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Author: Teejay LeCapois Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359671292 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
The Nok Kingdom arose in Nigeria, West Africa, around 1500 B.C. and vanished circa 500 A.D. What happened to the men and women of this magnificent African Civilization ? This is the Saga of King Agwai, last great King of the Nok Kingdom. Abioye and Madari, two Warrior Women from the All-Female Corps of Archers in the Nok Kingdom Army became rivals for King Agwai's heart. They bore him two sons, Prince Ekiyor and Prince Abiodun. The former was raised in poverty by his exiled mother and only recently acknowledged by the King. The latter was bred to rule. The two young men and their followers clash for leadership of the Nok Kingdom, setting in motion events which will have devastating consequences for all involved. Explore the Saga of the House of Agwai, chronicling the rise and fall of a vanished Civilization.
Author: Teejay LeCapois Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0359671292 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
The Nok Kingdom arose in Nigeria, West Africa, around 1500 B.C. and vanished circa 500 A.D. What happened to the men and women of this magnificent African Civilization ? This is the Saga of King Agwai, last great King of the Nok Kingdom. Abioye and Madari, two Warrior Women from the All-Female Corps of Archers in the Nok Kingdom Army became rivals for King Agwai's heart. They bore him two sons, Prince Ekiyor and Prince Abiodun. The former was raised in poverty by his exiled mother and only recently acknowledged by the King. The latter was bred to rule. The two young men and their followers clash for leadership of the Nok Kingdom, setting in motion events which will have devastating consequences for all involved. Explore the Saga of the House of Agwai, chronicling the rise and fall of a vanished Civilization.
Author: Gert Chesi Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 164
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"This publication is the first comprehensive overview of Nok terra cotta sculptures, discovered in an area of modern-day Nigeria known as the cradle of Africa's monumental sculpture. Excavations over the last fifteen years have uncovered many hundred terra cottas and fragments which were central to rites performed in the Nok civilisation 2,500 years ago: the oldest known figurative sculptures south of the Sahara." "About one hundred authenticated Nok figures, the majority published here for the first time, are included in this lavishly illustrated publication, accompanied by two essays that take a closer look at the mysteries of this enigmatic culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Peter Breunig Publisher: Africa Magna Verlag ISBN: 3937248463 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 103
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This book provides insights into the archaeological context of the Nok Culture in Nigeria (West Africa). It was first published in German accompanying the same-titled exhibition “Nok – Ein Ursprung afrikanischer Skulptur” at the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Frankfurt (30th October 2013 – 23rd March 2014) and has now been translated into English. A team of archaeologists from the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main has been researching the Nok Culture since 2005. The results are now presented to the public. The Nok Culture existed for about 1500 years – from around the mid-second millennium BCE to the turn of the Common Era. It is mainly known by the elaborate terracotta sculptures which were likewise the focus of the exhibition. The research of the archaeologists from Frankfurt, however, not only concerns the terracotta figures. They investigate the Nok Culture from a holistic perspective and put it into the larger context of the search for universal developments in the history of mankind. Such a development – important because it initiated a new era of the past – is the transition from small groups of hunters and gatherers to large communities with complex forms of human co-existence. This process took place almost everywhere in the world in the last 10,000 years, although in very different ways. The Nok Culture represents an African variant of that process. It belongs to a group of archaeological cultures or human groups, who in part subsisted on the crops they were growing and lived in mostly small but permanent settlements in the savanna regions south of the Sahara from the second millennium BCE onwards. The discovery of metallurgy is the next turning point in the development of the first farming cultures. In Africa the first metal used was not copper or bronze as in the Near East and Europe, but iron. The people of the Nok Culture were among the first that produced iron south of the Sahara. This happened in the first millennium BCE – about 1000 years after the agricultural beginning. While iron metallurgy spread rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, the terracotta sculptures remained a cultural monopoly of the Nok Culture. Nothing comparable existed in Africa outside of Ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean coast. The oldest, securely dated clay figures date back to the early first millennium BCE. Currently, it seems as if they appeared in the Nok Culture before iron metallurgy, reaching their peak in the following centuries. At the end of the first millennium BCE they disappeared from the scene. There is hardly any doubt about the ritual character of the Nok sculptures. Yet, central questions remain unanswered: Why did such an apparently complex world of ritual practices develop in an early farming culture just before or at the beginning of the momentous invention of iron production? Why were the elaborate sculptures – as excavations show – intentionally destroyed? And why did they disappear as suddenly as they emerged?
