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MD - Duke University Press Rumba Rules
Book SynopsisMobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying "happy are those who sing and dance," and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. This title deals with political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu's Zaire.Trade Review“Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire by Bob W. White should be a welcome addition to the library of any fan of Congolese music. This book has descriptive passages that give a delicious insight into the everyday workings of a modern Kinshasa orchestre. Furthermore there is some fascinating information and research that helps explain how Congolese music sits within the national culture and everyday social life of the Congolese people. The book can be justifiably described as an essential read for anyone wishing to gain an extended appreciation of the Congo, its politics and its quirky obsession with music.” - Martin Sinnock, The Beat“White's poignant research and heavily-referenced text showcases a rather complex and dynamic musical historiography and ethnography of Zaire's (now Congo's) musicians. . . . [A]n in-depth guide to the music and society of a people transformed and shaped by political policies and pressures. The text contains an extensive notes section, bibliography, small discography, and index. Scholars and students of African music with Congolese interests would benefit most from the text’s information. Yet, it is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in music.” - Matthew J. Forss, Callaloo“[A] pioneering study of its subject.” - Ted Smith, Montreal Review of Books“[A]n important source of information about one of the most celebrated genres of dance music in Africa. Highly recommended.” - Kazadi wa Mukuna, Choice“[F]ascinating, even enthralling.” - Robert Christgau, Barnes and Noble Review“Rumba Rules is a really exciting book, definitely worthy of the ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘sorely needed’ labels it is bound to attract. It is full of the basics and the nuances; deeply informative about a place, a scene, a local history, and lived realities; and deeply accountable to debates and discussions about how popular culture encodes a feeling of and for modernity.”—Steven Feld, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Music, University of New Mexico“Rumba Rules ties dance music to dictatorship, band leaders to politicians, in ways that are sensitive to the struggles of Congolese musicians and their fans in Kinshasa. Bob W. White neither diminishes the artistry and entertainment value of musical performances nor over-determines their role in political culture. This is a book that finely theorizes the relationship between aesthetics and political culture through vivid and often amusing storytelling.”—Louise Meintjes, author of Sound of Africa! Making Music Zulu in a South African Studio“What began with an extraordinary feat of immersion into Kinshasa’s music scene toward the end of Mobutu’s regime has been honed and crafted into a study of Congolese popular culture and politics that is bound to become a classic. A feat of ethnography and a much-needed ray of hope in these messy and tragic times.”—Johannes Fabian, author of Memory against Culture: Arguments and Reminders“What an enchanting ethnographic study! This book deserves to be widely read. . . . My comments on this book are based on my understanding of its significance in terms of the contribution it makes to debates within the field of cultural anthropology, in particular the anthropology of performance, the anthropological study of music, political anthropology and the anthropology of popular culture. . . . It was indeed a joy to read. Right now I am going to go out to buy a Congolese music CD to dance to!” -- Rosita Henry * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *“Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire by Bob W. White should be a welcome addition to the library of any fan of Congolese music. This book has descriptive passages that give a delicious insight into the everyday workings of a modern Kinshasa orchestre. Furthermore there is some fascinating information and research that helps explain how Congolese music sits within the national culture and everyday social life of the Congolese people. The book can be justifiably described as an essential read for anyone wishing to gain an extended appreciation of the Congo, its politics and its quirky obsession with music.” -- Martin Sinnock * Beat *“[A] pioneering study of its subject.” -- Ted Smith * Montreal Review of Books *“Fascinating, even enthralling.” -- Robert Christgau * Barnes and Noble Review *“White's poignant research and heavily-referenced text showcases a rather complex and dynamic musical historiography and ethnography of Zaire's (now Congo's) musicians. . . . [A]n in-depth guide to the music and society of a people transformed and shaped by political policies and pressures. The text contains an extensive notes section, bibliography, small discography, and index. Scholars and students of African music with Congolese interests would benefit most from the text’s information. Yet, it is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in music.” -- Matthew J. Forss * Callaloo *Table of ContentsPreface xi Note to the Reader xxi 1. Popular Culture's Politics 1 2. The Zairian Sound 27 3. Made in Zaire 65 4. Live Time 97 5. Musicians and Mobility 131 6. Live Texts 165 7. The Political Life of Dance Bands 195 8. In the Skin of a Chief 225 Notes 253 Bibliography 271 Discography 287 Index 289
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Fordham University Press Morality at the Margins Youth Language and Islam
