Nefer

The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt

By Willie Cannon-Brown

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term...

Published November 16th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization

The Nigerian Story

By Aje-Ori Anna Agbese

In the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria’s...

Published October 19th 2006 by Routledge.

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African Cultural Values

Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1996

By Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Although numerous studies have been made of the Western educated political elite of colonial Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general, very few have...

Published June 27th 2006 by Routledge.

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Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Revisionism in Postcolonial Africa

The Case of Mozambique, 1975-1994

By Alice Dinerman

This groundbreaking study investigates defining themes in the field of social memory studies as they bear on the politics of post-Cold-War, post-apartheid Southern Africa.

Examining...

Published March 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies

Edited by Ruth Barnes

Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies considers the importance of trade, and the transformation of the meaning of objects has the move between different cultures. It...

Published December 2nd 2004 by Routledge.

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The Assassination of Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil

A Frenchman between France and North Africa

By Jr., William A. Hoisington

This is a political biography of the French industrialist and political activist Jacques Lemaigre Dubreuil (1894-1955), president of the Taxpayers' Federation in the 1930s, entrepreneur...

Published November 25th 2004 by Routledge.

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The Gezira Scheme

An Illusion of Development

By Tony Barnett

Published November 11th 2004 by Routledge.

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More Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

By Amy Jacques Garvey

Published November 11th 2004 by Routledge.

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British Pro-Consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929

The Challenge of Nationalism

By C. W. R. Long

With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal...

Published October 21st 2004 by Routledge.

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Clausewitz and African War

Politics and Strategy in Liberia and Somalia

By Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Oil, diamonds, timber, food aid - just some of the suggestions put forward as explanations for African wars in the past decade.

Another set of suggestions...

Published September 30th 2004 by Routledge.

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