' This man has promised to kill' Hal & Roger Hunt are on the trail of a vicious man-eating leopard Yet they are also being hunted themselves by a merciless band of killers known as the Leopard Society Can they trust their own tracker Joro despite knowing that he has pledged to lead them to their deaths? ...

Aardvark's snoring keeps the other animals awake night after night Something has got to be done! Mongoose calls on the others for help but it is not until the termites get involved that the problem is solved This is the story of how Awkward Aardvark came to sleep during the day & eat termites at night ...

Bumping Buffalo liked to bump He had great big horns with a huge pad in the middle just right for bumping the other animals This is the story of how Buffalo went looking for trouble & found it! ...

Long ago on the Great African Plains it was so dry before the rain came that all the animals were hot & thirsty & hungry All that is except Cross Crocodile This is the story of how Monkey tricked Crocodile into sharing his food with the other animals ...

Hippo was hot & thought how wonderful it would be to live in the water Hippo pleaded with the god of Everything & Everywhere to let him live in the rivers & streams Ngai agreed Hippo could live in the water but only if he promised not to eat the little fishes & to come out of the water at night & eat grass The story of how Hippo came to live in the river instead of on dry land ...

Abrams are proud to publish a newly designed one-volume edition of this definitive work containing more than half of the magnificent photographs that were in the original edition
- plus several new ones This carefully conceived work offers a complete introduction to the traditional rites & rituals of Africa including baby namings initiations weddings harvest blessings coronations healing exorcisms & funerals among others Many of these rituals will never be performed again; few have been pictured & described with the intimacy knowledge & skill of Beckwith & Fisher The book also

Includes:: an audio CD featuring tracks of intimate secret & rarely heard ceremonies from many countries throughout Africa that were recorded over a period of six years by David Bradnum a musician & award-winning composer


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The 2008 presidential elections in Ghana West Africa serve as a backdrop for this feature documentary that looks behind-the-scenes at the complex political machinery of a third world democracy struggling to legitimize itself to its first world contemporaries At stake in this race are the fates of two political parties that will do almost anything to win Director Jarreth Merz follows the key players for almost three months to provide an unprecedented insider s view of the political economic & social forces at work in Ghana He builds suspense by taking the viewer down the back roads of the nation to capture each unexpected twist & turn in a contest that is always exciting & never predictable Throughout the film Merz depicts the pride & humanity of the larger-than-life politicians party operatives & citizens who battle for the soul of their country ...

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent & the diversity of human history this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past & reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined & represented Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Gregoire Nakobomayo a petty criminal has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine He's planned the crime for some time but still the act of murder requires a bit of psychological & logistical preparation Luckily he has a mentor to call on the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn't prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him Little by little Gregoire interweaves Angoualima's life & criminal exploits with his own Continuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts Gregoire's final shot at offing Germaine leads to an abrupt unravelling Lauded in France for its fresh & witty style African Psycho's inventive use of language surprises & relieves the reader by sending up this disturbing subject ...

The boozing smoking cussing captain of a tramp steamer Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart) saves prim & proper Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) after her brother is killed by German soldiers at the beginning of World War I in Africa Many quarrels later the two set sail on the Ulonga-Bora in order to sabotage a German ship Based on the 1935 novel by CS Forester ...