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young, modern, and Muslim? Documenting everyday life in Lamu (Kenya), this book explores the mundane practices of behavior and speech that create moral personhood. In elaborating everyday practices of Islamic pluralism, the book shows how Muslim societies critically engage with change while sustaining a sense of integrity and morality.Table of ContentsPreface | ix Introduction | 1 Interlude 1: Mila Yetu Hufujika (Our Traditions Are Being Destroyed), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir | 41 1. “This Is Lamu”: Belonging, Morality, and Materiality | 46 2. Dialects of Morality | 76 Interlude 2: kiSwahili, by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir | 114 3. “Youth” as a Discursive Construct | 121 4. Reframing Morality through Youthful Voices | 153 Interlude 3: Tupijeni Makamama (Let’s Embrace), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir | 187 5. Senses of Morality and Morality of the Senses | 191 Epilogue | 233 Appendix: Note on Language | 247 Acknowledgments | 257 Notes | 261 Bibliography | 271 Index | 293
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Plough Publishing House The 21
Book Synopsis"Originally published under the title Die 21: Eine Reise ins Land der Koptischen Martyrer. Copyright A 2018 by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany. English translation copyright A 2018 by Alta L. Price. The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut."Trade ReviewThe twenty-one Libya martyrs have given the world an example of faithful, resilient Christian witness that has touched and brought together the full breadth of Christian expression around the world. Their prayers in the face of death have not only resonated with Christians, but have also encouraged people of all faiths to stand for one another. I am grateful for Martin Mosebach’s faithful depiction of these courageous men, their families, communities, and church. —Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox ChurchTake[s] us deep into the lives and churches of these Coptic believers, with Mosebach exhibiting an attention to detail befitting his novelistic gifts….We gain a rich impression of what shaped the lives and faith of these martyrs, and we witness how their martyrdom reverberates to this day through their families, churches, and communities. —Christianity TodayA consuming work on the history and contemporary life of Coptic Christians. . . . Through immersive scenes and finely drawn portraits of the people he meets, Mosebach exhibits a clear admiration for the Copts’ devotion on every page. —Publishers WeeklyThe 21 is not for the faint of heart, particularly at the outset. But it is an important book, given that it describes the persecution of a group of Christians who are at the heart and root of the faith today. To turn away from this story would be to dishonor the 21 men. —National Catholic RegisterMartin Mosebach is a superb journalist. Virtually nothing escapes his gaze, and he glosses over nothing. —Hannes Stein, Die WeltMosebach has mastered a rare art: maintaining deep respect for the other. . . . Not a single detail loses its magic in this moving, impressive book: it reads like a ray of light, illuminating Western blind spots and foreign worlds. —Alexander Cammann, Die ZeitMartin Mosebach is undoubtedly one of the most intelligent, original, and powerfully eloquent poets of the present day. —Ulrich Greiner, Die ZeitFew contemporary writers have delved so deeply into the disturbing experiences of such an entirely different world and way of life. —HR 2Mosebach provides striking images of a singular Christianity unfamiliar to many Christians outside of the Middle East.… Through immersive scenes and finely drawn portraits of the people he meets, he exhibits a clear admiration for the Coptic devotion on every page. This will appeal to Christians as well as readers wanting to understand the lives of minorities in Muslim countries. —Publishers WeeklyMosebach asks us to not look away but rather to look directly into the faces and lives of these martyrs. By doing so we of the lands of plenty and waning faith may find something that we have lost and may yet regain…but not without cost. —Cornerstone ForumMosebach has a novelist's insight and way with words. The 21 is also a fine piece of journalism. It helps us to understand, if not the ferocity of the killers, the quiet heroism--the ordinary heroism, perhaps--of the martyrs. —Christian TodayAlthough I would like very much to visit Egypt, I think I never would have seen all the things Mosebach was able to see. What he has written is a meditation on the profound sense of prayer he found in the Coptic Church, the depth of mystery in her liturgy, the valor of the witness of a minority that has been persecuted for 1,400 years, the reality of faith to be experienced in the poor and the powerless. —Msgr. Richard Antall, Angelus NewsTake[s] us deep into the lives and churches of these Coptic believers, with Mosebach exhibiting an attention to detail befitting his novelistic gifts….We gain a rich impression of what shaped the lives and faith of these martyrs, and we witness how their martyrdom reverberates to this day through their families, churches, and communities. —Christianity TodayMosebach’s The 21 is an excellent example of a book that clearly states its goal and successfully achieves it. The choice of diction, the stylistic approach, the commitment to not overgeneralize, and the deep understanding of history and theology all come together to take the reader on a remarkable journey into the heart of Coptic Egypt. —Agape ReviewMartin Mosebach has riveted readers with this work, [which] puts the lie to [the] observation that “our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.” As a matter of fact, we hear that the Middle East has had a flood of conversions to Christ from Islam, precisely due to the noble witness not only of “The 21″ but of hundreds more of common folk who have preferred death to betrayal of their Lord and Savior. — The Catholic World Report
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Berkshire Publishing Group Africa in World History Berkshire Essentials
Book SynopsisExamines Africa’s interrelatedness to other regions and cultures, from early trade routes, the arrival of Christianity and Islam, and the ramifications of colonialism to contemporary issues such as HIV/AIDS and apartheid that have thwarted Africa’s efforts to establish unity.
