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  • Ifá Divination, Knowledge, Power, and Performance

    de Jacob K. Olupona, Rowland O. Abiodun, Adélékè Adéèkó, Akintunde Akinyemi, Andrew Apter, Barry Hallen, Bolaji Campbell, Henry John Drewal, Ifaboyede McElwaine Abimbola0, Akinwumi Isola1, John Mason2, Joseph M. Murray3, Kamari M. Clarke4, Laura S. Grillo5, Mei-Mei Sanford6, Olúfémi Táíwò7, J.A. Opefeyitimi8, Olasope O. Oyelaran9, Philip M. Peek0, Stefania Capone1, Wyatt MacGaffey2, Ysamur M. Flores-Peña3 ...
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    This landmark volume compiled by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun brings readers into the diverse world of Ifá—its discourse, ways of thinking, and artistic expression as manifested throughout the Afro-Atlantic. Firmly rooting Ifá within African religious traditions, the essays consider Ifá and Ifá divination from the perspectives of philosophy, performance studies, and cultural studies. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers

    History, Politics, and Land Ownership in Northern Ghana

    de Wyatt MacGaffey ...
    In his new book, the eminent anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey provides an ethnographically enriched history of Dagbon from the fifteenth century to the present, setting that history in the context of the regional resources and political culture of northern Ghana. Chiefs, Priests, and Praise-Singers shows how the history commonly assumed by scholars has been shaped by the prejudices of colonial ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

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  • Debt

    The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded

    de David Graeber ...
    Now in paperback, the updated and expanded edition: David Graeber’s “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debtHere anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    de David S. Landes ...
    "Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book ReviewThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, ... Leer más

    $17.09 USD

  • African History: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    de John Parker, Richard Rathbone ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent. ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A History of Modern Uganda

    de Richard J. Reid ...
    This book is the first major study in several decades to consider Uganda as a nation, from its precolonial roots to the present day. Here, Richard J. Reid examines the political, economic, and social history of Uganda, providing a unique and wide-ranging examination of its turbulent and dynamic past for all those studying Uganda's place in African history and African politics. Reid identifies and ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Male Daughters, Female Husbands

    Gender and Sex in an African Society

    de Ifi Amadiume ...
    Series series Essential Amadiume
    Winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the YearIn 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume wrote Male Daughters, Female Husbands to critical acclaim. Here Amadiume boldly argues that the notion of gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

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  • Towards a Mwaghavul History: an Exploration

    de Joseph Dahip ...
    The history of the Mwaghavul is a long one, documented in various forms, ranging from records of administration by the colonialist, to the documentation of archaeological discoveries by white explorers and administrators, documentation and analysis of languages, oral lore and culture by linguists and the latest series of narration and documentation of various aspects of the Mwaghavul people by ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Outsourcing Empire

    How Company-States Made the Modern World

    de Professor Andrew Phillips, J. C. Sharman ...
    How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world’s first genuinely global orderFrom Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of European empire-building has focused on the rival ambitions of competing states. But as Outsourcing Empire shows, from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, company-states—not sovereign states—drove ... Leer más

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  • Mhlongamvula & Its Dark Secrets

    de Nelson Makhubane Tshabalala ...
    In a grand, immensely readable and yet original synthesis of historical and cultural analysis about the dark secrets of the ancient Tshabalala Clan in Mhlongamvula, a distinguished scholar and prize winning author and historian, Nelson Makhubane Tshabalala, depicts much more than a break with Mhlongamvula. For those who read a previous title of this author, namely: 'Chronicles Of Tshabalala Clan ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • African History through Sources: Volume 1, Colonial Contexts and Everyday Experiences, c.1850–1946

    de Nancy J. Jacobs ...
    African History through Sources recounts the history of colonial Africa through more than 100 primary sources produced by a variety of actors: ordinary men and women, the educated elite, and colonial officials. Including official documents, as well as interviews, memoirs, lyrics, and photographs, the book balances coverage of the state and economy with attention to daily life, family life, and ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • The Ghana Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Edición de Kwasi Konadu, Clifford C. Campbell ...
    Series series The World Readers
    Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD