African Systems of Thought – serie
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Invention of Africa
Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
Häftad, 1988
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258 kr
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" . . . groundbreaking . . . clear, straightforward, and economical. . . . seminal . . . " —American Anthropologist"This is a challenging book . . . a remarkable contribution to African intellectual history." —International Journal of African Historical Studies"Mudimbe's description of the …
Cultural Universals and Particulars
An African Perspective
Av Kwasi Wiredu
Häftad, 1997
304 kr
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"Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book invaluable interdisciplinary reading." —D. A. MasoloGhanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu confronts the paradox that while Western cultures recoil from claims …
Culture of Colonialism
The Cultural Subjection of Ukaguru
Häftad, 2012
339 kr
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What did it mean to be an African subject living in remote areas of Tanganyika at the end of the colonial era? For the Kaguru of Tanganyika, it meant daily confrontation with the black and white governmental officials tasked with bringing this rural people into the mainstream of colonial African …
Culture of Colonialism
The Cultural Subjection of Ukaguru
Inbunden, 2012
988 kr
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What did it mean to be an African subject living in remote areas of Tanganyika at the end of the colonial era? For the Kaguru of Tanganyika, it meant daily confrontation with the black and white governmental officials tasked with bringing this rural people into the mainstream of colonial African …
African Divination Systems
Ways of Knowing
Häftad, 1991
275 kr
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"This volume of finely crafted case studies is also the vehicle for an important general theory of divination. . . . this is a book overflowing with ideas that will powerfully stimulate further research." —Journal of Ritual Studies"The essays in this collection provide a very useful overview of …
African Philosophy in Search of Identity
Av D. A. Masolo
Häftad, 1994
290 kr
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" . . . a great read. It is masterfully presented, and is an ideal text both for advanced undergraduates and graduate students." —International Journal of African Historical Studies" . . . a detailed, critical guide to fifty years of African philosophy . . . " —Teaching Philosophy"Masolo offers an …
Iron, Gender, and Power
Rituals of Transformation in African Societies
Häftad, 1994
290 kr
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"[Herbert] has constructed a model of power relationships structured upon gender and age, and derived from male transformative processes, and in so doing has written a notable, and most enjoyable, book." —African History"Herbert examines with great care and thoroughness the relationships between …
Idea of Africa
Häftad, 1994
191 kr
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". . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." —International Journal of African Historical Studies"To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much …
African Material Culture
Häftad, 1996
290 kr
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"This volume has much to recommend it—providing fascinating and stimulating insights into many arenas of material culture, many of which still remain only superficially explored in the archaeological literature." —Archaeological Review". . . a vivid introduction to the topic. . . . A glimpse into …
Africa's Ogun, Second, Expanded Edition
Old World and New
Av Sandra T. Barnes, Sandra T. Barnes
Häftad, 1997
304 kr
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The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:" . . . an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that …
African Philosophy, Second Edition
Myth and Reality
Häftad, 1996
247 kr
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"Hountondji . . . writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa. . . . Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply magisterial. . . . This is a precious gem of a book for anyone …
African Philosophy As Cultural Inquiry
Häftad, 2000
219 kr
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This book assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role.What is the intellectual, social, cultural, and political territory of African philosophy? What directions will African philosophy take in the future? What problems will it face? In 10 probing essays by …
African Words, African Voices
Critical Practices in Oral History
Av Luise S. White, Stephan F. Miescher m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
295 kr
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Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experiences were largely absent from the continent's history.In 13 lively and provocative essays focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, oral sources are …
Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba
Häftad, 2003
304 kr
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"Peel is by training an anthropologist, but one possessed of an acute historical sensibility. Indeed, this magnificent book achieves a degree of analytical verve rare in either discipline." —History Today"[T]his is scholarship of the highest quality. . . . Peel lifts the Yoruba past to a dimension …
Apartheid's Festival
Contesting South Africa's National Pasts
Av Leslie Witz
Häftad, 2003
342 kr
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Apartheid's Festival highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Riebeeck and the founding of Cape Town, South Africa. Taking place at the height of the apartheid era, the festival was viewed by many as an opportunity …
Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana
Häftad, 2005
284 kr
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In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of chronic illness, debilitating disease, and accident. Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana documents how transformations wrought by …
Beer, Sociability, and Masculinity in South Africa
Häftad, 2010
273 kr
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Beer connects commercial, social, and political history in this sobering look at the culture of drinking in South Africa. Beginning where stories of colonial liquor control and exploitation leave off, Anne Kelk Mager looks at the current commerce of beer, its valorizing of male sociability and …
Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel
Häftad, 2010
304 kr
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Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Hausa Muslim area on the southern fringe of Niger. Based on sustained fieldwork, personal interviews, and archival research, this vibrant, sensitive, …
Allegories of the Wilderness
Ethics and Ambiguity in Kuranko Narratives
Inbunden, 1982
528 kr
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" . . . a model of judiciousness and integrative analysis . . . " —Research in African LiteraturesPoet and anthropologist Michael Jackson brings to this study of the folktales of the Kuranko people of Sierra Leone a sensitivity to the philosophical nuances of literature.
Drunken King, or, the Origin of the State
Inbunden, 1982
459 kr
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" . . . de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Lévi-Strauss's formulations. . . . [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." —ChoiceA major work that modifies and extends Lévi-Straussian myth analysis in …