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Cambridge University Press Sovereignty without Power
Book SynopsisSovereignty without Power provides the first quantitative and comparative economic history of Liberia and contributes to debates in economic and political history. Liberia's economic history over two centuries shows the challenges and opportunities of sovereignty for independent states around the world during the age of empires.
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Cambridge University Press Inventing an African Alphabet
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Cambridge University Press Race and Diplomacy in Zimbabwe
Book SynopsisExamining the role of racism within international relations bureaucracies during years of diplomacy, before and after Zimbabwe's Independence in 1980, Timothy Scarnecchia offers a fresh perspective on how nationalist leaders used Cold War diplomacy to shape Zimbabwe's decolonization process. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Trade Review'… an impressive example of how to deal with an extraordinarily complex subject.' Dan Hodgkinson, H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews OnlineTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Historical background: 1960 to 1970; 2. The early 1970s; 3. Liberation struggles in Southern Africa, 1975–1976; 4. 'We don't give a damn about Rhodesia': the Geneva talks 1976; 5. Negotiating independence 1977–1978; 6. Negotiating independently, 1978; 7. The big gamble: the transition and pre-election period; 8. The 1980 elections and the first years of independence; 9. Gukurahundi and Zimbabwe's place in the 1980s cold war; Conclusion; Selected bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Archaeology of Southern Africa
Book SynopsisIn this new edition, Peter Mitchellprovides a comprehensive synthesis of Southern Africa's archaeology over more than 3 million years. It includes new work that addresses pre-colonial states and the transformations wrought by European colonialism, emphasising Indigenous agency and feeding into efforts to decolonise the discipline.
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Cambridge University Press Relative Distance
Book SynopsisDrawing from extensive fieldwork in Kenya and the United Kingdom, Leslie Fesenmyer considers the kinship dilemmas moral, material, and affective facing transnational families. By asking who is responsible for whom, she reveals that questions of intergenerational care are at the heart of relations between individuals, societies, and states.Trade Review'This book draws the reader into the lives of family members who, over decades, share an existence across geographical distance. Against the backdrop of wider social transformations, an extremely rich ethnography is explored with the support of a complex framework based on thorough insights into the essence of anthropology and migration studies. This is the anthropology of migration at its best.' Lisa Åkesson, University of Gothenburg'In all the scholarship on transnational kinship, Relative Distance is unique in focusing on the moral obligations and moral economies generated by migration. It reveals how the affective and the material are inextricably entangled, highlighting the tensions as well as intimacies generated by moral claims.' Cati Coe, Carleton University'The ties binding migrants to their homelands are often narrowly measured by economic remittances. In this powerful ethnographic study of Kenyans in the UK, Leslie Fesenmyer focuses instead on the dynamics of transnational families. She vividly and compellingly shows how reciprocity, mutuality and honour are embedded in obligations based on kinship and religion.' Robin Cohen, University of OxfordTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Securing the future: family, livelihoods, and mobility; 2. Aspirations, obligations, and imagination in family migration; 3. The making of 'migrants'; 4. Kinship dilemmas: negotiating relatedness across space; 5. Weddings as transnational household rituals: marriage and other intimate relations; 6. Change and continuity: the social reproduction of families between Kenya and the United Kingdom; 7. Conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press Arming Black Consciousness
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Cambridge University Press Dress Cultures in Zambia
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Cambridge University Press The Yoruba Are on a Rock
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Cambridge University Press Making Memories in Ancient Egypt
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Cambridge University Press Writing the History of the African Diaspora
Book SynopsisThis Element defines the African Diaspora and how the concepts behind the term came to be socially and historically engineered. The diverse histories of Africa's ancient-ongoing diasporas and their present circumstances are analyzed, bringing into conversation a progressively global and connected world.
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Legare Street Press The Mafeking Mail
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LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD The Life Labours and Adventures of David
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LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD Adventures and Observations on the West Coast of
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Creative Media Partners, LLC The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty 19001901 v.1
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LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD Ancient Egypt
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Legare Street Press The Finding of Dr. Livingstone by H.M. Stanley
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LEGARE STREET PR Neuf Ans À Madagascar
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Legare Street Press Saqqara Mastabas
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LEGARE STREET PR Patterns Of Settlement And Subsistence In
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LEGARE STREET PR Reports On The Native Disturbances In Rhodesia
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LEGARE STREET PR Les Poissons des eaux Douces de Lafrique
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Legare Street Press Travels Researches And Missionary La Bours During
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Legare Street Press Ian Hamiltons March
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Routledge The Routledge Handbook of French History
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Cambridge University Press The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
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Cambridge University Press A History of SubSaharan Africa Second Edition
The second edition of A History of Sub-Saharan Africa continues to provide an accessible introduction to the continent's history for students and general readers. The authors employ a thematic approach to their subject, focusing on how the environment has shaped the societies and cultures of the African peoples. The text demonstrates how the geography, climate and geology of Africa influenced the rise of states and empires, the emergence of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the European conquest and the creation of independent African nations. Yet the book maintains a focus on the peoples whose creative energies built unique communities and traditions within the challenging context of the Africa landmass. In the process of reconstructing this continent's rich history, the authors analyze the contentious scholarly debates that have emerged from this field. The book is illustrated with photographs, maps and sidebars that feature the salient points on either side of the debates.
