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The Gifts of Africa
How a Continent and Its People Changed the World
"The West will begin to understand Africa when it realizes it's not talking to a child-it's talking to its mother." So writes Jeff Pearce in the introduction to his fascinating, groundbreaking work, African Ideas: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World. We learn early on in school how Europe and Asia gave us important literature, ......
ISBN-13: 9781633887701 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
Jeff Pearce
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AUD $70.99
Stock: 11 in stock
Local release date: 17/10/2022
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Categories: African history [HBJH]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Ethnic studies [JFSL]Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]Africa [1H]

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Travels in the Interior of Africa
Mungo Park set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the age of 23 to discover the course of the River Niger in West Africa. When he reappeared in England more than two and a half years later, he had been presumed dead, and the tale of his perilous journey published in 1799 was greeted with great acclaim.
ISBN-13: 9781909612785 (Paperback)
Publisher: JOHN BEAUFOY PUBLISH
Imprint: JOHN BEAUFOY PUBLISH
Mungo Park
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AUD $24.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 25/07/2016
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Categories: Travel writing [WTL]Africa [1H]

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David Livingstone, Africa's Greatest Explorer
The Man, the Missionary and the Myth
A biography telling the exciting story of David Livingstone, a humble Scottish missionary who became Africa's most famous explorer
ISBN-13: 9781781554326 (Paperback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Paul Bayly
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AUD $50.99
Stock: 4 in stock
Local release date: 08/01/2015
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Categories: Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]African history [HBJH]Geographical discovery & exploration [RGR]Africa [1H]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]

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Rommel's Desert War
The Life and Death of the Afrika Korps
In a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick armored thrusts, Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. In June the Desert Fox recaptured Tobruk, a triumph that earned him a field marshal's baton and seemed to put all of North Africa within his grasp.
ISBN-13: 9780811734134 (Paperback)
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS (NBN)
Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
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AUD $38.99
Stock: 3 in stock
Local release date: 14/01/2008
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Categories: European history [HBJD]Second World War [HBWQ]Germany [1DFG]Africa [1H]

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Discourse on Colonialism
This title describes the brutal impact of capitalism and colonialism on both the colonizer and the colonized, exposing the contradictions and hypocrisy implicit in western notions of progress and civilisation.
ISBN-13: 9781583670255 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS
Aime Cesaire, Robin Kelley
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AUD $34.99
Stock: 3 in stock
Local release date: 11/10/2001
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Categories: Colonialism & imperialism [HBTQ]National liberation/ndependence, post-colonialism [HBTR]Africa [1H]Caribbean islands [1KJ]Latin America [1KL]

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Sudan Media Makers
Writings from the Diaspora
In this book, Mohamed A. Satti identifies and interviews six prominent Sudanese media personalities in the diaspora to tell their stories, examine their contributions to Sudanese media, and connect their stories to the history of Sudan.
ISBN-13: 9781666911626 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Mohamed A. Satti, Steve Howard
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AUD $160.00
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 15/02/2023
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Categories: Media studies [JFD]Politics & government [JP]Middle East [1FB]Africa [1H]

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The Hope Raisers
How a Group of Young Kenyans Fought to Transform Their Slum and Inspire
The Hope Raisers is a deeply emotional narrative that follows Daniel, Mutura, and Lucy as they fight to transform their slum through art and skating. It inspires and educates readers on African culture, female empowerment, and creating sustainable change in developing countries.
ISBN-13: 9781538168738 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Nihar Suthar
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AUD $56.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 17/11/2022
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Categories: Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies [JFSL1]People & places (Children's / Teenage) [YNM]Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage) [YX]Personal/social issues: body, health (Child/Teen) [YXA]Africa [1H]

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Literary Connections Between South Africa and the Lusophone World
Literary Connections between South Africa and the Lusophone World examines the connections between the literatures and cultures of South Africa and Portuguese-speaking nations of Africa, Portugal, and Brazil.
ISBN-13: 9781666916423 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Anita De Melo, Ludmylla Lima, John T. Maddox IV, Marta Banasiak, Edvaldo A. Bergamo, Paulo Ferreira, Alice Girotto, Nilza Laice, Ludmylla Lima, John T. Maddox IV
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AUD $160.00
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 17/11/2022
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Categories: Literature: history & criticism [DS]Africa [1H]

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Black Women's Rights
Leadership and the Circularities of Power
This book studies the manifestation of leadership as expressed, narrativized, and represented by women of African descent. It uses the language of "rights" and "power" to assert that Black women find strategic alternatives to the male-dominated leadership status quo and are the leaders of the future.
ISBN-13: 9781793612380 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Carole Boyce-Davies
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AUD $202.00
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 17/11/2022
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Categories: Gender studies, gender groups [JFSJ]Politics & government [JP]Africa [1H]