Encompassing the enormous range of traditional, h&-crafted textiles from every region of Africa, this illustrated volume explores the materials, dyes, decorations & techniques of the people who create them. Five sections cover the major geographical areas & examine the materials, dyes, decorations & techniques that characterize them. John Gillow has conducted first-hand research across the continent, recording everything from the simplest items designed for everyday use to sumptuous garments required for major life events, such as births & funerals, marriages & coming-of-age ceremonies. ...

During the 1970s & 1980s, Peter Matthiessen took part in a number of expeditions to Africa, witnessing first-hand the continent`s many & diverse peoples & wildlife. The fruits of these journeys are three of the most impressive essays on the natural world of the late twentieth century. The Tree where Man Was Born documents wild landscapes, peoples & animals, observed in a series of journeys in East Africa, from the Sudan, south through Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania, exploring the Serengeti, the Maasai Mara, the Ngorongoro crater & the archaeological sites of the Rift Valley. African Silences recounts two expeditions made to West & Central Africa, including Zaire (as it then was), Gabon & the Central African Republic. Sand Rivers describes the Selous game reserve in Southern Tanzania, one of the largest, but least-known refuges for animals left on earth, & provides an unforgettable portrait of this area & the fierce, lonely men who created it. These three classic works represent Matthiessen the naturalist at his finest; written an all-encompassing curiosity & knowledge that brings alive the people, places & wildlife he encounters, & updated with a new introduction by the author. ...

Now, nearly two decades after these photographer`s landmark African Ceremonies & with a greater sense of urgency, this book completes the journey, covering disappearing rituals & ceremonies from some of the most inaccessible corners of the African continent, to create the definitive statement on this subject. This new landmark volume will set the standard for capturing a visual testament to the vanishing traditions of African peoples. No other book like this exists or can ever be created again, as more than 40 percent of what has been documented here has already vanished. For the last 15 years of their four decades of African fieldwork, world-renowned photographers Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher have continued their journey across Africa, seeking out remote communities to record the sacred ceremonies, powerful art forms, & boundless creativity of the people living there today. This ground-breaking book is a testament to these vanishing moments & peoples. African Twilight is a celebration of the powerful artistry & boundless creativity of Africa`s cultural heritage for audiences worldwide, transporting viewers into a world of connections between individual & community, body & soul, land & people. All of the photography is previously unpublished. ...

This remarkable yearbook by Danielle & Olivier Follmi, a follow-up to their successful Buddhist Offerings, presents the wise words of a leading personality in African literature for every day of the year, accompanied by Oliviers beautiful, moving photographs of African people & places, from the Himba shepherds to the Peul nomads, from the deserts of Namibia to the forests of Rwanda & the savannah of Cameroon. ...

This is a history of Africa from the origins of mankind right up to the South African general election of 1994. Africans have been pioneers struggling against disease & nature in an overwhelmingly hostile environment, & their social, economic & political institutions have been designed to ensure survival & maximise numbers. These institutions enabled them to survive the slave trade & colonial invasion, but in the context of medical progress & other twentieth-century innovations the same institutions have bred the most rapid population growth the world has ever seen. This demographic growth has lain behind the collapse of colonial rule, the disintegration of apartheid, & the instability of contemporary nations. Thus Iliffe depicts the history of the continent as a single story, binding today's Africans to the earliest human ancestors. ...

Three of Africa’s most popular trekking regions: Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya & the peaks of the Ruwenzori National Park on a durable, waterproof & tear-resistant map from terra Quest. Each destination is presented on two panels: a general map of the area plus an enlargement of the highest part at 1:50, 000. On one side is coverage of Kilimanjaro. The general map at 1:150, 000 extends eastwards to include Arusha with the Arusha National Park & Mt Meru. The enlargement covers the peak of Kibo between the Umbwe Cave Camp on the southern approaches & Second Cave Camp along the northern Rongai Route. On the reverse are four panels. The Mount Kenya area within the ring road linking the main tourist centres around the mountain is shown at 1:175, 000, with an enlargement for the approaches to the summit. The Ruwenzori panel at 1:100, 000 covers the National Park on the Ugandan side of the border & extends east to Kasese. The enlargement shows the highest part of the mountains with the approaches to Mount Margherita, Mount Alexandra, Mount Speke & Mount Baker. Both the general maps & the enlargements are contoured & have relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of terrain & vegetation. Coverage by glaciers shows the present extent & the area covered around 1900. Trekking routes are highlighted &, where appropriate, named. Symbols indicate locations of hotels, mountain huts & bivouac sites, ranger stations, medical services, bus services, etc. The general maps of the Kilimanjaro & Mt Kenya areas show a large number of local villages with the connecting network of roads & local tracks. All the panels have latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 1’. Multilingual map legend

Includes:: English. The map is laminated in a format similar to the old cloth-dissected maps so that sections of it can be easily folded back without damage.