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Cambridge University Press A History of Modern Tunisia
Book SynopsisKenneth Perkins's second edition of A History of Modern Tunisia carries the history of this country from 2004 to the present, with particular emphasis on the Tunisian revolution of 2011 - the first critical event of that year's Arab Spring and the inspiration for similar populist movements across the Arab world. After providing an overview of the country in the years preceding the inauguration of a French protectorate in 1881, the book examines the impact of colonialism on the country, with particular attention to the evolution of a nationalist movement that secured the termination of the protectorate in 1956. Its analysis of the first three decades of independence, during which the leaders of the anticolonial struggle consolidated political power, assesses the challenges that they faced and the degree of success they achieved. No other English-language study of Tunisia offers as sweeping a time frame or as comprehensive a history of this nation.Trade Review'This new edition of [Perkins'] history brings the story up to post-2011 revolution times and examines how Tunisia's intelligentsia and leaders have dealt with currents, frequently in the ascendant, drawing the country towards Europe and the opposing currents moving her towards the Arab world, the Middle East, and traditional (usually Islamic) values.' Kenneth W. Meyer, African Studies QuarterlyTable of Contents1. The march to Bardo, 1835–81; 2. Whose Tunisia? 1881–1912; 3. Squaring off, 1912–40; 4. Redefining the relationship, 1940–56; 5. The independent state sets its course, 1956–69; 6. Regime entrenchment and the intensification of opposition, 1969–87; 7. Innovation in the 'New Tunisia', 1987–2003; 8. A revolution for dignity, freedom, and justice.
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Cambridge University Press The Wealth and Poverty of African States
Book SynopsisA wealth of new data have been unearthed in recent years on African economic growth, wages, living standards, and taxes. In The Wealth and Poverty of African States, Morten Jerven shows how these findings transform our understanding of African economic development. He focuses on the central themes and questions that these state records can answer, tracing how African states evolved over time and the historical footprint they have left behind. By connecting the history of the colonial and postcolonial periods, he reveals an aggregate pattern of long-run growth from the late nineteenth century into the 1970s, giving way to widespread failure and decline in the 1980s, and then followed by two decades of expansion since the late 1990s. The result is a new framework for understanding the causes of poverty and wealth and the trajectories of economic growth and state development in Africa across the twentieth century.Table of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Overview of the book; 1. A new economic history for Africa?; 2. Seeing like an African state in the twentieth century; 3. New data and new perspectives on economic growth in Africa; 4. State capacity across the twentieth century: evidence from taxation with Thilo Albers and Marvin Suesse; 5. Wages and poverty: from roots of poverty to trajectories of living standards; 6. Conclusion; List of references; Endnotes; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Kongo Kingdom
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Cambridge University Press Africa since 1940
Book SynopsisAfrica since 1940 is the flagship textbook in Cambridge University Press'' New Approaches to African History series. Now revised to include the history and scholarship of Africa since the turn of the millennium, this important book continues to help students understand the process out of which Africa''s position in the world has emerged. A history of decolonisation and independence, it allows readers to see just what political independence did and did not signify, and how men and women, peasants and workers, religious and local leaders sought to refashion the way they lived, worked and interacted with each other. Covering the transformation of Africa from a continent marked by colonisation to one of independent states, Frederick Cooper follows the ''development question'' across time, seeing how first colonial regimes and then African elites sought to transform African society in their own ways. He shows how people in cities and villages tried to make their way in an unequal world, thrTrade Review'Cooper's new edition, with its profound and stimulating exploration of Africa's post-2000 spurts of growth, documents links to the preceding eras of post-colonial development and neoliberal disinvestment. He portrays African citizens, though enmeshed in a network of world affairs, as finding new ways to cope with the continent's possibilities and restraints.' Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh'Not once, but now twice, Cooper has performed that rare trick of producing a genuinely introductory text for the beginner that also excites seasoned scholars with its interpretive depth and flair. Not content with simply tacking on an 'update' chapter in this second edition, he has also refreshed 'old' chapters and their bibliographies. Maps, figures, and pictures are superb.' John Lonsdale, University of Cambridge'Cooper's survey is the most thorough, artful, and compelling text available on Africa's late-colonial and post-colonial history. Africa since 1940 combines a masterful historical narrative with an acute and insightful examination of the continent's troubled politics. This new and significantly updated edition is the place to start for any reader wishing to understand the dynamics of Africa's recent past.' David M. Anderson, University of Warwick'Frederick Cooper's brilliant Africa since 1940 was by far the most popular book in Cambridge's New Approaches to African History series. Now, he presents a revised, much expanded, and original second edition, which not only updates to the present the story he tells, but expands his analysis. This is once again the most perceptive critique of Africa's recent history.' Martin Klein, University