African Studies Bulletin
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Published: 1962
Total Pages: 276
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 876
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow We Think They Think
Author: Maurice E F Bloch
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-02
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0429968531
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Maurice Bloch is so ferociously smart that one can always enjoy tangling with his ideas, even when—perhaps especially when—one doesn’t agree with him. This is an important and provocative book.” —Sherry Ortner Columbia University These essays by one of anthropology’s most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people’s narratives about themselves? What connects the “social recalling” studied by anthropologists to the “autobiographical memory” studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time and drawing frequently upon the author’s fieldwork among the Zafimaniry of Madagascar for ethnographic examples, the twelve closely linked essays of How We Think They Think pose provocative challenges not only to conventional cognitive models but to the basic assumptions that underlie much of ethnography. This book will be read with interest by those who study culture and cognition, ethnographic theory and practice, and the peoples and cultures of Africa.
Readings in African Popular Culture
Author: Karin Barber
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780253211408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is an extraordinarily rich collection full of informative detail and excellent interpretative analysis. There is not a single piece that fails to fascinate... " --Leeds African Studies Bulletin "... an impressive collection of inspiring and thought-provoking essays." --Media Development "This is a book that should find its way into many syllabuses and onto the bookshelves of Africanist scholars in many disciplines. Its publication marks a key turning point in scholarlship on the cultures of contemporary Africa." --Africa Today This book surveys the popular culture of contemporary Africa, including popular literature, oral narrative and poetry, dance, drama, music, and visual art, with special emphasis on the verbal arts. The essays cover six main areas: views of the field; oral tradition revisited; social history, social criticism and interpretation; women in popular culture; "little genres of everyday life"; the local and the global.
The African Studies Companion
Author: Hans Zell
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-15
Total Pages: 863
ISBN-13: 9004502157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished in dual print and electronic formats, this is a new edition of a much acclaimed reference source that brings together a wide range of sources of information in the African studies field, covering both print and electronic sources. It evaluates the best online resources, the major general reference tools in print format, current bibliographies and indexing services, biographical, cartographic, statistical and economic resources, as well as film and video resources. Additionally, there are separate sections on African studies library collections and repositories throughout the world, a directory of over 250 African studies journals; listings of news sources, profiles of publishers active in the African studies field, dealers and distributors of African studies materials, African studies societies and associations, major African and international organizations, donor agencies and foundations, awards and prizes in African studies, electronic mailing lists and discussion forums, and more.
Africana Resources and Collections
Author: Hans E. Panofsky
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780810822399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprises studies on the bibliographic control of various collections (e.g., films, museum materials, publications in African languages), background information on interlibrary cooperation, and an essay on improved online access to Africa-related materials in undergraduate collection. Annotation cop
Leeds African Studies Bulletin
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 226
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Author: Abner Cohen
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-11-10
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0520314158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.
The Black Studies Reader
Author: Jacqueline Bobo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-05-15
Total Pages: 501
ISBN-13: 1135942579
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
West African Popular Theatre
Author: Karin Barber
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1997-06-22
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0253028078
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." —Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " —Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." —Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.
