Category: Africa

Geology of the Eastern Rift System of Africa (The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 136)

By: Baker, B. H.; Mohr, P. A.; Williams, L. A. J

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: The Geological Society of America : 1973

Seller ID: 27079

ISBN-13: 9780813721361

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. 67p. References. 21 maps figures. 2 tables. Topics include Physiography, Stratigraphy and sedimentary history, volcanism, tectonics, and more.
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William Kentridge: Tapestries

By: Basualdo, Carlos (editor)

Price: $32.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art : 2007

Seller ID: 26089

ISBN-13: 9780876332566

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Acceptable

Unmarked text. Badly bumped corners. Catalog for exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, December 12, 2007-April 6, 2008. Illustrated throughout. Essays by Gabriele Guercio, Ekwui Enwezor, and Ivan Vladislavic. Measures 11.75x10.75 inches.

Explores an extraordinary series of seventeen large-scale tapestries woven between 2001 and 2007. The tapestries depict shadowy figures that resonate with his collages of itinerant characters set against the weblike backgrounds of 19th-century maps of Europe and Johannesburg.
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Forms and Forces: Dynamics of African Figurative Sculpture

By: Berrin, Kathleen; Seligman, Thomas K.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco : 1998

Seller ID: 33137

ISBN-13: 9780884010579

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated exhibition catalog. Measures 7.75x11 inches. 55p. Lain in card on card stock reads: "With the compliments of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco"
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African Studies at Birmingham University

By: Birmingham University

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Birmingham, England, Birmingham University

Seller ID: 32213

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. This undated pamphlet introduces the African Studies department established in 1963 by J D Fage who directed it for over twenty years. 8p. 3 images.
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African and Oceanic Art Card with a Lega Bwame Society Maskette (Bonhams New York)

By: Bonhams New York

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Bonhams New York : 2007

Seller ID: 33409

Binding: Postcard

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautiful 6x7.75 inch postcard on glossy stock inviting consignments for a New York Fall 2007 inaugural auction in African and Oceanic Art.
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Uprooted Angolans: From Crisis to Catastrophe (Issue Paper)

By: Brennan, T. O.;Hamilton, Virginia

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: U.S. Committee for Refugees : 1987

Seller ID: 32199

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Report includes black-and-white illustrations and a map. Bibliography. 32p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Report discusses the circumstances and consequences of massive displacements of population, including the armed conflict and prolonged and escalating violence in Angola and failed agricultural policies and poor weather conditions.
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The South African Way of Life Values and Ideals of a Multi-Racial Society

By: Calpin, H.P. (editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1953

Seller ID: 28329

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Ex-library. Illustrated. A few marks in book. Contributors include (among others) David Marquard, Ronald Currey, Phyllis Lewsen, Selby Bangani Ngcobo, Mark Fiennes Prestwich, and Rene de Viliers. 200p.
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Alternation: Journal of the Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Language (Vol 5, No. 2, 1998)

By: Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Language

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Centre for the Study of Southern African Literature and Language (CSSALL) : 1998

Seller ID: 26635

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Contributors include Johannes A. Smit, Graham Stewart, James Ogude, and others. 321p.
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The Longest Record: The Human Career in Africa (A Conference in Honour of J. Desmond Clark)

By: Clark, J. Demond

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Berkeley, The Holt Family Foundation : 1986

Seller ID: 24169

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Contains conference abstracts for the event. 106p. List of authors. Conference held in Berkeley California at the Alumni House (12-16 April 1986). Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.
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My Ethiopia: Recent Paintings by Wosene Worke Kosrof

By: Clarke, Christa

Price: $155.00 USD

Publisher: The Newark Museum, Neuberger Museum of Art : 2003

Seller ID: 32380

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Some edge wear. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Sept. 7-Dec. 28, 2003, the Newark Museum, Feb. 1-Aug. 29, 2004, and the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Feb. 7-Aug. 25, 2005 curated by Christa Clarke. Color Plates. 31p. Measures 9x12 inches.

Wosene Worke Kosrof (b. 1950) is an Ethiopian painter and mixed-media artist.
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Creeds and Cultures in Modern Africa: Belief, Tradition, and Change

By: Clifford, Mary Louise; Ross, Edward S.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Noble and Noble African Studies Program : 1971

Seller ID: 17186

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked booklet. Color illustrations. Topics include Animism, Islam, Christianity, Glossary, Suggested readings. Index. 64p.
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Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals

By: Damme, Annemieke Van

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers : 2002

Seller ID: 32489

ISBN-13: 9780856675546

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Beautifully illustrated. Accompanied an exhibition at the National Museum of African Art. 94p. Measures 9x12 inches.