of Toronto'When Africa since 1940 was first published, it was a major event: here was a comprehensive introduction to twentieth-century African history that actually proffered new and important arguments linking the colonial and independence eras. It is the only introductory text I've considered using. Thoroughly updated, including a survey of post-2000 developments - covering epoch-shaping events such as the 'Africa rising' narrative, militant Islam, democracy and reform in states like Ethiopia, and much more - Africa since 1940 remains an essential read for teachers, students, and anyone interested in Africa's past and present.' Daniel Magaziner, Yale University, Connecticut'Africa has often appeared as a monolithic entity, both in popular imaginations, and in academic and policy discourses - a place marked by a history of colonialism, poverty, and violence. In this measured and rigorously researched text on the continent's history from the 1940s to the present, Frederick Cooper argues powerfully against the tendency to read Africa reductively, thereby occluding a rich history of possibilities. All students of the continent - beginners and specialists alike - will profit immensely from this work.' Andreas Eckert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin'Once more, Frederick Cooper helps us rediscover how the urban and rural people of Africa struggled to understand and refashion their way to independence, in spite of tremendous difficulties. A clear and lucid book for all readers.' Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, Université Paris Diderot'Since its publication in 2002, Africa since 1940 has been the most indispensable book in the field of African history. It is a useful textbook for students, and I've enjoyed teaching from it for years. But, more importantly, it set out a coherent, capacious analytic with which to see Africa's past. In this revised and updated edition, there are new themes - religion and gender, among others - that allow a more capacious view. There is an expanded and enriched geographic scope. And there is a whole new chapter about twenty-first-century Africa, allowing Cooper to describe the fate of the 'gatekeeper state' up to recent times. Now more than ever, Cooper's clear-headed, unromantic, synthetic, far-seeing book is essential. It furnishes all of us students of Africa's past with a shared vocabulary to think about history and the future.' Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan'Cooper has an extraordinary ability to synthesize the vast and discordant evidence of change in Africa since 1940. Since 1940, Africa has witnessed periods of enthusiastic expectations for development, and periods of wrenching disappointments. Since 1960, Africa's population has tripled, propelling youth into the forefront of change even as aging leaders refuse to yield power. Since the 1990s, parts of Africa have experienced high economic growth fueled by demand for raw materials. As Cooper notes, such growth may be part of long-established short-term spurts and does not necessarily translate as development. Cooper reminds us that there are many Africas and many trajectories of change. The new edition has been updated to reflect on these and other changes and it remains the standard for understanding modern African history.' Richard Roberts, Stanford University, California'This educational book, which discusses important concepts while presenting the major axes of the recent history of continent, is an excellent introduction to the history contemporary of Africa.' Claire NicolasTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Workers, peasants, and the challenge to colonial rule; 3. Citizenship, self-government, and development: the possibilities of the post-war moment; 4. Ending empire and imagining the future; Interlude: rhythms of change in the post-war world; 5. Development and disappointment: economic and social change in an unequal world, 1945–2018; 6. White rule, armed struggle, and beyond; 7. The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state; 8. Twenty-first century Africa; Index.
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Palgrave Macmillan Sudan and South Sudan From One to Two St Antonys
Book SynopsisThe Republic of Sudan's former Culture Minister and a leading architect in the movement to gain independence for South Sudan, Bona Malwal, provides a factual and personal account of the break up of Sudan. He explores its troubled history post-colonialism and offers a frank account of the many challenges that both nations face in the coming years.Trade Review'Bona Malwal gives us an insider's account of Southern Sudan's struggle for independence, coherence and security. His work is a major contribution not only to our understanding but also to the practical task of bringing his country out of war into peace.' William R. Polk, former Assistant Professor at Harvard and Foreign Policy Adviser to President Kennedy 'The hope for Sudan is in its intellectuals like Bona Malwal, who point to solutions to the problems of that country. Bona's book is a must-read for solutions seekers. I have known Bona Malwal for nearly 50 years of his professional and intellectual career. He speaks and writes straight.' Butrous Butrous Ghali, former Secretary General of the United Nations.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Liberation or Political Realism? 1. South Sudan: The Beginning of The Struggle for Political Emancipation; 1947-2004 2. Northern Sudan and South Sudan: Denying The South Autonomy Led to Independence 3. The Anya-Nya Liberation Movement: 1955-72 4. The Southern Front and Self-Determination: 1964-2005 5. The Nimeiri Regime and the Oil Debate: 1980-83 6. South Sudan And The June 1989 Islamic Revolution in Sudan 7. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement And Army: As Liberators and as Rulers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire
