Africa
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The Crisis of Democratization in the Greater Horn of Africa: An Alternative Approach to Institutional Order in Transitional Societies [Paperback]
Kidane Mengisteab(Editor)
$14.95ISBN: 9781847012487
Published by : James Currey
Series: Eastern Africa Series
In the early 1990s, a wave of democratization swept through many African countries, but its prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done about it?... .... Learn More -
Rural settlement and economic activity: olive oil, wine and amphorae production on the Tarhuna plateau during the Roman period [Paperback]
Muftah Ahmed(Author)
$60.00ISBN: 9781900971553
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Rural Settlement and Economic Activity is a key new addition to literature on the rural economy of Tripolitania during Antiquity. The chapters explore the geography and climate of the area a... .... Learn More -
Early Symbolic Culture and the Evolution of Behavioral Modernity [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Conard(Editor); Ewa Dutkiewicz(Editor)
$56.00ISBN: 9783935751315
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory
Publication of results from the conference on early symbolic culture and the evolution of behavioral modernity, held as part of the Hugo Obermaier Meeting in Heidenheim, Germany. .... Learn More -
Living with Heritage: The Case of Tsodilo World Heritage Site and Neighbouring Localities [Paperback]
Stella Basinyi(Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9781789693041
Published by : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Series: Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology
Volume: 99
Cultural Heritage Management in most parts of Africa has been concerned and focused on conservation and preservation of cultural and natural heritage and the development of sites for tourism and economic benefit. In this venture, t... .... Learn More -
The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in its West African Context [Paperback]
Philip Allsworth-Jones(Author)
$71.00ISBN: 9781789691382
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
This book provides a full up to date account of the evidence relating to the Middle Stone Age in Nigeria and the other countries of West Africa. It relies upon the author’s own fieldwork and extensive personal knowledge of th... .... Learn More -
At the Crossroads: Nigerian Travel Writing and Literary Culture in Yoruba and English [Hardback]
Rebecca Jones(Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9781847012227
Published by : James Currey
Series: African Articulations
Volume: Volume 7
Throughout the twentieth century, Nigerians have been writing about their travels within Nigeria using a variety of media and forms, from serialised newspaper travelogues to personal diaries, autobiographies and online narratives. ... .... Learn More -
Rus Africum IV: La fattoria Bizantina di Aïn Wassel, Africa Proconsularis (Alto Tell, Tunisia): Lo scavo stratigrafico e i materiali [Paperback]
Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers(Editor); Barbara Maurina(Editor)
$120.00ISBN: 9781789691153
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Series: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology
Volume: 58
Fino ad oggi Aïn Wassel è l’unico sito rurale dell’Africa Proconsularis che è stato scavato con metodo stratigrafico, pubblicato in dettaglio e contestualizzato grazie al survey arch... .... Learn More -
A Painted Ridge: Rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa [Paperback]
David Mendel Witelson(Author)
$56.00ISBN: 9781789692440
Published by : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
Series: Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology
Volume: 98
A Painted Ridge is a book about the San (Bushmen) practice of rock painting. In it, David Witelson explores a suite of spatially close San rock painting sites in the Maclear District of Sout... .... Learn More -
African Islands: Leading Edges of Empire and Globalization [Hardback]
Toyin Falola(Editor); R. Joseph Parrott(Editor); Danielle Porter Sanchez(Editor)
$135.00ISBN: 9781580469548
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Volume: Volume 83
Islands and island chains like Cabo Verde, Madagascar, and Bioko are often sidelined in contemporary understandings of Africa in which mainland nation-states take center stage in the crafting of historical narratives. Yet in the mo... .... Learn More -
From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956–1971 [Paperback]
Graham Connah(Author)
$61.00ISBN: 9781784919580
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Series: Archaeological Lives
This book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological tra... .... Learn More
