Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel

Barbara M Cooper

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• Barbara M. Cooper looks closely at the Sudan Interior Mission, an evangelical Christian mission that has taken a tenuous hold in a predominantly Hausa... Lees meer

Allegories of the Wilderness

Michael Jackson

• Hardcover | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• " . . . a model of judiciousness and integrative analysis . . . " --Research in African Literatures Poet and anthropologist Michael Jackson brings to ... Lees meer

Drunken King, Or, the Origin of the State

Luc De Heusch

• Hardcover | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• " . . . de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Lévi-Strauss's formulations. . . . [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, hist... Lees meer

Explorations in African Systems of Thought

• Hardcover | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• Explorations in African Systems of Thought examines the problems currently faced by researchers in the analysis of systems of belief in African societ... Lees meer

Beer, Sociability, and Masculinity in South Africa

Anne Kelk Mager

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• Beer connects commercial, social, and political history in this sobering look at the culture of drinking in South Africa. Beginning where stories of c... Lees meer

African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry

Karp Ivan

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• This book assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role. What is the intellectual, social, cultural, and politica... Lees meer

Iron, Gender, and Power

Eugenia W Herbert

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• "[Herbert] has constructed a model of power relationships structured upon gender and age, and derived from male transformative processes, and in so do... Lees meer

Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana

Julie Livingston

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of ... Lees meer

African Philosophy in Search of Identity

D A Masolo

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• " . . . a great read. It is masterfully presented, and is an ideal text both for advanced undergraduates and graduate students." --International Journ... Lees meer

Religious Encounter and the Making of the Yoruba

J D Y Peel

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• "Peel is by training an anthropologist, but one possessed of an acute historical sensibility. Indeed, this magnificent book achieves a degree of analy... Lees meer

Invention of Africa

V Y Mudimbe

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• " . . . groundbreaking . . . clear, straightforward, and economical. . . . seminal . . . " --American Anthropologist "This is a challenging book . . .... Lees meer

Making Law

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought | nr. 834
• " . . . a distinct, broad, but compelling framework for examining a variety of laws and social policies." --Legal Studies Forum " . . . a very rich vo... Lees meer

African Words, African Voices

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experienc... Lees meer

The Idea of Africa

V Y Mudimbe

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• ". . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." --International Journal of Africa... Lees meer

African Philosophy, Second Edition

Paulin J Hountondji

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• "Hountondji . . . writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa. . . . Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as ... Lees meer

African Material Culture

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• "This volume has much to recommend it--providing fascinating and stimulating insights into many arenas of material culture, many of which still remain... Lees meer

The Culture of Colonialism

T O Beidelman

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• What did it mean to be an African subject living in remote areas of Tanganyika at the end of the colonial era? For the Kaguru of Tanganyika, it meant ... Lees meer

Cultural Universals and Particulars

Kwasi Wiredu

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• "Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book invalu... Lees meer

Apartheid's Festival

Leslie Witz

• Paperback | Engels | African Systems of Thought
• Apartheid's Festival highlights the conflicts and debates that surrounded the 1952 celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan Van Rieb... Lees meer