Book SynopsisThis book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud â one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It considers the nature of the rebel hero in Franceâs founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identity today. Through a series of narrative close-ups, the book offers perspectives on major chapters in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history through the eyes of activists who experienced them: the Revolution of July 1830 and the 1851 insurrection against Napoleon, as experienced by Riffaudâs ancestor Edme Liron, and the French Resistance, the Vietnam War and FrenchâAlgerian conflict as experienced by Riffaud herself. The book aims to explore the kinds of choices individuals face when their beliefs set them at odds with the state, and to suggest that there is a place for individual action in a global arena where state boundaries are becoming increasingly less relevant.Trade Review"In this book I found the Madeleine I know so well: dynamic, acerbic and as rebellious as ever. Chiaroni presents an unvarnished portrait of Madeleine Riffaud. As well as being an anti colonialist, poet, résistante, and war correspondent, Riffaud is also a thoroughly contemporary rebel who could be considered exemplary by all who seek to fight against injustice and inequality - these are our real enemies in a conflicted world."Philippe Rostan Filmmaker and Director, award winning director of Les Trois Guerres de Madeleine Riffaud (2010)"This work has entirely achieved its objective. It offers readers a biography without descending into hagiography, and succeeds in making the links between one individual’s story and the greater story of history. It is also a pleasure to read."Olivier Wieviorka, scholar of Second World War History and professor of history at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, author of : Histoire de la Résistance: 1940-1945, Perrin, 2013 (prix François-Joseph Audifred de l’Académie des Sciences Morales et politiques, novembre 2013, prix Eugène Colas de l’Académie française, juin 2014)Table of ContentsIntroduction: portrait of a rebel Dramatis personae Defining features: Riffaud and the Résistance Vietnam: a love story Algeria and France: a crime passionnel Poetry as a weapon of war: 'L'arme pour l'homme désarmé' Edme Liron: the ancestral portrait The portrait revisited: Rainer or Riffaud? Index
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Taylor & Francis Ngugi wa Thiongo Gender and the Ethics of
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Brendon Nicholls revisits old issues such as gender and nationalism in African literature with freshness and deploys historical context in his reading of Ngugi's texts with amazing discrimination. His book compels us to look at the politics of translation in African literature with new insights and to see translation as a source of creative energy and agency, rather than the space within which "original" meaning or the autochthon is violated'. James Ogude, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and author of Ngugi’s Novels and African History ’... the book provides readers with a clear grasp of the subject matter... Recommended.’ Choice 'A well-researched and highly theoretical monograph...' Review of English Studies '... very informed and illuminating analysis.' WasafiriTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; A topography of 'woman'; Clitoridectomy and Gikuyu nationalism; The landscape of insurgency; Reading against the grain (of wheat); Paternity, illegitimacy and intertextuality; The neocolony as a prostituted economy; Conclusion - prostituting translation: an ethics of postcolonial reading; Bibliography; Index.
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Palgrave Macmillan Gender and Power in Sierra Leone
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the gendered political authority in Sierra Leone, a relatively unknown topic, and looks at the part it plays in women''s history, political history, political transformation in Africa, and global women''s political leadership.Trade Review'Using interviews, observation, archival sources, and photos, Day carefully constructs an historical study of female chieftaincies in the southern and eastern provinces of Sierra Leone. Strong ethnographic and historical background sets the stage for understanding the resilience of women paramount chiefs in Mende society. Excellent case studies of individual women paramount chiefs appear throughout. Recommended.' - CHOICE 'Professor Day has demonstrated convincingly in this book that far from being political aberrations or colonial creations, female chiefs in Sierra Leone have many historical antecedents and that they emerged from indigenous principles embedded in lineage dynamics, cultural associations, and gendered roles. The lives, challenges, and triumphs of prominent female leaders in colonial and postcolonial Sierra Leone are recounted eloquently and critically but also with empathy and sensitivity to local cultural nuances. The work offers a refreshingly female- and African-centered perspective of understanding power and authority in an African setting. This illuminating and richly textured interdisciplinary analysis of an alternate model of power and authority in West Africa should interest students and scholars of African History, Feminism, and Cultural Anthropology.' Ismail Rashid, associate professor of History, Vassar College 'Lynda Day's engagingly written, provocative work combines sharp analysis of the fluidity of constructed gender with a solidly grounded historical account of the gendered strategies of Mende women chiefs from the pre-colonial period through the civil war and post-war reconstruction. Day reclaims the literature celebrating African queens and transforms it into a subtle analysis of gendered political and social power, revealing the 'traditional' authority of women chiefs not as a fixed form no longer appropriate for contemporary gender politics, but as a mode of political leadership that can be adapted to changing historical circumstances and opportunities, potentially creating new forms of complementary not oppositional gendered political authority.' Judith Van Allen, research fellow, Institute for African Development, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsGender and Power: The Women Chiefs of Sierra Leone Men's and Women's Cultural Associations: The Construction of Gender and Gendered Authority Women of Authority Before the Colonial Era Women Chiefs During the Nineteenth Century Wars of Trade, Expansion, and State-Building Women Leaders and the Mediation of Colonial Rule Women Chiefs and the Nation State The Sierra Leone Civil War and the Challenges for Women's Customary Authority
