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9 produkter
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources Vol 1
Av Thomas Spear
Inbunden, 2019
5056 kr
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The difficulties of exploring African history, especially for earlier periods, have spurred the development of a wide range of methodologies and approaches, such that Wyatt McGaffey once termed it "the decathlon of the social sciences." Historians have long utilized archaeology, ethnography, …
Swahili
Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500
Häftad, 1985
342 kr
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"As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."-International Journal of African Historical Studies
Being Maasai
Ethnicity and Identity in East Africa
Av Thomas Spear, Thomas Spear m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
491 kr
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Everyone "knows" the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania.But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters. Over time many different people have "become" …
East African Expressions of Christianity
Av Thomas Spear, Thomas Spear m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
725 kr
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Christianity has been spread in Africa by Africans. It is the story of peoples seizing control of their own spiritual destinies—rather than the commonplace notion that the continent's Christian churches represent colonial and capitalist powers that helped subdue Africans to European domination. In …
Being Maasai
Ethnicity and Identity in East Africa
Av Richard Waller, Thomas Spear
Häftad, 1993
370 kr
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A multi-disciplinary approach to studying ethnicity in Africa.Many of the people who identify themselves as Maasai, or who speak the Maa language, are not pastoralist at all, but framers and hunters. Over time many people have 'become' something else, adn what it means to be Maasai has changed …
Mountain Farmers
Moral Economies of Land and Agricultural Development in Arusha and Meru
Av Thomas Spear
Häftad, 1997
370 kr
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Studies the impact of colonialism on a mountainous region of Tanzania.This work examines the struggle between the Meru and Arusha peoples and their German and British rulers over the issue of land and agricultural development on Mount Meru in northern Tanzania. It shows how the Meru and Arashi, …
East African Expressions of Christianity
Av Isaria N. Kimambo, Thomas Spear m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
359 kr
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Emphasises the important role of Christianity in contemporary Africa.This history examines, through case studies, the ways in which African chatechists, evangelists and translators have interpreted Christianity for themselves and conveyed it to others. It analyses African prophetic and healing …
Swahili
Reconstructing the History and Language of an African Society, 800-1500
E-bok, 2017
427 kr
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"As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."— International Journal of African Historical Studies
La culture française vue d'ici et d'ailleurs
E-bok, 2002
357 kr
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Treize critiques et écrivains s''expriment sur leur rapport à la langue française et sur leur "identité française".Tout en faisant partie des voix francophones, ils réagissent à la politique des organismes officiels de la "francophonie" et aux influences de la culture française. La langue se révèle …
