Faces of Africa

Faces of Africa
Title Faces of Africa PDF eBook
Author Carol Beckwith
Publisher National Geographic Books
Pages 366
Release 2009
Genre Photography
ISBN 9781426204241

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Presents a selection of full-color photographs from across Africa, covering topics including sense of place, the joy of being, inner journeys, patterns of beauty, rhythm from within, and capacity to endure.

The Face of Africa

The Face of Africa
Title The Face of Africa PDF eBook
Author Stan Chu Ilo
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 500
Release 2012-12-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1725232480

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"A technical insight to Africa's development." -- United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva "This book is good news and a compelling work of our times. It creates hope, challenges despair, re-establishes authentic human development and original African values." --Prof. Obiora Ike, Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace, Nigeria "A very precious contribution to Christian conversation on the future of Africa by a young African researcher." --Prof. Benezet Bujo, Chair, Centre for Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Freibourg, Switzerland "This book is a stirring manifesto for social reconstruction and interior transformation in Africa." --Prof. James H. Olthuis, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto "This is a bold attempt at contextual theology." --Dr. Joseph Faniran, Catholic Institute for West Africa "Stan Chu Ilo is one of Africa's bright stars and provides a Christian socio-ethical compass for navigating life in Africa for generations to come." --Prof. Uche Uguwueze, Professor of African Studies, California State University, Long Beach "A fascinating discourse on the trials and hope of the African continent." --Milwaukee Community Journal, USA

Face of the Gods

Face of the Gods
Title Face of the Gods PDF eBook
Author Robert Farris Thompson
Publisher Prestel Publishing
Pages 344
Release 1993
Genre Art
ISBN

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Thompson examines the altar traditions in cultures from the Atlantic coast region of Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Moving with the Face of the Devil

Moving with the Face of the Devil
Title Moving with the Face of the Devil PDF eBook
Author John Wallace Nunley
Publisher Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Pages 328
Release 1987
Genre Art
ISBN

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The Dragonfly Sea

The Dragonfly Sea
Title The Dragonfly Sea PDF eBook
Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Publisher September Publishing
Pages 584
Release 2021-09-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1912836491

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'One of the most unforgettable books I have read in the last few years... What a writer! What a thinker! What a woman!' Fiammetta Rocco From the award-winning author of Dust comes a magical, sea-saturated, coming-of-age novel that transports readers from Kenya to China and Turkey. On an island in the Lamu Archipelago lives a solitary, stubborn child called Ayaana and her mother, Munira. When a sailor, Muhidin, enters their lives, the child finds something she has never had before: a father. But as Ayaana grows into adulthood, forces of nature and history begin to reshape her life, leading her to distant countries and fraught choices. Selected as a descendant of long-ago Chinese shipwrecked sailors Ayaana is sent to study in China. Leaving her resourceful single mother, she is forced to grow up fast. Whether it's the scarred captain of the Chinese shipping container that transports Ayaana or the son of Turkish shipping magnate who trades in refugees, Owuor never loses a profound sense of empathy for her characters. She evokes a fascinating kind of beauty in this dangerous, chaotic world and its ever-shifting oceans and trade. Told with a glorious lyricism, The Dragonfly Sea is a transcendent story of love and adventure, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world. 'One of Africa's most exciting voices ... The Dragonfly Sea is a continent-hopping novel of epic proportions.' Refinery29 'In its omnivorous interest in the world, The Dragonfly Sea is a paean to both cultural diffusion and difference . . . as much as [the novel] traces the globe, it also depicts an internal pilgrimage, its heroine in rose attar a broken saint.' New York Times 'Owuor continues to break ground among contemporary African writers.' Vanity Fair

Climate Change in Africa

Climate Change in Africa
Title Climate Change in Africa PDF eBook
Author Camilla Toulmin
Publisher Zed Books Ltd.
Pages 169
Release 2009-11-16
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1848136285

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Climate change is a major challenge for us all, but for African countries it represents a particular threat. This book outlines current thinking and evidence and the impact such change will have on Africa's development prospects. Global warming above the level of two degrees Celsius would be enormously damaging for poorer parts of the world, leading to crises with crops, livestock, water supplies and coastal areas. Within Africa, it's likely to be the continent's poorest people who are hit hardest. In this accessible and authoritative introduction to an often-overlooked aspect of the environment, Camilla Toulmin uses case studies to look at issues ranging from natural disasters to biofuels, and from conflict to the oil industry. Finally, the book addresses what future there might be for Africa in a carbon-constrained world.

Heart of Whiteness

Heart of Whiteness
Title Heart of Whiteness PDF eBook
Author June Goodwin
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 424
Release 1995
Genre Afrikaners
ISBN 0684813653

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When South Africa's present transitional government comes to an end, apartheid will be dead. But just as the demise of slavery did not solve America's race problems, so the abolition of apartheid will only begin South Africa's healing process. Heart of Whiteness examines the cataclysmic changes taking place among Afrikaners--the "white tribe" of South Africa.