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1	The ritual process: structure and anti-structure more books like this by Victor Witter Turner add to wishlist Victor Turner here examines the rituals of the Ndembu in Zambia and develops his concept of aCommunitas,a which he characterizes as an absolute inter-human relation beyond any form of structure. The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates how the analysis of ritual behavior and ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa more books like this by Josh Swiller add to wishlist A young mans quest to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving world leads to a remarkable sojourn in a remote African village, in this poignant account that is, at times, a hilarious comedy of errors as well as a gripping narrative of escalating violence. see all copies from $2.23! new only from $2.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The eye of the elephant : an epic adventure in the African wilderness more books like this by Delia Owens, Mark Owens add to wishlist In a remote Zambian valley where elephants gracefully wandered into camp to eat fruit from the trees, the authors of the bestselling Cry of the Kalahari discovered a new wilderness Eden. But peace was shortlived when they were drawn into a struggle that threatened their lives. Photos. see all copies from $4.20! new only from $6.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier more books like this by Alexandra Fuller add to wishlist With the same fiercely beautiful prose that won her acclaim for "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight," Fuller describes her trip home to Zambia, where she comes away with a remarkably unbiased and unsentimental glimpse of men who have killed, mutilated, tortured and scrambled to survive during wartime, and who now live with their past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa more books like this by Daniel N Posner add to wishlist This book presents a theory to account for why and when politics revolves around one axis of social cleavage instead of another. It does so by examining the case of Zambia, where people identify themselves either as members of one of the country's seventy-three tribes or as members of one of its four principal language groups. The book accounts ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $19.99! \| SVS
6	The Africa House: The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream more books like this by Christina Lamb add to wishlist In the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades and rose gardens. He wanted to share it with the love of his life, the beautiful unconventional Ethel Locke ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Beautiful Blackbird more books like this by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator) add to wishlist With vibrant cut-paper collages, a Coretta Scott King Award-winner presents an adaptation of a folktale from Zimbabwe that celebrates the importance of appreciating one's own inner beauty. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	North of South: An African Journey more books like this by Shiva Naipaul add to wishlist On a trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia in the 1970s, the author set out to discover the meaning of such concepts as liberation, revolution, and socialism to the ordinary citizen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Travel & Adventure in South-East Africa more books like this by Frederick Courtney Selous add to wishlist In this first-hand account from explorer Frederick Selous, first published in 1893, readers follow the true story of a trailblazing adventurer in an unknown land. Selous explored the area around the Limpopo River in what is now northern South Africa and Zimbabwe. From fending off lions and hyenas to hunting the most dangerous game Africa, Selous' ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $20.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Experiencing Ritual: A New Interpretation of African Healing more books like this by Edith L B Turner, Fideli Et Al Benwa add to wishlist "Experiencing Ritual" is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writings - the view of millions of Africans - that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $19.52! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Big game hunting in north-eastern Rhodesia more books like this by Owen Letcher, Owen Lechter add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $42.00! \| first editions
12	African Sunset more books like this by Robin Short add to wishlist see all copies from $38.89! first editions
13 view cover	Tenth man down more books like this by Chris Ryan add to wishlist When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga, a poverty-stricken and war-torn republic in the dark heart of southern Africa, Geordie Sharp is caught up un the most dangerous and difficult assignment of his military career. When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL mercenaries, they begin to sense a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.69! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Perspectives on Southern Africa more books like this by James Ferguson add to wishlist Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s, however, the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated, leaving workers scrambling to get by. "Expectations of Modernity" explores the social and cultural responses to ... see all copies from $11.45! new only from $28.69!
15 view cover	The Birth of a Dilemma: The Conquest and Settlement of Rhodesia more books like this by Philip Mason add to wishlist see all copies from $7.67! first editions
16 view cover	An introduction to the history of central Africa more books like this by Alfred John Wills add to wishlist see all copies from $2.95! first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Cutting Down Trees: Gender, Nutrition, and Agricultural Change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1800-1990 more books like this by Henrietta L Moore, Ph.D., Megan Vaughan add to wishlist In part this book is a reconstruction of an African agricultural system over one hundred years; in part it is an examination of the construction of knowledge about a rural African people. The first half of the book focuses on the "chitemene" agricultural system of the Bemba known as "slash and burn". The authors show that "chitemene" involves a ... see all copies from $18.99! new only from $36.81! \| SVS
18	Expedition in East-Central Africa, 1888-1891: A Report more books like this by Carl Wiese add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00! first editions
19 view cover	Specimens of Bantu Folk-Lore from Northern Rhodesia more books like this by J Torrend add to wishlist CONTENTS First Part - Tales of the Bene-Mukuni How Can I Silence Katubi?; Father, Wait for Me; As I am Be-thankful, I Go Back; Let the Big Drum Roll; Njerenjere; Alas! Father, at the Temple; What do you Mean, Block of Wood?; I Am Calling You Loud; Open, Open, Little Bird; Little Bead! Little Bead!; How I shall Be Admired!; I am Tembwe; First Let ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $17.70! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Schism and continuity in an African society : a study of Ndembu village life. more books like this by Victor Witter Turner add to wishlist With a new foreword by Bruce Kapferer, Professor of Anthropology, James Cook University * A reprint of the seminal anthropological work of the 1960s. Originally published by Manchester University Press. Victor Turner will be remembered as the anthropologist who developed the concept of the 'social drama', a method used extensively by ... see all copies from $3.39! new only from $25.39! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Secrets of the Savanna more books like this by Mark Owens, Delia Owens add to wishlist The authors spent 23 years in the Zambian wilderness where they started a unique program to lift the villagers out of poverty and allow the wildlife populations to recover from poaching. After more than two decades of work, they were driven out of the country by poachers and ivory smugglers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Revelation and divination in Ndembu ritual more books like this by Victor Witter Turner add to wishlist see all copies from $2.54! new only from $7.05! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Rare Breed more books like this by Connie Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	Rise of Nationalism in Central Africa: The Making of Malawi & Zambia, 1873-1964 more books like this by Dr. Robert I Rotberg add to wishlist see all copies from $3.73! new only from $31.06! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Colors of Africa more books like this by James Kilgo (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a candid account of James Kilgo's African sojourn, conveying the untamed beauty of the bush country with the attention of a seasoned naturalist and the wonder of a first-time visitor. With startling immediacy Kilgo recalls what Zambia's Luangwa River Valley revealed to him: its voices, scents, textures and, most meaningfully, colours. Hues ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.77! \| first editions \| SVS

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