A Dictionary of Africanisms
Title | A Dictionary of Africanisms PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard M. Dalgish |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1982-10-28 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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The African Heritage of American English
Title | The African Heritage of American English PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph E. Holloway |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
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The African Heritage of American English provides a detailed compilation of Africanisms, identified linguistically, from a range of sources: folklore, place names, food culture, aesthetics, religion, loan words. Presenting a comprehensive accounting of African words retained from Bantu, Joseph Holloway and Winifred Vass examine the Bantu vocabulary content of the Gullah dialect of the Sea Islands; Black names in the United States; Africanisms of Bantu origin in Black English; Bantu place names in nine southern states; and Africanisms in contemporary American English. These linguistic retentions reflect the cultural patterns of groups imported to the United States, the subsequent dispersion of these groups, and their continuing influence on the shaping of American culture.
A Dictionary of African Politics
Title | A Dictionary of African Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Cheeseman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2019-02-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0192524828 |
With over 400 A-Z entries, this new dictionary provides clear and authoritative definitions of terms within the fast-growing field of African Politics. It includes coverage on elections, parties and judiciaries, but also popular protest, gender-relations, the politics of development, and Africa's international relations. Entries comprise of major events and figures within African Politics, including the East African Community and independance, as well as covering key terms of particular relevance to Africa such as neopatrimonialism, queue voting, and post-conflict power sharing. Written by a world-leading political scientist working on the area of African politics, this dictionary is an essential guide for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics, journalists, and researchers working on African politics alike.
Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen Sheldon |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 2016-03-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442262931 |
African women’s history is a vast topic that embraces a wide variety of societies in over 50 countries with different geographies, social customs, religions, and historical situations. Africa is a predominantly agricultural continent, and a major factor in African agriculture is the central role of women as farmers. It is estimated that between 65 and 80 percent of African women are engaged in cultivating food for their families, and in the past that percentage was likely even higher. Thus, one common thread across much of the continent is women’s daily work in their family plot. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on individual African women in history, politics, religion, and the arts; on important events, organizations, and publications; and on topics important to women in general (marriage, fertility, employment) and to African women in particular (market women, child marriage, queen mothers). This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Women in Africa.
A Dictionary of African Mythology
Title | A Dictionary of African Mythology PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Scheub |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
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Searchable database of over 400 entries from Harold Scheub's Dictionary of African mythology.
Dictionary of African Historical Biography
Title | Dictionary of African Historical Biography PDF eBook |
Author | Mark R. Lipschutz |
Publisher | |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780435949105 |
From Afar to Zulu
Title | From Afar to Zulu PDF eBook |
Author | James Haskins |
Publisher | Walker & Company |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1995-01-01 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 9780802782908 |
Describes thirty distinctive ethnic African tribes, from pre-Islamic days to the present, providing facts about their history, social structure, religion, traditions, environment, and daily life