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Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: How did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had r……続きを見る

The Doctrine of Presence introduces the reader to honest men and women challenged with half-truths and false accusations during their attempts to expose animal abuse among wildlife cinematographers ……続きを見る

A Ghanaian scholar of religion argues that poverty is a particularly complex subject in traditional African cultures, where holistic worldviews unite life’s material and spiritual dimensions. A Sout……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur David Livingstone et l’exploration de l’Afrique australe en moins d’une heure ! Missionnaire et explorateur écossais, David Livingstone entame, en 1840,……続きを見る

Ez a könyv egy okos és gyönyörű libanoni fiatalasszony, Jazmína története, aki az I. Öböl-háború idején került egy kuvaiti börtönbe. Jazmína megrendítő életútja a háborús téboly, a káoszban elburján……続きを見る

The once numerous and vital Jewish communities of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have disappeared, succumbing during the past century to the assimilating temptations of French culture, or, more recent……続きを見る

Between 1730 and 1750, Domingos Alvares traversed the colonial Atlantic world like few Africans of his time--from Africa to South America to Europe. By tracing the steps of this powerful African hea……続きを見る

The demise of apartheid was one of the great achievements of postwar history, sought after and celebrated by a progressive global community. Looking at these events from the other side, An African V……続きを見る

In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in ……続きを見る

The congress of the people where the freedom charter was formally approved by several thousand delegates was held over the weekend of 2526 June 1955 in an open field in Kliptown, south of Johannes……続きを見る

A Biafran Soldiers Survival from the Jaws of Death: Nigeria-Biafran Civil War is a reflection of a personal experience in the battlefield and an insight about certain activities in some war theaters……続きを見る

The scope of the study reported in this book entails understanding the constraints and providing potential diagnostics to Africa’s leather sector, which is otherwise globally, one of the most lucrat……続きを見る

Collected Studies CS1070 The present book collects 31 articles that Jacques van der Vliet, a leading scholar in the field of Coptic Studies (Leiden University / Radboud University, Nijmegen), has pu……続きを見る

The unique story of a small community of escaped slaves who revolted against the British government yet still managed to maneuver and survive against all odds After being exiled from their native Ja……続きを見る

Since the creation of the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus in 1977, the number of black lawmakers in the Louisiana legislature has increased; however, many of the socioeconomic indicators show tha……続きを見る

In the 1890's, with the slave trade coming to and end and the market for ostrich feathers drying up,  the era of the great caravan was coming to and end. This short piece follows a Caravan fro……続きを見る

Syksyllä 1874 Henry Stanley saapuu Sansibarille. Hän on sopinut Daily Telegraph -lehden kanssa, että hän saattaa loppuun kuolleen tutkimusretkeilijä David Livingstonen tutkimusmatkan. Stanley haluaa……続きを見る

"Itämaiden hedelmällisen luonnon helmassa alkoi oikeastaan inhimillisen sivistyksen kehityshistoria. Siellä elettiin meidän sukukuntamme lapsuutta; mielikuvitus, jolla ei vielä ollut ymmärrystä ohja……続きを見る

Over 50 years ago, the renowned anthropologist Daryll Forde strongly advocated comparative anthropological studies. Professor Vansina argues that 50 years later, Forde's criticisms still apply despi……続きを見る

This volume presents an account of how people in sub-Saharan Africa have fared under changing life circumstances of the past centuries until the present. By introducing the geography of the region i……続きを見る

A politician's journey to bring home Mahatma Gandhi's teachings home to South Africa in the wake of WWII In November 1949, Davidson Don Tengo (D.D.T.) Jabavu, the South African politician, Methodist……続きを見る

Soon after its publication in 1972, Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (HEUA) gained global popularity among progressive students, scholars and activists, and people concerned with Afr……続きを見る

Sometime around 1500 AD, an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world’s most influential cropsーone that would t……続きを見る

Listen to a short interview with James DawesHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane After the worst thing in the world happens, then what? What is left to the survivors, the witnesses, those wh……続きを見る

Multiple traditions of Jewish origins in Morocco emphasize the distinctiveness of Moroccan Jewry as indigenous to the area, rooted in its earliest settlements and possessing deep connections and ass……続きを見る

Starting in the mid-1930s, East African revivalists (or, Balokole: "the saved ones") proclaimed a message of salvation, hoping to revive the mission churches of colonial East Africa. Frustrated by w……続きを見る

The 1976-1992 civil war which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies……続きを見る

Reexamines the first twenty years of the East African revival movement in Uganda, 1935-1955, arguing that through the movement African Christians articulated and developed a unique spiritual lifesty……続きを見る

A fresh analysis of the post-colonial war in Mozambique that contributes to debates about conflict, peacebuilding, development and nationalism and offers insights into the nature of contemporary pol……続きを見る

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering t……続きを見る