Africa from Karen Wickliff - Books

University of Chicago Press, 1996. 353pp. Trade paperback, G+, over half the pages have light underlining or markings in margins, index, works cited, offers the first close look at eight Nigerian women writers and proposes a new vernacular theory based on their work, . Trade Paperback. Good +.

University of Wisconsin Press, 1967. 363pp. Green cloth hardback, DJ has light rubbing along edges, index, footnotes, maps, Ten personal narratives collected between 1730 and 1830, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

St. Martin's, 1989. 159pp. Tall orange hardback with DJ, VG, EX-LIB, minimal markings, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations, classic account of the visual art against apartheid, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Garden City, 1926. 370pp. Blue cloth hardback, DJ has small chips and tears, BCE, early reprint edition, owner nameplate on inside front cover, pencil note on one page, glossary, b&w photos, maps, Author's autobiography, . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

Random House, 1990. 448pp. Black cloth spine with green boards, DJ has light rubbing and tiny chip missing from upper spine edge, First American Edition, bookplate on inside front cover, novel, professional hunter and guerrilla fighter Sean Courtney is trapped between his worst enemies, an overwhelming love for a woman, and his instincts to survive . First American Edition.… Read more about this item

A.A. Balkema Publishers, 1976. 298pp. Trade paperback, corner tips slightly bumped, stain along bottom spine edge, brown stain on front end page, pencil marks and notes in text, bibliography, glossary, chapter notes and references, footnotes, The Image of God Among the Sotho-Tswana, . Trade Paperback. Good +.

Follett, 1952. 190pp. Light green hardback, DJ has very light rubbing along edges, thirteenth printing, small light brown stain along outer page edge and c.15pp., Story of nomusa, daughter to a Zulu chief, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by W.T. Mars.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. 239pp. Trade paperback, VG, index, references, chapter notes, appendices, b&w photos, How the authoe sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Brassey's Defence Publishers, 1988. 444pp. Blue cloth hardback, DJ VG with a thin light brown stain along bottom edge underneath, index, chapter notes, references, b&w photos, Comprehensive analysis of the military dimension of French colonial rule in Africa, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1958. 236pp. Red hardback, DJ has chips and tears along edges, Novel about a young African girl who needs help and is pregnant, not satisfied with the Christian mission, she meets a nurse who helps her, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

New York Review Books, 2006. 608pp. Trade paperback, VG, owner name on inside front cover, no markings in text, index, glossary, bibliography, chronology, reference notes, the definitive history of the Algerian War, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Clarendon / Oxford, 1968. 326pp. Blue cloth hardback, DJ has small chips and tears along edges and spine edge faded, owner name ink stamped on upper page edge, index, appendices, bibliography, footnotes, b&w photos, Case study of ritual performances in the life of a single village community, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

University of Massachusetts Press, 1991. 239pp. Trade paperback, VG,slight reading crease in spine, no names or writings, translated from the German, chapter notes, b&w photos, African German women write about their lives and feelings, how they are growing and expressing themselves, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Cambridge, 1965. 127pp. Paperback, covers slightly curled and worn, upper spine edge bumped, slight waterstain along spine edge, paper has turned light brown, index, appendix, tables, A Grammar of the Kolokuma Dialect of Ijo, . Paperback. Good +.

Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. 209pp. Over sized paperback, VG, index, contributors, glossary, chapter notes, bibliography, b&w and color photos, demonstrates that ritual objects contribute to the purpose of divinatory rituals—and that for the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa, insight and artistry are inextricably related, fourteen essays on artifacts purchased for museum, . Paperback. Very Good.

Heinemann, 1982. 178pp. Trade paperback, VG, paper has turned light brown, no names or markings in text, small ink mark on front end page, Sambo Diallo is unable to identify with the soulless material civilization he finds in France, where he is sent to learn the secrets of the white man's power, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Beacon Press, 1999. 369pp. Black hardback, DJ VG, EX-LIB, minimal markings, references, b&w photos and illustrations, Maroon Arts : Cultural Vitality in the African Diaspora, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Rutgers University Press, 1991. 406pp. Trade paperback, VG, large scrape on half title page, EX-LIB, minimal markings, index, sources, b&w photos, "Thirty years ago, Robert Sobukwe led a mass defiance of the pass laws in South Africa. He persuaded blacks to present themselves at police stations and demand arrest, but the nonviolent protest turned to tragedy when the police opened… Read more about this item

Oxford / Clarendon, 1972. 240pp. Black cloth hardback, DJ has chips and tears along edges, price clipped, index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, chapter notes, footnotes, b&w photos, maps, Myths ans sagas about Muslim heroes and nations, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Ravan Press, 1996. 368pp. Trade paperback, VG, back upper corner tip slightly bumped, plastic coating starting to wrinkle on spine edge, no names or writing, paper slightly tanning, The many people of Alexandra Township are the characters in this book in which readers can discover the links in a chain of extended families, friendships, street gangs and political groups, .… Read more about this item