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`A superb book...genuinely innovative` Jack Spence OBE, King`s College London Over the last half century, sub-Saharan Africa ...

1952. It is more than a decade since humiliation at Dunkirk brought an end to Britain`s war & the beginning of an uneasy peace with Hitler. In Africa, the swastika flies from the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. Gleaming autobahns bisect the jungle, jet fighters patrol the skies. The brutal presence of the SS is visible everywhere. Now, however, the demonic plans of Walter Hochburg
- architect of Nazi Africa
- threaten Britain`s ailing colonies. In Engl&, ex-mercenary Burton Cole is offered one last contract. Burton jumps at the chance to settle an old score with Hochburg, despite the protests of the woman he loves. If Burton fails, unimaginable horrors will be unleashed in Africa. No one
- black or white
- will be spared. But when his mission turns to disaster, Burton is forced to flee for his life. His flight takes him from the unholy killing ground of Kongo to SS slave camps & on to war-torn Angola, finally reaching its thrilling climax in a conspiracy that leads to the dark heart of the Afrika Reich itself. Guy Saville combines meticulous research with edge-of-the seat suspense to produce a superb novel of alternate history.



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Croatian salsa, Cuban ska, & Oregonian mambo!?!? These are three of the unlikely gems listeners will find on Afro-Latin Party. What started out as Putumayo's effort to provide the perfect soundtrack to a Latin dance party became a tribute to the global appreciation & realization of the musical ricochet between Cuba & Africa. Even with all the geographic & era crisscrossing on the album, at its core Afro-Latin Party is still a dance record beckoning party-goers to traverse the planet while they navigate the dance-floor.CD Track listing: 1 Africando featuring Amadou Balakem, ' Betece' (Africa/ Latin America) 2 Jose Mangual Jr., ' Ritmo Con Ache' (Puerto Rico/USA) 3 Pepe & The Bottle Blondes, ' Cuentame Que Te Paso' (USA) 4 Ska Cubano, ' Babalu' (Cuba/ Jamaica/UK) 5 Africando featuring Medoune Diallo, ' Mandali' (Africa/ Latin America) 6 Cubismo, ' Morenita' (Croatia) 7 Africando featuring Nicholas Menheim, ' Demal' (Africa/ Latin America) 8 Chico Alvarez, ' Cogele el Gusto' (Cuba/USA) 9 Ronald Rubinel's Salsa Kolor, ' La Huelga Me Par ...

Croatian salsa, Cuban ska, & Oregonian mambo!?!? These are three of the unlikely gems listeners will find on Afro-Latin Party. What started out as Putumayo's effort to provide the perfect soundtrack to a Latin dance party became a tribute to the global appreciation & realization of the musical ricochet between Cuba & Africa. Even with all the geographic & era crisscrossing on the album, at its core Afro-Latin Party is still a dance record beckoning party-goers to traverse the planet while they navigate the dance-floor.CD Track listing: 1 Africando featuring Amadou Balakem, ' Betece' (Africa/ Latin America) 2 Jose Mangual Jr., ' Ritmo Con Ache' (Puerto Rico/USA) 3 Pepe & The Bottle Blondes, ' Cuentame Que Te Paso' (USA) 4 Ska Cubano, ' Babalu' (Cuba/ Jamaica/UK) 5 Africando featuring Medoune Diallo, ' Mandali' (Africa/ Latin America) 6 Cubismo, ' Morenita' (Croatia) 7 Africando featuring Nicholas Menheim, ' Demal' (Africa/ Latin America) 8 Chico Alvarez, ' Cogele el Gusto' (Cuba/USA) 9 Ronald Rubinel's Salsa Kolor, ' La Huelga Me Par ...