Divided into three sections: Initiation Panels and Freestanding Sculptures, Masks and Head Posts. Each entry is fully illustrated and accompanied by a short description of the history and symbolism attached to each object.
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The Diary of John Holt (Research in Maritime History, No. 5)

By: Davies, Peter N. (editor)

Price: $26.00 USD

Publisher: International Maritime Economic History Association : 1993

Seller ID: 30916

ISBN-13: 9780969588559

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Signed by editor. Badly bumped corner. Illustrated. John Holt (1841--1915) was an English merchant, who founded a shipping line operating between Liverpool and West Africa, and a number of businesses in Nigeria. He is considered a pioneer of West Africa's modern deep-sea trade.
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Sculptures, Africa Asia Oceania Americas (Exhibition Album)

By: Degli, Marine (editor)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Reunion des musees Nationaux : 2000

Seller ID: 25166

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Well illustrated in color. 80p. Exhibition Album. Works selected by Jacques Kerchche.

The texts in the album were written by Marine Degli on the basis of articles in the exhibition catalog by Ezio Bassani, Marlene Biton, Roger Boulay, Claire Boullier, Vincent Boulore, Michel Orliac, Leon Siroto Alain Viaro, Deborah Waite and others.
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Traditional Art of Africa

By: Dwyer, Jane Powell; Dwyer, Edward Bridgman

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco : 1973

Seller ID: 24086

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Map, illustrations and descriptive text. Topics include Senufo, Dan-Ngere, Mende, Loma, BaJokwe, and more. 40p.
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Shapes of Power, Belief, and Celebration: African Art from New Orleans Collections

By: Fagaly, William A.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: New Orleans Museum of Art : 1989

Seller ID: 30913

ISBN-13: 9780894940286

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Some edge wear. Illustrated throughout, primarily in black-and-white.

Covers Western Sudan, Guinea Coast, Equatorial Forest, and Southern Savannah. Bibliography. Index of Peoples, Cultures, and Kingdoms. 120p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.
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Women in the Art of Africa: Tribal Arts (Summer 2009, Number 52, XIII-3)

By: Fogel, Jonathan (editor)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Tribal Arts : 2009

Seller ID: 32027

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very good

Unmarked text. Beautifully illustrated. Includes Henry Christy's Pre-Columbian Collection, Dakar-Djibouti, New Caledonia Monstrance, and more. 144p Measures 9x11.75 inches.
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Research in African Literatures: Multiculturalism (Volume 28, Number 4, Winter 1997)

By: Fourny, Jean-Francois and Marie-Paule Ha (Guest editors)

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Indiana University Press : 1997

Seller ID: 25301

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. 240p. Bumped corners.

Contributors include Joachim Fiebach, Samir Amin, Rutmarie H. Mitsch, Benn A. Heller, Dominique D. Fisher, Albert Mosley, Pauylin Hountondji, Mineke Schipper and others. Interviews with Richard Bornson, Richard Samin, and Abiola Irele. Commentaries, Book reviews.
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Military Medical Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa: The DoD "Point of the Spear" for a New Century

By: Fox, C. William, Jr.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: US Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute : 1987

Seller ID: 28243

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. This monograph was selected as a Distinguished Essay by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1987 essay competition. 32p.

Lieutenant Colonel C. William Fox, Jr., a physician had extensive experience in U.S. activities in Africa and personally supervised operations that have considerable potential as models for future regional involvement. In this publication, he offered a rationale and vision for future DoD activities in Africa.
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Joburg-Places 2.0 (Spaces and Places)

By: Garner, Gerald

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Double G Media : 2012

Seller ID: 30406

ISBN-13: 9780620546492

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated in color and black/white.

Reveals the spaces and places of Johannesburg's glorious, regenerated inner-city, its northern nodes, village streets, vibrant townships and verdant suburbs in the quintessential guide to the city. Written in a personal and subjective style.

Lain in map. 288p.
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Geneva Africa Institute (Institut Africain de Geneve)

By: Geneva Africa Institute

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Geneva Africa Institute : 1966

Seller ID: 31962

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. Text in English. This 15-page booklet offers an overview of the institute in 1966. Includes an introduction, a faculty list, fees, the 1965-1966 program, and more. No illustrations other than the cover image. The Graduate Institute
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Africa South of the Sahara: A Select and Annotated Bibliography, 1958-1963

By: Glazier, Kenneth M.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Stanford, The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace : 1964

Seller ID: 12328

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Ex-library. 64p. Unmarked text. Summaries of each entry. Hoover Institution Bibliographical Seres: XVI.
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A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid

By: Gobodo-Madikizela, Pumla

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Mariner Books : 2003

Seller ID: 32306

ISBN-13: 9780618446599

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. 193p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid. Index.
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Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist

By: Handler, Marisa

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers : 2011

Seller ID: 30444

ISBN-13: 9781576753927

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by author. Unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Rebecca Solnit.

The author examines her literal and metaphorical journey from her South African childhood through her family's politically motivated move to America to then her adult involvement in the global justice movement.
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Protectors or Pretenders?: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa

By: Human Rights Watch

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Human Rights Watch : 2001

Seller ID: 27555

ISBN-13: 9781564322555

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. 407p. Illustrated. This report examines how, and whether the commissions set up by the African governments are contributing to the protection of human rights.
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Category: Africa