Author: C. T. WoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
The CAPE to the Zambezi, 1934-1969
Author: C. T. WoodRhodesiana
Author: Fire-Eaters
Author: Mwelwa C. MusambachimePublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1524594415
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
As late as the beginning of the nineteenth century, despite the many years of direct contact with European traders and the influx of European goods, most African societies still produced their own iron and its products, or obtained them from neighbouring communities through local trade. The quality of iron products was such that, despite competition from European imports, local iron production survived into the early twentieth century in some parts of the continent. The production process covered prospecting, mining, smelting, and forging. Different types of ore were available all over the continent and were extracted by shallow or alluvial mining. A variety of skills were required for building furnaces, producing charcoal, smelting, and forging iron into goods. Iron production was generally not an enclave activity but a process that fulfilled the totality of socio-economic needs. It also fit the gender division of labour within communities.
A History of the Church in Africa
Author: Bengt SundklerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521583428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Bengt Sundkler's long-awaited book on African Christian churches will become the standard reference for the subject.
Africa and the World
Author: Lewis H. GannPublisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761815204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
First published in 1972, Africa and the World places the African past within the wider context of world events, while providing a wealth of geographical and ethnographic information about the continent. The book specifically focuses on the pre-colonial and early colonial history of sub-Saharan Africa. Designed for those interested in the impact of Europe on the non-Western world, the volume provides an account of the major economic and social factors that have shaped African history. Information from studies in anthropology, archaeology, history, and art are included as well. Africa and the World is an essential and accessible resource for those interested in world history or African studies.
The World of South African Music
Author: Christine LuciaPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443807796
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
The present Reader is a selection of texts on South African music which are chosen not only for their importance or the frequency of citations, but with the express purpose of providing the reader with a deep understanding of the music itself. Consequently, there are readings that are chosen because they have been influential, but there are also many which, though published, have not enjoyed very wide circulation. There are those which are of obvious historic interest, and others which speak to contemporary issues. Among other things, the volume provides an excellent sense of the varying ideologies and approaches that determine the relationship between author and subject. The reader is indispensable to scholars and enthusiasts of South African music and it is of great interest to ethnomusicologists more generally. It is also an excellent resource for those who do not have immediate access to harder-to-find articles, and is perhaps most vital to those who are looking to find a way into the world of South African music.
Entomologica Scandinavica
Author: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Trichoptera, Clemson, South Carolina, 11-16 July 1983
Author: John C. MorsePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9789061930037
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Birds of Africa: Volume V
Author: Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472986555
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-contributor reference work, with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings of all species and numerous subspecies, hundreds of informative line drawings, detailed range maps, and extensive bibliographies. Each volume contains an Introduction that brings the reader up to date with the latest developments in African ornithology, including the evolution and biogeography of African birds. Diagnoses of the families and genera, often with superspecies maps, are followed by the comprehensive species accounts themselves. These include descriptions of range and status, field characters, voice, general habits, food, and breeding habits. Full bibliographies, acoustic references, and indexes complete this scholarly work of reference. This fifth volume in the series deals comprehensively with the true thrushes, Old World warblers, Old World flycatchers, paradise-flycatchers, monarchs, shrike-flycatchers, wattle-eyes and batises. The editors and artists have worked closely with other authors - all acknowledged experts in their field - to produce a superb reference in which comprehensive texts on every species are complemented by accurate and detailed paintings and drawings of the birds themselves.
Racism and Apartheid in Southern Africa
Author: Reg AustinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black people
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description