The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection
Author: Stefan C. Reif
In this readable and intriguing study, Reif has told a number of remarkable stories. He has explained how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a nu ... |
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South Africa and the Politics of Writing
Author: David Attwell
David Attwell defends the literary and political integrity of South African novelist J.M. Coetzee by arguing that Coetzee has absorbed the textual turn of postmodern culture while still addressing the ethical tensions of ... |
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Five Musical Years in Ghana
Author: Steven Feld
In this remarkable book, Steven Feld, pioneer of the anthropology of sound, listens to the vernacular cosmopolitanism of jazz players in Ghana. Some have travelled widely, played with American jazz greats, and blended Co ... |
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The Universal Scandal of the World
Author: Hans Atrott
Jesus is a cripple (blind in one eye, limping and dwarfish). He did not die on the cross, but gulled Judas Iscariot into dying on the cross in place of him. He laughed up his sleeve at the crucified one. The "official" p ... |
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Author: Emily Gottreich & Daniel J. Schroeter
With only a small remnant of Jews still living in the Maghrib at the beginning of the 21st century, the vast majority of today's inhabitants of North Africa have never met a Jew. Yet as this volume reveals, Jews were an ... |
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The South African Experience, 1910-67
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Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life
Author: Raphael David Elmaleh & George Ricketts
Jews under Moroccan Skies tells the story of Jewish life in Morocco, describing how Jews and Muslims have interwoven their lives in peace for centuries. The authors give the rich Moroccan history of Berber Jews, the tzad ... |
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State-society Relations During the French Conquest of Algeria
Author: Amira K. Bennison
This book investigates the importance of waging jihad for legitimacy in pre-colonial Morocco. It counters colonial interpretations of the pre-colonial Moroccan sultanate as hopelessly divided into territories of 'obedien ... |
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The Elusive Metropolis
Author: Achille Mbembd
This issue of "Public Culture" attempts to overturn perceptions that frame Africa as an object apart from the rest of the world. By placing the city of Johannesburg - the pre-eminent metropolis of the African continent a ... |
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Author: J. Boyes
This is an account of the "adventures" of a Yorkshireman, his early life as a sailor, participation in the Matabele War, and his largely succesful attempts to unite the Kikuyu tribe. It was first published in 1911. |
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Author: John Dunn
John Dunn (1834-95) became an infamous figure ('a perfect gorilla') in Britain after his involvement in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. A British subject who had lived all his life in South Africa, he spent his early years l ... |
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The Complete Works
Author: Josephus
You haven't completed your biblical understanding until you've traveled back to the lands where it all took place. Now you can hear the sounds and see the sights, meet the people who were there when it happened. This com ... |
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Author: John Hanning Speke
John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) was a British army officer and explorer, remembered for his expeditions in search of the source of the Nile and his disputes with Richard Burton on that subject. On an expedition begun in 1 ... |
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Reflections on the French-Algerian War
Author: Mouloud Feraoun
Reveals an account of everyday life in Algeria during decolonization. This journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time. |
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Travels Across Morocco
Author: Wyndham Lewis
In the spring and summer of 1931, Wyndham Lewis travelled to the westernmost part of the Berber heartland in Morocco, known traditionally as 'Barbary'. Wanting to avoid what he called 'the Baedekered blight' of Anglo-Ame ... |
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Public Life and Morality in Cameroon
Author: Clare A. Ignatowski
During the long dry season, Tupuri men and women in northern Cameroon gather in gurna camps outside their villages to learn the songs that will be performed at widely attended celebrations to honour the year's dead. The ... |
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Public Life and Morality in Cameroon
Author: Clare A. Ignatowski
During the long dry season, Tupuri men and women in northern Cameroon gather in gurna camps outside their villages to learn the songs that will be performed at widely attended celebrations to honour the year's dead. The ... |
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