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Author: Christian Cummins Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1291129391 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 217
Book Description
Naïve young journalist Christian Cummins heads to West Africa looking for an exotic adventure. Between Ghana's capital Accra and the remote mud brick villages of Mali he encounters many mishaps including passing out in taxis and being threatened with the devil, but also becomes intoxicated by the unpredictability, vibrancy and joyfulness of African life. It's an experience that literally gets into his blood. Based on a hand-written diary, this is a coming-of-age story set during a tumultuous, hot summer. The work is full of dramatic events in a rapidly changing country... "Things happened, things that seemed to matter and things that left a lasting impression. They are experiences that, in many different ways, have shaped my way of thinking and haunted my mind ever since."
Author: Christian Cummins Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1291129391 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 217
Book Description
Naïve young journalist Christian Cummins heads to West Africa looking for an exotic adventure. Between Ghana's capital Accra and the remote mud brick villages of Mali he encounters many mishaps including passing out in taxis and being threatened with the devil, but also becomes intoxicated by the unpredictability, vibrancy and joyfulness of African life. It's an experience that literally gets into his blood. Based on a hand-written diary, this is a coming-of-age story set during a tumultuous, hot summer. The work is full of dramatic events in a rapidly changing country... "Things happened, things that seemed to matter and things that left a lasting impression. They are experiences that, in many different ways, have shaped my way of thinking and haunted my mind ever since."
Author: The South The South Dallas Summer Arts Youth Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781535090667 Category : Languages : en Pages : 38
Book Description
Each year the Summer Arts at The Center summer enrichment program at the South Dallas Cultural Center sets out to educate children, youth and families on the African contribution to world culture and its impact on our lives, our families and our communities. This year our students and families studied pre-colonial West Africa and the birth of a civilization of cultural producers. The teens were exposed to and inspired by the pre-colonial African kingdoms of West Africa with a focus on Ghana and the Asante people, In addition, their field trips and most importantly their personal experiences shaped the poetry they wrote.
Author: Ray C. Noll III Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1483674665 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 233
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An inquisitive, all-American grad student abruptly ends his protracted adolescence when a graduate art program lands him in West Africa during the explosive summer of 1977. His traveling artist workshops in Ghana and Nigeria deteriorate from a summer of anticipated light-hearted cultural inquiry to a gauntlet of survival. He cavorts with fetish worshipers, challenges greedy, often stoned soldiers, and dances with death, all in the name of higher education and accelerated maturity. He quickly sheds his laissez-faire persona, realizing he is not in Maryland anymore. Blending humor and history, original pen and ink drawings, and stories that leave the reader wanting more, Initiation Rites is a fictional memoir that touches an adventurous spirit in all of us, that few have ever followed.
Author: Douglas J. Parker Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118391306 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 490
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Meteorology of tropical West Africa: the Forecasters’ Handbook presents the science and practice of weather forecasting for an important region of the tropics. Connecting basic theory with forecasting practice, the book provides a unique training volume for operational weather forecasters, and is also suitable for students of tropical meteorology. The West African region contains a number of archetypal climatic zones, meaning that the science of its weather and climate applies to many other tropical regions. West Africa also exhibits some of the world’s most remarkable weather systems, making it an inspiring region for students to investigate. The weather of West Africa affects human livelihoods on a daily basis, and can contribute to hardship, poverty and mortality. Therefore, the ability to understand and predict the weather has the potential to deliver significant benefits to both society and economies. The book includes comprehensive background material alongside documentation of weather forecasting methods. Many examples taken from observations of West African weather systems are included and online case-studies are referenced widely.
Author: Eilon Paz Publisher: Ten Speed Press ISBN: 1607748703 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 577
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A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
Author: Mami Wata Publisher: Ten Speed Press ISBN: 1984860410 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 320
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Discover the untold story of African surf culture in this glorious and colorful collection of profiles, essays, photographs, and illustrations. AFROSURF is the first book to capture and celebrate the surfing culture of Africa. This unprecedented collection is compiled by Mami Wata, a Cape Town surf company that fiercely believes in the power of African surf. Mami Wata brings together its co-founder Selema Masekela and some of Africa's finest photographers, thinkers, writers, and surfers to explore the unique culture of eighteen coastal countries, from Morocco to Somalia, Mozambique, South Africa, and beyond. Packed with over fifty essays, AFROSURF features surfer and skater profiles, thought pieces, poems, photos, illustrations, ephemera, recipes, and a mini comic, all wrapped in an astounding design that captures the diversity and character of Africa. A creative force of good in their continent, Mami Wata sources and manufactures all their wares in Africa and works with communities to strengthen local economies through surf tourism. With this mission in mind, Mami Wata is donating 100% of their proceeds to support two African surf therapy organizations, Waves for Change and Surfers Not Street Children.
Author: Leila Maria Véspoli de Carvalho Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319216503 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 262
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This book presents a global overview examining monsoon variability in South Asia, Australian, South America and North American, as well as a focus on glaciers and monsoon systems. Monsoon systems are important components of the Earth's climate and play fundamental roles in water and energy balances. The variability and changes in the monsoons affect millions of people and the economies of many countries. This book presents the physical mechanisms involved with monsoon systems, including recent modeling advances addressing climate changes and future projections. The Monsoons and Climate Change will be of interest to both graduate students and researchers.
Author: Brian J. Hoskins Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 111852604X Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 434
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This book gives a coherent development of the current understanding of the fluid dynamics of the middle latitude atmosphere. It is primarily aimed at post-graduate and advanced undergraduate level students and does not assume any previous knowledge of fluid mechanics, meteorology or atmospheric science. The book will be an invaluable resource for any quantitative atmospheric scientist who wishes to increase their understanding of the subject. The importance of the rotation of the Earth and the stable stratification of its atmosphere, with their implications for the balance of larger-scale flows, is highlighted throughout. Clearly structured throughout, the first of three themes deals with the development of the basic equations for an atmosphere on a rotating, spherical planet and discusses scale analyses of these equations. The second theme explores the importance of rotation and introduces vorticity and potential vorticity, as well as turbulence. In the third theme, the concepts developed in the first two themes are used to give an understanding of balanced motion in real atmospheric phenomena. It starts with quasi-geostrophic theory and moves on to linear and nonlinear theories for mid-latitude weather systems and their fronts. The potential vorticity perspective on weather systems is highlighted with a discussion of the Rossby wave propagation and potential vorticity mixing covered in the final chapter.
Author: Christian Cummins
Author: Christian Cummins
Author: The South The South Dallas Summer Arts Youth
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Author: Ray C. Noll III
Author: Douglas J. Parker
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Author: Mami Wata
Author: Leila Maria Véspoli de Carvalho
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