most important collections of African-American art, with works by artists from Romare Beard...