In this fifth anthology of Zimbabwean short stories from Weaver Press fifteen writers respond to the topic of writing fr......more
The collection, Where to Now? Short Stories from Zimbabwe, features sixteen Zimbabwean writers - Raisedon Baya, NoViolet......more
Poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus recorded a series of tapes in the 1970s which have been edited and annota......more
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An historical overview of Ethiopia’s transformation from a multicultural empire into a modern nation state. Provides the......more
A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia ......more
In 1938, Virginia and Ray Garner began making films in the Belgian Congo and French Cameroons. This book features Virgin......more
In 1938, Virginia and Ray Garner began making films in the Belgian Congo and French Cameroons. This book features Virgin......more
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This study recounts the reasons why the order for the Herero genocide was very likely issued by the Kaiser himself, and ......more
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Welcome to Our Hillbrow is an exhilarating and disturbingride through the chaotic and hyper-real zone of Hillbrow-microc......more
Brings to light the life and work of one of France’s most distinguished musicians in the most complete biography in any ......more
Fills a gap in the international literature by offering new insights into the heterogeneous ways in which African men ar......more
Written by a critically positioned participant in Zimbabwe’s political history, this book covers more than a generation ......more
This first full account of Obasanjo’s life from 1937 to 2010 combines an analysis of an exceptionally vital and complica......more
The book traces the history of writing about Nigeria since the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on the rise of natio......more
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.M. COETZEE A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Seventeen-year-old ......more
The conflict in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan illustrates how state policies concerning the control of land can ca......more
Historical biography of Drs. John Romano and George Engel, pioneers of mind-body medicine at the University of Rochester......more
From Hollywood to Nollywood: this issue of African Literature Today examines the relationship between film and video and......more
Challenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe’s land reform. Ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book p......more
The World Bank insists that the urban share of sub-Saharan Africa’s population is rapidly increasing - this study shows ......more
African performers, dramatists and directors have far out-paced chroniclers, critics and librarians, and as a result, th......more
An unprecedented overview of anthropological and political science research on vigilantism in Africa which makes an impo......more
A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Afr......more
This selection of essays comes from Africa South, a remarkable magazine which, for five years in the early days of South......more
New essays examine 20th-c. Austrian literature in relation to history, politics, and popular culture. 20th-century Austr......more
The Sudanese peace agreement reached a crisis point in its final year. This book offers an analysis of the impact of the......more
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A unique and stylish contribution to the social history of African cities and Zimbabwean cultural life. NEW LOW PRICE Th......more
A study of colonial Natal, focused on the contradictions related to indirect rule, the legacy of which continues to info......more
Not since Disgrace, has he written with such urgency and feeling. -The New Yorker Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Co......more
African Women Writing Resistance is the first transnational anthology to focus on women s strategies of resistance to th......more
This is a powerful, moving story that details the effects of the infamous Mau Mau war, the African nationalist revolt ag......more
An examination of the recreation of Renaissance staging traditions in modern performances. Provocative, very readable, a......more
Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic World explores how Yoruba and Afro-Cuban communities moved across the Atlantic betw......more
A compilation of poetry, short stories, photography, graphic design, and numerous articles, this diverse reference conta......more
State borders are more than barriers. They structure social, economic and political spaces and as such provide opportuni......more
Tilling the Hard Soil takes readers on a journey out of their comfort zones and into the lives of ordinary people living......more
In this enthralling book van der Post establishes his role as a distinguished explorer and writer describing the redisco......more
Representing a wide range of critical and theoretical perspectives, this volume examines J.M. Coetzee’s novels from Dusk......more
Offers fresh insights on the so-called ’justice versus peace’ dilemma, examining the challenges and prospects for promot......more
From the outset, South Africa’s history has been marked by division and conflict along racial and ethnic lines. From 194......more
Challenges some key assumptions of both the donors and the government about how development can be achieved in Mozambiqu......more
The first full-length biography of Christopher Okigbo, the most anthologized modern African poet, giving an extended nar......more
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A radical reassessment of the importance of women in East-Central African society during the precolonial period. This st......more
This is the first comprehensive book-length study of gender politics in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s fiction. Brendon Nicholls ar......more
The life and works of South African writer, political activist and artist, from his early life in District Six, his arre......more
As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is a man of the people , as cynical as he is charming, and a roguis......more
Chris, Ikem and Beatrice are like-minded friends working under the military regime of His Excellency, the Sandhurst-educ......more
Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive, famous throughout West Africa. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things ......more
Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find......more
Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nig......more
This is the classic collection of Chinua AchebeA’s short fiction, written over twenty years and drawn from literary jour......more
Emerging African Voices is an excellent compendium of literary scholarship offering an assessment of the literary endeav......more
Malawi’s political culture is examined as it emerged in the colonial and early post-colonial periods, particularly in li......more
Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent compo......more
Leading authorities explore, in direct and accessible language, chamber-music masterpieces by twenty-one prominent compo......more
This issue of African Literature Today focuses on new novels by emerging as well as established African novelists. This ......more
The hybrid novels of Ben Okri, B. Kojo Laing, and Yvonne Vera address contemporary African politics in contrasting style......more
NEW LOWER PRICEOn 17 March 2000 several hundred members of a charismatic Christian sect, the Movement for the Restoratio......more
Handlist to the rich collection of manuscripts contained in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, with full indices. The ma......more
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The first work from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie since her bestselling, prize-winning and phenomenally successful Richard an......more
In her analysis of the South African novelist J. M. Coetzee’s literary and intellectual career, Jane Poyner illuminates ......more
This book gives a detailed description of Eritrea’s post-war politics and is the first comprehensive analysis of the cou......more
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As a phenomenon of history with social, political, cultural implications, the entire negotiated experience makes the S......more
As a phenomenon of history with social, political, cultural implications, the entire negotiated experience makes the S......more
Living Terraces is both an ethnographic and historical account of the terraces of Konso in southern Ethiopia. Terraced a......more
A young English biographer is working on a book about the late writer, John Coetzee. He plans to focus on the years from......more
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A story of a publishing enterprise. It also tells the story of African literature and its dissemination in the latter ha......more
A team of scholars examine the radical political changes that have taken place since 1990 in eleven key countries in Afr......more
Skeelo Khumalo identifi es himself as a mystic, naturalist, and ethnologist. In 2004, he won ANGLO PLATINUM short story ......more
This book is a history of claims to the Zambezi, focussed on the stretch of the river extending from the Victoria Falls ......more
One consequence of development has been that large numbers of people have been displaced from their land - the editors p......more
A groundbreaking interrogation of the myriad causes and effects of African migration, from the pre-colonial to the moder......more
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A one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the energy of new African literature Coming at a time when Africa and African writ......more