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. ...

One of the world`s leading strategists on global oil exploration puts forward a unique reformulation of Africa`s economic past, present & future. Many seek to ”fix” Africa
- economists, experts, politicians, gurus, cognoscenti & glitterati. But the continent conceals multiple secrets, including the Holy Grail: explanations of its saga over the previous centuries. ” Africa`s Future” tells the tale of Africa`s economic evolution, revealing unique prisms for understanding the continent`s panoramic story, one of triumph over the lasting influences of nature & multiple political tragedies. Modern Africa developed diverse economic pathways to betterment
- yet survivalist economies litter the landscape. Its paradox of ”subsistence with many faces” coexists amidst the tiny middle class, growing rich, & many more poor expected in the future. Clarke provides fresh & challenging insights into Africa`s economies & future, offering seasoned views on a continent of unlocked potential which has witnessed many false dawns. Not ”poor” but poorly managed, Africa holds greater promise, its destiny revealed by its history.

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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 ...

In response to the attacks on America of 11th September 2001, photographer Nathan Lyons, known for his honest & often questioning depictions of American culture, has created a portfolio of images. Photographing in small towns & large cities, Lyons has captured the extreme & often confusing variety of responses
- from deep reverence to blatant commercialization
- manifested by ordinary Americans. The book has an afterword by Richard Benson & Jock Reynolds.

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After Alice by Gregory Maguire, the bestselling author of WICKED, is a wonderful retelling of what happened next after Alice disappeared down the rabbit hole. An entertaining spin on Lewis Caroll`s classic tale of Alice in Wonderl&, this novel will delight fans of Angela Carter. When Alice fell down the rabbit-hole, she found Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules & abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But how did Victorian Oxford react to Alice`s disappearance? Gregory Maguire turns his imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings -and understandings old & new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll`s enduring tale. Ada, a friend mentioned briefly in Alice`s Adventures in Wonderl&, sets out to visit Alice but, arriving a moment too late, tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself. Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause & effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice & bring her safely home from this surreal world below the world. The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat & the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts interrupt their mad tea party to suggest a conundrum: if Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or if Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. Either way, everything that happens next is After Alice. ...

The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee & glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. Later, Mari is interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese & requests her help. Meanwhile Eri is at home & sleeps a deep, heavy sleep that is `too perfect, too pure` to be normal; pulse & respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth
- a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible, a hint of life flickers across the TV screen, though the television`s plug has been pulled. Strange nocturnal happenings, or a trick of the night?
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In 1762 the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that we are blind half our lives because of what we miss during the night. Yet we fear the dark, & are led to believe that bad things happen during the small hours, especially in cities. This is when insomniacs, psychopaths & photophobics--those who are afraid of the light--roam the streets; the time when `normal` people should be tucked up in their beds. The Elizabethan playwright Thomas Middleton wrote that there should be `no occupation but sleepe, feed, & fart` during night-time hours. Yet there have long been literary walkers, flaneurs, who have wandered the dark streets of their cities to uncover the secrets of the night: from Restif de la Bretonne, in his 1789 Les Nuits de Paris, labelled both eccentric & pornographic--to Charles Dickens, who in his Night Walks (1861) evoked the sleeplessness of `a man who defied the night, with all its sorrowful thoughts`. As cities became lighter, through the advance of technology & commerce, the writer`s fascination in the mystery of the night-time city faded. But some cities, restless metropolises like New York & London, retain their nocturnal allure. Madrid is one such city. In 2016 writer Ben Stubbs was drawn to explore the Spanish capital at night like the flaneurs of the past. He set out when the sun went down to examine the life of the night in this often-maligned city, a place famed for its late hours & exuberant nightlife. Exploring the history of everything from tapas to the new politics of Podemos, he encountered the city`s cultural quirks & clandestine stories while talking to many Madrilenos who are normally denied a voice in the city. As each hour of the night unfolds, Stubbs discovers different layers within Madrid that many visitors do not see as they stick to well-trodden guidebook itineraries. The deepening darkness reveals cross-dressing migrants, people who live at the airport, Muslims celebrating Ramadan, hotel workers hidden in the bowels of the Ritz, all-night taxi drivers, party-goers enjoying their nightly marcha from bar to bar, poodle-blessing priests & locals in the poorer barrios who walk the streets with him to share the experience of a trasnochador--one who lives during the hours of the night. Mixing personal observation with literary & historical references, Stubbs introduces us to a hitherto unknown & fascinating dimension of Madrid. After Dark reveals a multifaceted city, full of surprises & possibilities, & very much awake & alive between dusk & dawn. ...