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The Routledge Encyclopedia of African Literature

Edited by Simon Gikandi

‘A useful starting point.... It is the breadth of the coverage that makes the Encyclopedia of African Literature stand out.’ – Booklist/RBB

‘[A] comprehensive

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54962-2 (Routledge)

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Time, Space and the Unknown

Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence

By Paul Spencer

2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-55516-6 (Routledge)

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The Human Cost of African Migrations

Edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

In an era of globalization, population growth, and displacements, migration is now a fact of life in a constantly shifting economic and political world order.…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80239-0 (Routledge)

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African Literature, Animism and Politics

By Caroline Rooney

This book marks an important contribution to colonial and postcolonial studies in its clarification of the African discourse of consciousness and its far-reaching analyses of…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41855-3 (Routledge)

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The Maasai of Matapato

A Study of Rituals of Rebellion, 2nd Edition

By Paul Spencer, Paul Spencer

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31723-8 (Routledge)

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The Samburu

A Study in Geocentracy, 2nd Edition

By Paul Spencer

2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31725-2 (Routledge)

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Praising His Name In The Dance

Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad, West Indies

By Kenneth Anthony Lum

The author provides a detailed portrait of the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work, two religions that share a common basis in the traditional religion…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-9057026102 (Routledge)

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African Identities

Pan-Africanisms and Black Identities

By Kadiatu Kanneh

This fascinating and well researched study explores the meaning generated by `Africa' and `Blackness' throughout the century.
Using literary texts, autobiography, ethnography, and historical…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16445-0 (Routledge)

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African Voices, African Lives

Personal Narratives from a Swahili Village

Edited by Pat Caplan

African Voices, African Lives explores the world of 'Mohammed', a swahili peasant living on Mafia Island, Tanzania. Through his own words - some written, some…

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1997 | Paperback: 978-0-415-13724-9 (Routledge)

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Catastrophe and Creation

By Friedmann

1992 | Hardback: 978-3718651863 (Routledge)

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