Africa General
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Bori - Caroline AlidaBori: Healers of the soul by Caroline Alida consists of exquisite duotone photographs which look at the Bori, a West African shamanist cult centered on possession by the spirits of ancestors. Its followers, priests (also known as Bori), and assistants are clairvoyants or faith healers. |
ZAR 175.00 |
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On God's Mountain - Mohamed Amin, Duncan Willetts and Brian TetleyOn God's Mountain: The story of Mount Kenya by Mohamed Amin, Duncan Willetts and Brian Tetley is a magnificently illustrated book which describes the geology, peoples and explorers of this magnificent mountain. |
ZAR 110.00 |
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Messages: Poems from Ghana - Kofi Awoonor and G Adali-MorttyMessages: Poems from Ghana edited by Kofi Awoonor and G Adali-Mortty is a very good introduction to the poetry of Ghana. Features 14 poets with biographical notes. |
ZAR 60.00 |
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The Beat of DRUM: Foundations of the Future - J. R. A. BaileyThe Beat of DRUM:Volume II: Foundations of the Future by J. R. A. Bailey contains stories that carry with them the feeling and immediacy of the period in which they were written. |
ZAR 600.00 |
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Maasai Days - Cheryl BentsenMaasai Days: A first-hand account of life in an African village by Cheryl Bentsen is a proud, frank book about a fine people and the author's experience with them. Illustrated with b&w photographs. |
ZAR 90.00 |
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Livingstone Letters: 1843 to 1872 - Maurice BoucherLivingstone Letters: 1843 to 1872: David Livingstone Correspondence in the Brenthurst Library, Johannesburg by Maurice Boucher concentrates upon the Livingstone letters in the Brenthurst Library, covering a period from his first years as a missionary in Africa in the early 1840s to the drama of his last journeys three decades later. |
ZAR 900.00 |
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Snowcaps on the Equator - Gordon Boy and Iain AllanSnowcaps on the Equator: Fabled Mountains of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire by Gordon Boy and Iain Allan captures the awe inspiring and remote beauty of the mountains of east and central Africa. |
ZAR 180.00 |
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The Music of Central Africa - Rose BrandelThe Music of Central Africa:An Ethnomusicological Study. Former French Equatorial Africa, The Former Belgian Congo, Ruanda-Urundi, Uganda, Tanganyika by Rose Brandel is a very comprehensive study of the the music of the areas listed. The book is divided into two parts: Part one considers the singing styles, an analysis of the music and the ethnology of the music. |
ZAR 350.00 |
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LAMU - Usam GhaidanLAMU: A Study in Conservation by Usam Ghaidan looks at the conservation of the fifteenth-century coastal town of Lamu in Kenya. The study was commissioned by the Kenyan government as a way of addressing modern development without destroying historical heritage and includes architectural plans of the houses. |
ZAR 300.00 |
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The Last Slave Market - Alastair HazellThe Last Slave Market: Dr John Kirk and the Struggle to End the East African Slave Trade by Alastair Hazell is an extraordinary and controversial book which brings Dr John Kirk's years in Zanzibar to life. The horrors of the overland passage from the interior, and the Zanzibar slave market itself, are vividly described, together with Kirk's final, bitter conflict with Livingstone. |
ZAR 170.00 |
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Africa, My Passion - Corinne HofmannAfrica, My Passion by Corinne Hofmann is an exquisite personal pilgrimage in which Corinne Hofmann delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places, then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people. |
ZAR 110.00 |
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Iron Age Migrations - Thomas N HuffmanIron Age Migrations: The Ceramic Sequence in Southern Zambia. Excavations at Gundu and Ndonde by Thomas N Huffman is a monograph that presents a substantial revision of the Iron Age sequence of Zambia based on the excavations of two Kalomo culture mounds. Illustrated with photos and drawings. |
ZAR 450.00 |
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Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu - John O Hunwick and Alida Jay BoyeHidden Treasures of Timbuktu: Rediscovering Africa's Literary Culture by John O Hunwick and Alida Jay Boye shows the astonishing manuscripts of Timbuktu which form the lavish visual heart of this book. Beautifully graphic, occasionally decorated, these exquisite artefacts reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning. |
ZAR 225.00 |
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Nine Faces of Kenya - Elspeth HuxleyNine Faces of Kenya by Elspeth Huxley is a marvellous anthology that presents a fully rounded portrait of one of the most fascinating countries in the world. |
ZAR 65.00 |
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Nine Faces of Kenya - Elspeth HuxleyNine Faces of Kenya by Elspeth Huxley is a marvellous anthology that presents a fully rounded portrait of one of the most fascinating countries in the world. |
ZAR 175.00 |
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Another Farm in Africa - Henry D JacksonAnother Farm in Africa by Henry D Jackson is the personal account of a Zimbabwean farmer, businessman and minister in a traumatised community, dealing with his childhood in Rhodesia, the war, independence and the economic collapse of the country. Invaders arrived at his farm too, and he endured imprisonment on a fake charge. |
ZAR 95.00 |
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A Labyrinth of Kingdoms - Steve KemperA Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa by Steve Kemper is the first english biography of Heinrich Barth which rescues Barth from obscurity. |
ZAR 145.00 |
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African Mythology - Jan KnappertAfrican Mythology by Jan Knappert is a comprehensive alphabetical guide to the beliefs, myths and cosmology of African peoples. Gods, mythical figures, legends, fables, religious concepts, prophets, mystical phenomena, spirits and demons are all covered. |
ZAR 90.00 |
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Namibia - Hugo A LambrechtsNamibia: A thirstland wilderness by Hugo A Lambrechts is both an outstanding photographic exploration of Namibia's deserts and an urgent plea for the conservation of these wilderness areas. |
ZAR 120.00 |
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Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea - Max Liniger-GoumazHistorical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea by Max Liniger-Goumaz is presented in an easy-to-use format that gathers information from pre-history to 1979 and provides concise entries on important people, significant events and contains a very good bibliography. |
ZAR 125.00 |
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A Passage to Congo - Pierre Loos and Pierre BuchA Passage to Congo: Photographs by Doctor Emile Muller 1923-1938 by Pierre Loos and Pierre Buch is a collection of photographs taken by Doctor Emile Muller (1891-1976) in the Congo provinces of the Kasai and Katanga, territories of the Chokwe, Luba, Bashibushong and Basalampasu tribes. For these people, he was not the "boss", but he who cured, who gave relief, who listened. |
ZAR 350.00 |
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Wilfred Thesiger - Alexander MaitlandWilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer by Alexander Maitland is an authorised biography which was written with Thesiger's support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive. |
ZAR 175.00 |
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Africa's Third Liberation - Greg Mills and Jeffrey HerbstAfrica's Third Liberation by Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst explains that Africa has experienced two liberations: the first from colonial and racist regimes, and the second from the autocrats who often followed foreign rule. |
ZAR 120.00 |
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Africa's Third Liberation - Greg Mills and Jeffrey HerbstAfrica's Third Liberation: The new search for prosperity and jobs by Greg Mills and Jeffrey Herbst ask how Africa's political leaders and interest groups can promote economic growth in their countries. Africa has experienced two liberations: the first from colonial and racist regimes, and the second from the autocrats who often followed foreign rule. |
ZAR 75.00 |
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Another Man's War - Barnaby PhillipsAnother Man's War: The story of a Burma boy in Britain's forgotten African army tells of Isaac Fadoyebo, a Burma Boys. At the age of sixteen he ran away from his Nigerian village to join the British Army. Sent to Burma, he was attacked and left for dead in the jungle by the Japanese. |
ZAR 165.00 |