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Designing West Africa
Book SynopsisMany African nations are now described as 'fourth world nations', ones which essentially have no future. Focusing on the six most visible leaders of the period - painting detailed portraits of them both as leaders and as people - Schwab looks at how Africa served as a ground to play out larger international conflicts, namely the Cold War.Trade ReviewPraise for Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs: "For anyone interested in the reality of Africa, this is the book to read." - Amos Sawyer, President of Liberia, 1990-1994 "Offers brief, invaluable descriptions of several countries circumstances...readers will gain much from this astute analysis." - Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroduction: U.S., European, and West African Ideological Designs The Conservatives William V.S. Tubman: Liberia's Conservative Designer Félix Houphouët-Boigny: A French Client in the Ivory Coast Senegal and Léopold Sédar Senghor: Francophile Nation and Poet Nigeria: The State that Lost its Future The Radicals Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana's Nationalist Icon Sékou Touré: Guinea's Fidel Castro, and His Connection to the Political Thought of Mali's Modibo Keita Conclusion: The Appalling Aftermath
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Palgrave Macmillan Electoral Politics in South Africa
Book SynopsisTen years into the ''new'' South Africa, how does democracy function? This volume provides a retrospective on a decade of elections and democracy in South Africa. The book analyzes the evolution of the party system and electoral campaigns; tracks changes in public opinion and voter motivations; assesses the political implications of socioeconomic change; depicts the evolution of parliament and the electoral system; probes the often-tense relationship between media and government; analyzes the institutionalization the Independent Electoral Commission; and, finally, argues that South Africa is witnessing a ''normalization'' of politics. The book speaks to a broad range of topics, all linked through the electoral theme, which get to the heart of many issues in contemporary South African politics.Trade Review'An invaluable and lively collection of essays on South Africa's electoral politics by the leading authorities in the field. Essential reading for all those interested in the 'New' South Africa.' - Anthony Butler, Associate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa 'Electoral Politics in South Africa is an excellent guide to the highs and lows of South Africa's first decade of democracy. Piombo and Nijzink have assembled an outstanding cast of writers whose essays illuminate not just the 2004 election but highlight how the nation has grappled with the transition from apartheid to multi-party democracy. The book makes essential reading for anyone wishing to understand where South African democracy is heading.' - Andrew Reynolds, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and Editor of Election '94 South Africa and Election '99 South Africa '...this is a worthwhile book, with two excellent introductory chapters and much useful information, especially on the smaller parties...' - The Round Table 'As South Africa moves towards its next democratic election, it is important to understand the electoral trends that have emerged in the past decade. Electoral Politics in South Africa makes a valuable contribution to the body of work that contributes to that understanding.' - FocusTable of ContentsPART I: A DECADE OF DEMOCRACY A Voice for Some; S.Friedman The Electoral Implications of Social and Economic Change since 1994; J.Seekings Voted Information, Government Evaluations and Party Images in the First Democratic Decade; R.Mattes Parliament and the Electoral System: How Are South Africans Being Represented?; L.Nijzink & J.Piombo The Administration of Election '04; C.Kabemba PART II: THE PARTY CAMPAIGNS The African National Congress; T.Lodge Peaking at a Plateau?; S.Booysen Torn Between the Nation and the Homeland; L.Piper Election '04; C.Schulz-Herzenberg Struggling to Represent the Left; T.Hoeane The Smallest Parties; S.Naidu & Mbongeni Manqele PART III: THE RESULTS AND ASSESSMENT Media Coverage in Election '04; G.Davies The Results of Election '04; J.Piombo
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Creating the New Egyptian Woman Consumerism Education and National Identity 18631922
Book SynopsisA "New Woman" was announced in Egypt at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a new genre of prescriptive literature, new products, a new education, and a physically changed home, she increasingly emerged in public life.Trade Review"Mona Russell makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the complex ways modernization affected changes in the status and behavior of urban women in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Egypt. She demonstrates with mounds of archival evidence that the critical forces shaping the New Woman were consumerism and education. Her nuanced examination of the impact of textbooks on women's education is especially original and enlightening. One crucial theme that Russell weaves throughout her book is the way new and old ideas and institutions persisted side by side for as long as they did, sometimes harmoniously but often not. Whether she belonged to the upper class or the middle class, the New Woman found herself locked into class that was caught in-between the new and the old. I highly recommend Creating the New Egyptian Woman. It is a fresh take on the important subject of what it means to be 'modern' in the Middle East." - Philip S. Khoury, Professor of History and Dean of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Mona Russell's innovative research lifts Egypt's new woman out of the pages of turn-of-the-century discourseabout nationalism and modernity, and intoa body of historiography