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I married adventure; the lives and adventures of Martin and Osa Johnson more books like this

by Osa Johnson

Martin Johnson, the famous explorer and nature photographer who brought home stunning movies of Africa and the South Seas to eager Americans, spent more than 25 years crossing the country and the world with his cameras and his wife. Osa's colorful biography is also a wonderful love story. 94 photos, maps, index.

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Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies

Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies more books like this

by Robert H Bates

Most Africans live in rural areas and derive their incomes from farming; but because African governments follow policies that are adverse to most farmers' interests, these countries fail to produce enough food to feed their populations. Markets and States in Tropical Africa analyzes these and other paradoxical features of development in modern ...

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Africa's Discovery of Europe 1450-1850

Africa's Discovery of Europe 1450-1850 more books like this

by David Northrup

Interest in African history has been growing rapidly in recent years. The encounters between Europeans and Sub-Saharan Africans-which first began to intensify during the 15th century-are currently a popular area of study. Up to now, however, only the Europeans viewpoint of these encounters has been explored. David Northrup's Africa's Discovery of ...

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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

A History of Sub-Saharan Africa more books like this

by Professor Robert O Collins, James M Burns

In a trawl through the entire sweep of sub-Saharan history, the authors have written an accessible introduction for students and general readers. The opening chapter on geography and climate frames the discussion, demonstrating how the environment has shaped the societies and cultures of those living in the region. Thereafter they describe the ...

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Black African Cinema

Black African Cinema more books like this

by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike

From the proselytizing lantern slides of early Christian missionaries to contemporary films that look at Africa through an African lens, N. Frank Ukadike explores the development of black African cinema. He examines the impact of culture and history, and of technology and co-production, on filmmaking throughout Africa. Every aspect of African ...

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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone

Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone more books like this

by Martin Dugard

David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer, was a frequent visitor to the African interior during the 19th century, and one of its most exciting and prolific chroniclers. So his disappearance in the late 1860s while questing for the Nile's source created an immediate uproar. The journey to get the scoop of the century fell to Henry David Stanley, ...

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African Art in the Cycle of Life

African Art in the Cycle of Life more books like this

by Roy Sieber Walker, Roslyn Adele Walker, Roy Sieber, Ph.D.

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Royal arts of Africa : the majesty of form

Royal arts of Africa : the majesty of form more books like this

by Suzanne Preston Blier

For use in an undergraduate or graduate course in African Art; also suitable as a supplementary reading for art history surveys. Lavishly illustrated, this historically grounded text draws together key traditions from West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa to present an informative and captivating survey of the most important royal arts in the ...

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African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective

African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective more books like this

by Graham Connah, Douglas Hobbs (Illustrator)

This major new edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in tropical Africa over the last four thousand years. Graham Connah focuses upon the archaeological research of two key aspects of complexity, urbanism and state formation, in seven main areas of Africa: Nubia, Ethiopia, the West ...

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A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa

A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa more books like this

by Howard W French

In this powerfully written book, a senior writer for the "New York Times" gives an unstinting account of the disastrous consequences of the centuries-old encounters between Africa and the West.

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Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent

Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent more books like this

by Blaine Harden

Journalist Blaine Harden reveals the darker, unsightly picture of Africa which is beginning to emerge in the media. Each of the eight chapters focuses on a single country and a single story, using examples and anecdotes to give context and comprehensibility to problems usually clouded by sociological jargon. He has two principal themes: the battle ...

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Spirit of African Design more books like this

by Sharne Algotsson, Denys Davis

This colorful guide to African style, with its strong and stunning motifs, is packed with photographs, cultural and historical information, and photographs of distinctive interiors.

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African religions & philosophy more books like this

by John S. Mbiti

African Religions and Philosophy is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa.

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Lost Cities of Africa more books like this

by Basil Davidson

Combining archeological evidence and scholarly research, Davidson traces the exciting development of the rich kingdoms of the lost cities of Africa, fifteen hundred years before European ships first came to African shores.

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Slavery and African Life: Occidental, Oriental, and African Slave Trades more books like this

by Patrick Manning

This interpretation of the impact of slavery on African life emphasizes the importance of external demand for slaves - from Occidental and Oriental purchasers - in developing an active trade in slaves within Africa. The book summarizes a wide range of recent literature on slavery for all of tropical Africa. It analyzes the demography, economics, ...

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African Folktales more books like this

by Roger D Abrahams (Editor), Dan Frank (Editor)

American scholar Abrahams gathered these 95 tales from the region south of of the Sahara Desert.

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Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa more books like this

by Samuel Aryeetey-Attoh

For undergraduate courses in the departments of Geography and Political Science. This text provides a systematic, thematic approach to the multi-faceted aspects of the physical and human geography of Sub-Saharan Africa. Designed to expose the student to a variety of contemporary ideas, theories, and concepts in African geography and their ...

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African seats more books like this

by Sandro Bocola (Editor)

The seat is an object of great cultural and artistic importance in Africa. This illustrated volume offers a look at the dazzling variety of chairs, stools, backrests and thrones that have been used throughout sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. Made from wood, stone, iron and fibres; elaborately carved, beaded or bejewelled, as well as rough-hewn, ...

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Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation more books like this

by Robert Stock, PhD

Now in an extensively revised and expanded second edition, this authoritative text provides a broad introduction to the geography of this rapidly changing region.

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Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa more books like this

by Keith B Richburg

In this powerful book, Keith B. Richburg takes the reader on an extraordinary journey that sweeps from Somalia to Rwanda to Zaire and finally to South Africa. He shows how he came to terms with the divide within himself: between his African racial heritage and his American cultural identity. }Keith B. Richburg was an experienced and respected ...

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African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts more books like this

by Michael Kan, Roy Sieber, Ph.D., Helen M Shannon (Text by)

This magnificent collection of African art showcases 88 of the Detroit Institute of Arts finest works, representing the full range of major sub-Saharan sculptural traditions during the past three centuries: masks, containers, carved stools, jewelry, and musical instruments. 120 photos, 99 in color.

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Africans more books like this

by David Lamb

The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.

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Lonely African more books like this

by Colin M Turnbull

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African Feminism: The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa more books like this

by Gwendolyn Mikell (Editor)

"African feminism", this landmark volume demonstrates, differs radically from the Western forms of feminism with which we have become familiar since the 1960s. African feminists are not, by and large, concerned with issues such as female control over reproduction or variation and choice within human sexuality, nor with debates about essentialism, ...

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The African Genius: An Introduction to African Cultural and Social History more books like this

by Basil Davidson

Depicts the true genius of the many peoples of Africa and explores their cultures. It is a history of a society and culture shattered by the slave traders and the imperialists and only now painfully reconstructing itself.

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