Author: EGMONT BOOKS Publisher: ISBN: 9781405247535 Category : Automobiles Languages : en Pages : 24
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Join Lau Lau, Nok Tok, Yojojo and De Li as they play and live together in Nara. De Li and the Strawberries: When De Li discovers some strawberries growing in Nara, she shares them with her friends. But will there be enough for everyone? Yojojo Plays the Trumpet: Yojojo finds a noisy trumpet! Will he manage to play it quietly? Lau Lau’s Snuggly Nest: Lau Lau has made everyone a new cushion. But what has happened to the cushion she made for herself? Nok Tok Goes Driving: When the Piplings need to move some heavy things, Nok Tok tries to help his friends. Can he build a naracar?
Author: Trevor R. Getz Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190238747 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 238
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This is an illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. The main scenes of the story take place in the courtroom, where Abina strives to convince a series of "important men"--A British judge, two Euro-African attorneys, a wealthy African country "gentleman," and a jury of local leaders --that her rights matter.--Publisher description.
Author: J.P. Martin Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1490779817 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 90
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African Empires presents a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the major empires of the African continent over thousands of years. This book penetrates into the various kingdoms and rich cultures of Africa including East Africa, West Africa, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Africa. African Empires brings to life a colorful cast of historical characters including African kings, queens, scholars, religious leaders, artists, warriors, and merchants which helped to shape the direction of these great African civilizations. The epic landmark events of Africa are captured and explained in detail to provide a full understanding of this dynamic continent and its contribution to world history.
Author: Henry John Drewal Publisher: National Museum of African Art ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 238
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Presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries.
Author: Claudio Sopranzetti Publisher: University of Toronto Press ISBN: 1487526415 Category : Bangkok (Thailand) Languages : en Pages : 280
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The English translation of this best-selling graphic novel tells the story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in Bangkok, as he decides to leave the city and return to his native village. Through reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks to his past, Nok reconstructs a journey through the slums of migrant workers, the rice fields of Isaan, the tourist villages of Ko Pha Ngan, and the Red Shirt protests of 2010. Based on a decade of anthropological research, The King of Bangkok is a story of migration to the city, distant families in the countryside, economic development eroding the land, and violent political protest. Ultimately, it is a story about contemporary Thailand and how the waves of history lift, engulf, and crash against ordinary people.
Author: Karina Schaapman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698176715 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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Beatrix Potter meets I Spy in this detailed and charming storybook adventure Best friends Julia and Sam are mice who live in the Mouse Mansion. When they’re together they find all sorts of adventures—and all kinds of trouble! Come with them as they discover a secret hiding place, greet the ragman, and learn to make pancakes. There is a shop that sells everything and a box full of treasure. And—oh no!—there might even be a rat! The Mouse Mansion is always full of surprises. Author and artist Karina Schaapman spent years building and furnishing the Mouse Mansion in which this collection of stories takes place. The elaborate dollhouse is made of cardboard boxes and papier-mâché and contains more than one hundred rooms to explore.
Author: Teejay LeCapois
Author: Teejay LeCapois
Author: Gert Chesi
Author: Peter Breunig
Author: EGMONT BOOKS
Author: Trevor R. Getz
Author: J.P. Martin
Author: Henry John Drewal
Author: K. N. Chimbiri
Author: Claudio Sopranzetti
Author: Karina Schaapman