that chronicles the activities of "modern," elite nationalists. Creating the New Egyptian Woman challenges the notion that transformations in women's roles - in response to changes in the world economy, Egyptian state-building, and British colonialism - were either wholly positive or detrimental. Indeed, Russell skillfully illustrates the double bind that was turn-of-the twentieth-century Egyptian modernity: through education and consumerism middle- and upper-class women were both liberated from their homes and further bound to them." - Lisa Pollard, Associate Professor of History, UNC-Wilmington Author of Nurturing the Nation: The Family Politics of Modernizing, Colonizing and Liberating EgyptTable of ContentsAcknowledgements * Note on transliteration and translation * Introduction * Part One: The Household, Consumerism, and the New Woman * The House, City, and Nation that Ismail Built * Patterns of Urban Consumption and Development, 1879-1922 * Advertising and Consumer Culture in Egypt: Creating al-Sayyida al-Istihlakiyya * al-Sayyida al-Istihlakiyya and the New Woman * Part Two: Teaching the New Woman * Preface: "The Mother Is a School" * Education: Creating Mothers, Wives, Workers, Believers, and Citizens * The Discourse on Female Education * Textbooks: Defining Roles and Boundaries * Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) African Narratives of Slavery and Abolition
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Edinburgh University Press Thami alGlaoui
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd WTF Capturing Zuma
Book SynopsisPresents renowned cartoonist Zapiro's account of the Zuma years in 400 brilliant cartoons and the stories behind them. This is much more than a collection of cartoons, it's also a definitive personal record from a man uniquely positioned to reflect the serious craziness and the crazy seriousness of this bewildering time in South Africa's history.
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Rowman & Littlefield Reference Guide to Africa
Book SynopsisThis third edition of the Reference Guide to Africa explains the most important resources for the study of the continent of Africa. It contains a general sources section and a larger disciplinary oriented section. All sources are annotated. A new edition is sorely needed since the last edition was published nine years ago. The previous editions have been successfully used in research libraries worldwide since 1999, and it has been used to teach several African studies research courses. The book provides an orientation for researching almost any topic in the arts, humanities and social sciences concerning the continent of Africa, and all of its countries and ethnic groups. The first part explains and lists portals, databases, bibliographies, indexes, guides, encyclopedias, country sources, biography, primary sources, government publications, and statistics. The second part presents 16 subject-oriented chapters, mostly in the arts, humanities and social sciences, from agriculture and foTrade ReviewIn its third iteration, this bibliographic guide is roughly the same size as its predecessor, but a significant portion of the annotated entries have been freshened up and expanded in scope. For instance, the earlier chapter titled 'Women' now encompasses 'Women and Gender,' while 'Portals, Bibliographies, and Indexes' broadens the former 'Bibliographies and Indexes.' The guide is still divided into two parts. Part I covers six general categories such as 'Primary Sources' and 'Statistics,' and Part II contains 16 subject-focused chapters, e.g., 'Development,' 'History,' 'Religion,' 'Environment,' 'Agriculture and Food.' Within each topic there are further subdivisions relevant to the type of source or subject matter presented. . . .This volume brings together a helpful collection of the major research resources available on the study of Africa. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty and researchers. * CHOICE *This further updating of Reference Guide to Africa will be an essential acquisition for all libraries where the continent is studied in any depth. The revised information it contains, especially the updated detail on the electronic availability of many resources, make it the most up-to-date print reference guide of its kind. * s *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I: General Sources 1 Portals, Bibliographies and Indexes 2 Guides, Encyclopedias, and Country Sources 3 Biography 4 Primary Sources 5 Government Publications 6 Statistics Part II: Subject Sources 7 Agriculture and Food 8 Communications 9 Cultural Anthropology 10 Development 11 Environment 12 Folklore 13 Geography and Maps 14 History 15 Languages and Linguistics 16 Libraries and Librarianship 17 Literature and Theater 18 Music 19 Politics and Government 20 Religion 21 Visual Arts 22 Women and Gender Author/Title Index Subject Index About the Author
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisExploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions. .Trade Review“This book provides a new and rather different view of religious practice amongst the ancient Egyptians, drawing on an extensive range of texts, artefacts, contextual information, and anthropological approaches from outside Egypt.” (Ancient Egypt, 1 April 2015)Table of ContentsPreface vi 1 Belief without a Book 1 2 Finding the Sacred in Space and Time 38 3 Creating Sacred Space and Time: Temple Architecture and Festival 80 4 Chaos and Life: Forces of Creation and Destruction 110 5 Being Good: Doing, Saying, and Making Good Possible 150 6 Being Well 177 7 Attaining Eternal Life: Sustenance and Transformation 201 Bibliography 238 Index 256
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Amberley Publishing Isandlwana to Ulundi
Book SynopsisThe full, fascinating true story of the Anglo-Zulu conflict - responsible for some of the bloodiest battles in British history, including Rorke's Drift. Drawing on primary sources and original research, Schoeman's readable and accessible style is perfect for this single-volume study of the conflict.
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Pan Macmillan Act Of God
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