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| Author | : Tim Kelsall |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 784 |
| Release | : 2022-09-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0197667406 |
When Stephen Ellis died in July 2015, African Studies lost one of its most prolific, provocative and celebrated scholars. Given the scale and uniqueness of his contribution, it is perhaps surprising that a collection of his writings did not appear during his lifetime. It is now possible to bring such a volume to the public. With an introduction by Tim Kelsall and an afterword by Jean-François Bayart, this collection aims to provide scholars and students with an introduction to the main themes in Ellis' work. These revolved around the roles of religion, criminality and violence in African society and politics--preoccupations that also informed his interpretation of African rebellions and resistance movements. The volume spans more than three decades of scholarship; case studies from six countries; highly-cited and lesser-known articles; and a sampling of works intended for public engagement as well as an academic audience. It will serve as a reader for African Politics and History, and as an invitation to students to delve deeper into Stephen Ellis' oeuvre.
| Author | : Stephen Ellis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : Africa |
| ISBN | : 9780197664520 |
When Stephen Ellis died in July 2015, African studies lost one of its most prolific, provocative and celebrated scholars. Given the scale and uniqueness of his contribution, it is perhaps surprising that a collection of his writings did not appear during his lifetime. It is now possible to bring such a volume to the public. With an introduction by Tim Kelsall and an afterword by Jean-Francois Bayart, this collection aims to provide scholars and students with an introduction to the main themes in Ellis' work.
| Author | : Catherine Gegout |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0190845163 |
Gegout's book offers a sharp rebuke to those who believe that altruism is the guiding principle of Western intervention in Africa.
| Author | : Stephen Ellis |
| Publisher | : C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781850654179 |
The Mask of Anarchy traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia in recent years and looks at its roots in the way governments have been established in West Africa during the 20th century.
| Author | : Stephen Ellis |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 019049431X |
Traces the origins of Nigerian organized crime, going back to the final years of colonial rule.
| Author | : Solofo Randrianja |
| Publisher | : C Hurst |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Madagascar |
| ISBN | : 9781850658924 |
The island of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is home to some of the worlds most celebrated plant and animal species, including the baobab and lemur. But few know the history of this environmentally strategic place.
| Author | : Michael A. Gomez |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 326 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0814731651 |
Diasporic Africa presents the most recent research on the history and experiences of people of African descent outside of the African continent. By incorporating Europe and North Africa as well as North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, this reader shifts the discourse on the African diaspora away from its focus solely on the Americas, underscoring the fact that much of the movement of people of African descent took place in Old World contexts. This broader view allows for a more comprehensive approach to the study of the African diaspora. The volume provides an overview of African diaspora studies and features as a major concern a rigorous interrogation of "identity." Other primary themes include contributions to western civilization, from religion, music, and sports to agricultural production and medicine, as well as the way in which our understanding of the African diaspora fits into larger studies of transnational phenomena.
| Author | : Paul De Kruif |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 1926 |
| Genre | : Bacteriologia |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Allan Bloom |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2008-06-30 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1439126267 |
The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times)—now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition. In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, an appraisal of contemporary America that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times) and has not only been vindicated, but has also become more urgent today. In clear, spirited prose, Bloom argues that the social and political crises of contemporary America are part of a larger intellectual crisis: the result of a dangerous narrowing of curiosity and exploration by the university elites. Now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, acclaimed author and journalist Andrew Ferguson contributes a new essay that describes why Bloom’s argument caused such a furor at publication and why our culture so deeply resists its truths today.
| Author | : Ian Gordon |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : |
A collection of short stories from Africa covering a range of subjects, from the conflict between traditional and new ways of life and values, to the role of women in society. The main introduction provides a background for discussion, as well as ideas for students to use in their own writing.
