Social Sciences
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa: Into the New Millennium
This volume combines ethnographic accounts of fieldwork with overviews of recent anthropological literature about the region on topics such as Islam, gender, youth, and new media. It addresses contemporary debates about modernity, nation building, and the link between the ideology...
$39.00
$30.00
Aspects of African Biodiversity: Proceedings of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network Biodiversity Conference
This book is the proceedings of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network Biodiversity Conference which was held in September 2008. A key aim of the RSC/Syngenta Pan Africa Chemistry Network (PACN) is to connect African scientists through a cycle of conferences...
$182.00
$140.00
Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa: Into the New Millennium
This volume combines ethnographic accounts of fieldwork with overviews of recent anthropological literature about the region on topics such as Islam, gender, youth, and new media. It addresses contemporary debates about modernity, nation building, and the link between the ideology...
$110.00
$85.00
Aso Ebi: Dress, Fashion, Visual Culture, and Urban Cosmopolitanism in West Africa
Honorable Mention: Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association | August 12, 2024 The Nigerian and West African practice of aso ebi fashion invokes notions of wealth and group dynamics in social gatherings....
$91.00
$70.00
Aso Ebi: Dress, Fashion, Visual Culture, and Urban Cosmopolitanism in West Africa
Honorable Mention: Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award from the Arts Council of the African Studies Association | August 12, 2024 The Nigerian and West African practice of aso ebi fashion invokes notions of wealth and group dynamics in social gatherings....
$33.00
$25.00
The Anthropology of Texts, Persons and Publics: Oral and Written Culture in Africa and Beyond
What can texts - both written and oral - tell us about the societies that produce them? How are texts constituted in different cultures, and how do they shape societies and individuals? How can we understand the people who compose...
$62.00
$48.00
Asinamanzi: Fluid Realities -Exploring South Africa's Water Crisis and Social Dynamics
The book opens up a new pathway for a contemporary ethnographic exploration of the politics of water in an unequal society, specifically focusing on the challenges faced in Khayelitsha, South Africa. South Africa is confronted with a quadruple threat of...
$55.00
$42.00
The Anthropology of Self - Person and Myth in Africa: A Philosophical Reflection on Man in South-East-Africa
The Anthropology of Self - Person, Myth in Africa is a display of what man is and not what man has; it is a correction of misconception of man (in Africa). «Is» assumes a paradoxical approach to human reality (totality of being); man...
$85.00
$65.00
Asian Paleoanthropology: From Africa to China and Beyond (2011)
This volume brings together a group of authors that address the question of the first out of Africa into Asia c. 2 Ma. The scope of the book is comprehensive as it covers almost every major region of Asia. The...
$72.00
$55.00
The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia -- And What It Should Avoid
Why has Asia developed while Africa lagged? The Asian Aspiration chronicles the stories of explosive growth and changing fortunes: the leaders, events and policy choices that lifted a billion people out of abject poverty within a single generation, the largest such shift...
$49.00
$37.00
Asia-Africa Growth Corridor: Development and Cooperation in Indo-Pacific (2020)
This book is a rich addition to the existing knowledge on models of development partnership among developing countries. Unlike the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which exclusively focuses on physical infrastructure development with a strong financing component by China, the...
$156.00
$120.00
Asia-Africa Growth Corridor: Development and Cooperation in Indo-Pacific (2020)
This book is a rich addition to the existing knowledge on models of development partnership among developing countries. Unlike the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which exclusively focuses on physical infrastructure development with a strong financing component by China, the...
$156.00
$120.00
Asia-Africa Development Divergence: A Question of Intent
Why have South-East Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam been so successful in reducing levels of absolute poverty, while in African countries like Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, despite recent economic growth, most people are still almost as poor as...
$47.00
$36.00
Ashe, Traditional Religion and Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora:: A Classified International Bibliography
This bibliography is the most comprehensive available on the subject of African and Afro-American traditional religion and healing. By covering works from 1760 to the present, this bibliography offers not only the most up-to-date information on the subject, but also...
$117.00
$90.00
As Redes Sociais E O Namoro Em Africa
O livro aborda o impacto da utilização das redes sociais nos padrões de namoro entre os africanos. Investiga como a proliferação de plataformas de redes sociais revolucionou a forma como os indivíduos em África se envolvem em relações românticas. O...
$68.00
$52.00
As Long as Trees Take Root in the Earth: And Other Poems
A hopeful, music-infused poetry collection from Congolese poet Alain Mabanckou.These compelling poems by novelist and essayist Alain Mabanckou conjure nostalgia for an African childhood where the fauna, flora, sounds, and smells evoke snapshots of a life forever gone. Mabanckou’s poetry...
$22.00
$17.00
As I Run Toward Africa
As I Run Toward Africa is Molefi Kete Asante's memoir of his extraordinary life. He takes the reader on a journey from the American South to the homes of kings in Africa. Born into a family of 16 children living...
$76.00
$58.00
As I Run Toward Africa
As I Run Toward Africa is Molefi Kete Asante's memoir of his extraordinary life. He takes the reader on a journey from the American South to the homes of kings in Africa. Born into a family of 16 children living...
$319.00
$245.00
Arts of West Africa: (Excluding Music)
Originally published in 1935, the aim of this book was to introduce the European to the art of West Africa. Many of the examples (extensively illustrated with black and white photos are from the regions between Senegal and Angola, primarily...
$63.00
$48.00
Arts of West Africa: (Excluding Music)
Originally published in 1935, the aim of this book was to introduce the European to the art of West Africa. Many of the examples (extensively illustrated with black and white photos are from the regions between Senegal and Angola, primarily...
$182.00
$140.00