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Madagascar
A Short History
Av Solofo Randrianja, Stephen Ellis
Häftad, 2009
253 kr
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Two thousand years ago, Madagascar was probably uninhabited. An island twice the size of Great Britain, it was home to unique species of flora and fauna that were undisturbed by humanity until the first navigators landed on its shores. Since then, the changes imposed by humans on the wide range of …
Worlds of Power
Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa
Av Stephen Ellis, Gerrie ter Haar
Häftad, 2007
341 kr
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With Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of traditional religions it is clear that the world is not heading towards a community of secular states. Nowhere are religious thought and political practice more closely intertwined than …
External Mission
The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990
E-bok, 2013
285 kr
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Nelson Mandela''s release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it …
External Mission
The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990
E-bok, 2013
285 kr
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Nelson Mandela''s release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National Congress; founded a century ago and outlawed in 1960, it had transferred its headquarters abroad and opened what it …
Comrades Against Apartheid: The ANC and the South African Communist Party in Exile
Av Stephen Ellis, Tsepho Sechaba
Häftad
319 kr
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Criminalization of the State in Africa
Av Jean-Francois Bayart, Stephen Ellis m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
386 kr
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The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatisation of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder, the growth of private armies—all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the state itself is becoming a vehicle …
Mask of Anarchy
The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War
Häftad, 2006
506 kr
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Liberia has been one of Africa's most violent trouble spots. In 1990, when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women's clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid siege to the capital, the world took notice. Since then Liberia has been through devastating civil upheaval. …
Africa Now
People, Policies and Institutions
Häftad, 1996
369 kr
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An introductory text.This overview of Africa is intended as an introduction for people who have a professional contact with the continent, such as workers in NGOs and international organizations, investors in emerging markets, bankers and people in business, diplomats, as well as teachers and …
Comrades Against Apartheid
The ANC and the South African Communist Party in Exile
Av Stephen Ellis, Tsepo Sechaba
Häftad, 1992
332 kr
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The banning of the ANC and the SACP left them no other means of political expression but to fight.Examines the South African Communist Party and how it took over the leadership of the ANC between 1960 and 1990, during the time when both organisations were banned in South Africa and were forced to …
Criminalization of the State in Africa
Av Jean-Francois Bayart, Stephen Ellis m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
332 kr
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Has Africa moved on from 'classical corruption? What are the political and economic origins of official implication in crime? What are the new frontiers of crime in South Africa?This book examines the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the plundering of natural resources, the …
The Rising of the Red Shawls
A Revolt in Madagascar, 1895-1899
Häftad, 2014
426 kr
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Originally published in 1985, this book examines the rising of the menalamba, the Red Shawls, against French colonial rule in Madagascar in the 1890s. Using the words of the Malagasy themselves and the archives of the Malagasy kings and queens, as well as European records, it tells from the inside …
Explaining the Unexplained
E-bok, 2011
120 kr
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Stephen Ellis search for answers to unexplained things began in 1979. While visiting San Francisco, one night an image of a girl appeared before him in his rooma girl he later found out had been murdered in that room one month earlier. Shaking-off the natural tendency to disbelieve what he saw, …
This Present Darkness
A History of Nigerian Organised Crime
Häftad, 2018
280 kr
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Nigeria and Nigerians have acquired a notorious reputation for involvement in drug-trafficking, fraud, cyber-crime and other types of serious crime. Successful Nigerian criminal networks have a global reach, interacting with their Italian, Latin American and Russian counterparts. Yet in 1944, a …
Season of Rains
Africa in the World
Häftad, 2011
185 kr
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Most of what is written about Africa is framed in terms that have been out of date for years. Too often, it is seen as heading for either disaster or salvation; the realities are more subtle, more complicated than this binary opposition suggests. The continent has over the last century experienced …
External Mission
The ANC in Exile, 1960-1990
Häftad, 2015
382 kr
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External Mission is the Winner of the Recht Malan Prize for Non-Fiction awarded by Media24 in South Africa. Nelson Mandela's release from prison in February 1990 was one of the most memorable moments of recent decades. It came a few days after the removal of the ban on the African National …
Mask of Anarchy
The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War
Häftad, 1999
258 kr
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Liberia was in the headlines in 1990 when thousands of teenage fighters, including young men wearing women's clothing and bizarre objects of decoration, laid seige to the capital, Monrovia. In response to the crisis, a West African peacekeeping force, ECONMOG, was sent to stabilize the country and …
Interpreting Chest X-Rays
Häftad, 2010
212 kr
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Radiological imaging is now accessible to a wide range of healthcare workers, many of whom are increasingly taking on extended roles. This book will equip all healthcare professionals, including medical students, chest physicians, radiographers and radiologists, with the techniques and knowledge …
L'Afrique maintenant
E-bok, 1995
464 kr
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À la fin du XX e siècle, toute l’Afrique connaît, de l’Algérie au Cap, de nombreux bouleversements, dans un monde lui-même en mutation. L’Afrique maintenant passe en revue ces changements et les ordonne selon trois thèmes majeurs. L’ouvrage montre d’abord que les relations entre citoyens et États …
L'Afrique maintenant
E-bok, 1995
464 kr
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À la fin du XX e siècle, toute l’Afrique connaît, de l’Algérie au Cap, de nombreux bouleversements, dans un monde lui-même en mutation. L’Afrique maintenant passe en revue ces changements et les ordonne selon trois thèmes majeurs. L’ouvrage montre d’abord que les relations entre citoyens et États …
Movers and Shakers
Social Movements in Africa
Av Stephen Ellis, Ineke van Kessel
Häftad, 2009
1022 kr
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Mobilization against apartheid, the campaign against blood diamonds, the women's movement in Liberia where Africa's first female head of state was elected in 2005: these are all examples of socially based movements that have had a major effect on Africa's recent history. Yet the most influential …
Worlds of Power
Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa
Av Stephen Ellis, Gerrie Ter Haar
Häftad, 2004
243 kr
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'Worlds of Power shows how religious and supernatural ideas dominate African politics and culture, how they shape the ways that Africans both rich and poor view the world. [...] This wide-ranging and thoroughly researched book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Africa.' …
Madagascar
A Short History
Av Solofo Randrianja, Stephen Ellis
Inbunden, 2009
573 kr
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Two thousand years ago, Madagascar was probably uninhabited. An island twice the size of Great Britain, it was home to unique species of flora and fauna that were undisturbed by humanity until the first navigators landed on its shores. Since then, the changes imposed by humans on the wide range of …
