Category: Africa

War and Refugees: The Western Sahara Conflict

By: Lawless, Richard; Monahan, Laila (eds.)

Price: $49.00

Publisher: N Y., Pinter Pub Ltd : 1987

Seller ID: 108213

ISBN-13: 9780861879007

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Yellowing pages. Nine essays. This book resulted from an international symposium organized by the Refugee Studies Programme, Oxford University, and was attended by both Saharawis and Moroccans. It provides a history of the Saharawi peoples, their colonial experience, their emergent identity as a nation, the development of their incipient nationhood in exile, and the devastating conflict that has engulfed them and that has notable international implications. 201 pages.
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Black Folktales

By: Lester, Julius

Price: $14.95

Publisher: N Y, Grove Press : 1970

Seller ID: 153699

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Stated First Evergreen Black Cat Edition. Illustrations by Tom Feelings.
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Race Against Time

By: Lewis, Stephen

Price: $13.96

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, House of Anansi Press : 2005

Seller ID: 125562

ISBN-13: 9780887847332

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 198 pages. Signed by Stephen Lewis. Previous owner's name.
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Shadows of Africa

By: Matthiessen, Peter

Price: $18.95

Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc : 1992

Seller ID: 143027

ISBN-13: 9780810938281

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark green cloth boards show slightly bumped corners. 120 pages. 10 1/2"w x 10"h, 71 reproductions of artist Mary Frank's work, including 23 plates in full color. Essays by Peter Matthiessen.
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Karima

By: McLoughlin, Tim

Price: $39.00

Publisher: Zimbabwe, Mambo Press : 1985

Seller ID: 071174

ISBN-13: 9780869223192

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A novel based on one of the most hideous incidents during the war of liberation in Zimbabwe.
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Soul on Rice: African Influences on American Cooking

By: Mitchell, Patricia B.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Chatham, VA, Patricia B. Mitchell : 2002

Seller ID: 142686

ISBN-13: 9780925117694

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book. Staple-bound. 37 pages.
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Dimensions of Power

By: Morton, Elizabeth Gron

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame : 2018

Seller ID: 152917

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full gray cloth spine. Slightly bumped corners. 11 1/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 96 pages. Color photographs, often full-page. "Published in connnection with the Museum's reinstallation of highlights of its African collection."
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Blaise Compaore: The Architect of Burkina Faso Revolution

By: Nnaji, Ben Obinwa

Price: $62.95

Publisher: Nigeria, Spectrum Books Ltd : 1989

Seller ID: 112390

ISBN-13: 9789782460479

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 87 pages with a few b&w photos. Contents include: The growth of a man, The search, Welcome to Burkina Faso, Soldier of steel, The revolution, The rectification process, Predident compaore's anniversary speech, Burkina Faso's economy, Giant strides, Militarized democracy et al....
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The Early History of Malawi

By: Pachai, Bridglal

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Evanston, Ill, Northwestern University Press : 1972

Seller ID: 126481

ISBN-13: 9780810103726

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 454 pages.
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A Social History of Ethiopia: The Northern and Central Highlands from Early Medieval Times to the Rise of Emperor Tewodros II

By: Pankhurst, Richard; University of Addis Ababa

Price: $35.95

Publisher: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa University : 1990

Seller ID: 133993

ISBN-13: 9781854500403

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book shows slight wear to cover edges only; two pages a wrinkled at the top, otherwise book is clean with a straight, solid binding, text/interior is free of marking of any kind. 371 pages.
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Migrating the Black Body: The African Diaspora and Visual Culture

By: Raiford, Leigh; Heike Raphael-Hernandez (editors)

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Seattle, University of Washington Press : 2017

Seller ID: 154563

ISBN-13: 9780295999579

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding.
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The Spanish Enclaves in Morocco with Eight Maps

By: Rezette, Robert

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Paris, Nouvelles Editions Latines : 1976

Seller ID: 112951

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 188 pages.
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Shaka Zulu: The Ruse of the Zulu Empire

By: Ritter, E. A.

Price: $54.95

Publisher: New American Library / Mentor : 1973

Seller ID: 152067

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of edge wear only, creaseless covers, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 407 pages, back cover: " Beginning with a nucleus of five hundred warriors and a hundred square miles of territory, he wen on to unify the warring tribes of the Zulus through dazzling force of arms and brilliant diplomacy. Murdered at the height of his power, he left behind an empire of over a hundred thousand square miles, a harem of twelve hun...
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Serengeti II: Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem

By: Sinclair, A. R. E. & Arcese, Peter, (eds.)

Price: $36.50

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Univ of Chicago Pr : 1995

Seller ID: 129143

ISBN-13: 9780226760322

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Pretty clean book that shows little wear to covers, text/interior has pen marks in margin occasionally -- perhaps 50 pages over the 665 of the book;
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Ian Sinclair's Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa

By: Sinclair, J. C

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cape Town, South Africa, C. Struik Publishers : 1984

Seller ID: 140266

ISBN-13: 9780869771891

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 368 pages. 6 1/8"w x 8 1/2"h. Full color photographs, identifying more than 900 species. Also gives scientific, English and Afrikaans common names, each species' length, habitat and call. Relative abundance within the region is indicated and whether the species in endemic, while a tow-color distribution map clearly showes where the bird is likely to be found.
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The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia Volume I

By: Smith, Edwin W.; Dale, Andrew Murray

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New Hyde Park, NY, University Books : 1968

Seller ID: 138776

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 423 pages. Faded spine on dust jacket. Volume I only.
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Life Turns Man Up and Down: High Life, Useful Advice, and Mad English

By: Thometz, Kurt (editor)

Price: $16.95

Publisher: NY, Pantheon : 2001

Seller ID: 153238

ISBN-13: 9780679450214

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 356 pages.
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The Health Services of Tanganyika: A Report to the Government

By: Titmuss, Richard M. et al

Price: $45.00

Publisher: London, Pitman Medical Publishing Co. Ltd. : 1964

Seller ID: 146954

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Stains on cover; interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 266 pages. Fold-out map at front.
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African Art: Its Background and Traditions

By: Wassing, R.S.

Price: $92.50

Publisher: Portland House : 1988

Seller ID: 153879

ISBN-13: 9780517662717

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Fine

Large book: 11 1/2"h x 10"w in excellent condition, as new in heavy black cloth HB covers, gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 285 pages with a great many b&w and color large, often full page, photos throughout, including sculpture, masks, furniture, pottery, helmets, cookery, plaques, jewelry, doors, etc. from Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroun, Sierra Leone, etc. Conten...
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Category: Africa

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