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Sudanese Women Refugees Transformations and Future Imaginings
This book examines the social, cultural, economic, and political transformations that have occurred among southern Sudanese women refugees as they...
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Rethinking the Mau Mau in Colonial Kenya
This offers an alternative to the colonialistand nationalist explanations of the Mau Mau revolt, examining a widely studied period of Kenyan history...
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The Haunted A Social History of Ghosts
'The Haunted' is the first truly comprehensive social history of ghosts. Using fascinating and entertaining examples, Davies places the history of...
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Staging Black Feminisms Identity, Politics, Performance
Staging Black Feminisms explores the development and principles of black British women's plays and performance since the late Twentieth century....
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The Power of Governance Enhancing the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises
Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state utility under apartheid into a competitive state-owned enterprise. This book draws...
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Forced Migration in Eastern Africa Democratization, Structural Adjustment, and Refugees
This study enriches understanding of East Africa's refugee situation by examining the conditions that gave rise to it and how the refugees themselves...
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The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion
This book focuses on the location of the religious heritage of Africa within the academic study of religion - including indigenous African religions,...
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Soldiers at Peace Veterans of the Civil War in Mozambique
This is the first scholarly study of soldiers and guerrillas demobilized after the civil war in Mozambique (1979-1992). The book examines former...
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Socioeconomic Change and Land Use in Africa The Transformation of Property Rights in Maasailand
This study investigates how and why a group ranch members in Kajiado District, Kenya, supported the subdivision of their collective landholdings into...
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The Public Sphere Liberal Modernity, Catholicism, Islam
This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling...
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The Theology of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Hill brings two of the most prominent theologians of our time, Martin Luther King Jr. and Desmond Tutu, into conversation to explore the meaning of...
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Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter Studying the “Other,” Understanding the “Self”
The unique essays in this collection use the underlying allegiance to scripture in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to underscore the deep affinities...
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Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa
Political liberalization and economic reform, the weakening of the state, and increased global interconnections have all had profound effects on...
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Women and Collective Action in Africa Development, Democratization, and Empowerment, with Special Focus on Sierra Leone
This book examines women's movements and women's collective action in Africa. Steady begins her examination in pre-colonial times, moving through the...
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Cities in Contemporary Africa
This book explains how and why cities on the African continent have grown at such a rapid pace, how municipal authorities have tried to cope with...
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Transforming Museums Mounting Queen Victoria in a Democratic South Africa
A detailed look at how South Africa's museum present the nation's past, and how they can serve as a lens for examining changes in South African...
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Retheorizing Religion in Nepal
Retheorizing Religion in Nepal is an engaging and thought-provoking study of Religion in South Asia, with important insights for the study of...
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Yoruba in Diaspora An African Church in London
The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and...
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Africa’s Elusive Quest for Development
Matt Houngnikpo examines how domestic conflict, economic stagnation, political instability, poverty and underdevelopment have plagued Africa for...
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Globalization, Negotiation, and the Failure of Transformation in South Africa Revolution at a Bargain?
The book explains the social forces, forms of consciousness and structural constraints that undermined Apartheid, preserved national unity and yet,...