Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction Worldmaking of Architecture -- Chapter 2 A Global Development Path Accra, 1957-66 -- Chapter 3 Worlding Eastern Europe Lagos, 1966-79 -- Chapter 4 The World Socialist System Baghdad, 195…
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the science, politics, and ethics of the 2013--2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak.
"In this work, Shireen K. Lewis gives a comprehensive analysis of the literary and theoretical discourse on race, culture, and identity by Francophone and Caribbean writers. Examining a multitude of texts, Lewis traces the move away from the preoccupation with African origins an…
This is a study of a 20th-century Sufi revival in West Africa. Seesemann's work evolves around the emergence and spread of the 'Community of the Divine Flood, ' established in 1929 by Ibrahim Niasse, a leader of the Tijaniyya Sufi order from Senegal.
This unique book brings together a wide variety of African academics and other researchers to explore the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender. The first part looks at African gender theory. The book then goes to on analyse women's writing, uncovering…
This unique book brings together a wide variety of African academics and other researchers to explore the links between literature, popular culture and theories of gender. The first part looks at African gender theory. The book then goes to on analyse women's writing, uncovering…
"This pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area known as West Africa. This edition contains a substantial new Introduction that discusses the development of the subject in the past 50 years, evaluates…
"This pioneering and celebrated work was the first, and remains the standard, account of the economic history of the huge area known as West Africa. This edition contains a substantial new Introduction that discusses the development of the subject in the past 50 years, evaluates…
"Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba is a geographical study of the modern Muslim holy city of Touba in Senegal, capital of the Mouride Sufi order. Touba was founded in 1887 by a Sufi shaykh in a moment of mystic illumination. Since the death of the founder in 1927, …
"In this new work on the geography of poverty, David Rain dispels the notion that relentless human mobility is a byproduct of western technological advances like superhighways and airports. Every year, after the rainy season ends in the arid West African Sahel, hundreds of thous…
"In this new work on the geography of poverty, David Rain dispels the notion that relentless human mobility is a byproduct of western technological advances like superhighways and airports. Every year, after the rainy season ends in the arid West African Sahel, hundreds of thous…
This book examines the history and culture of three West African medieval empires; the Ghana, the Mali, and the Songhay through text and illustrations.
