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At the turn of the twentieth century, depictions of the colonized world were prevalent throughout the German metropole. Tobacco advertisements catered to the erotic gaze of imperial enthusiasts with images of Ovaherero girls, and youth magazines allowed children to escape into "exotic domains" where their imaginations could wander freely. While racist beliefs framed such narratives, the abundance of colonial imaginaries nevertheless compelled German citizens and settlers to contemplate the world beyond Europe as a part of their daily lives.An Imperial Homeland reorients our understanding of the relationship between imperial Germany and its empire in Southwest Africa (present-day Namibia). Colonialism had an especially significant effect on shared interpretations of the Heimat (home/homeland) ideal, a historically elusive perception that conveyed among Germans a sense of place through national peculiarities and local landmarks. Focusing on colonial encounters that took place between 1842 and 1915, Adam A. Blackler reveals how Africans confronted foreign rule and altered German national identity. As Blackler shows, once the façade of imperial fantasy gave way to colonial reality, German metropolitans and white settlers increasingly sought to fortify their presence in Africa using juridical and physical acts of violence, culminating in the first genocide of the twentieth century.Grounded in extensive archival research, An Imperial Homeland enriches our understanding of German identity, allowing us to see how a distant colony with diverse ecologies, peoples, and social dynamics grew into an extension of German memory and tradition. It will be of interest to German Studies scholars, particularly those interested in colonial Africa.

An Anthology of East African Literature: A Collection of Masterfully Crafted Pieces from 50+ Contributors across 10+ Countries. The literary world has received a gift in the form of An Anthology of East African Literature. This new book, featuring the works of more than 50 contributors from over 10 countries, promises to be a granary of artistic abundance. With over 300 pages of literary art, this anthology is a rich tapestry of poems and short stories that draw from the African oral storytelling tradition.The poetry section of the anthology is rich and sundry, reflecting the diverse spectrum of literary expression to be found across the East African region. From playful use of verb repetition to create a sense of frequency and emphasis, to the conversational form of Ngonjera, readers will find a wide range of styles and themes.The short stories section is equally diverse, covering a range of societal and personal issues. From terrorism to romantic cravings, political disenchantment to justice and gender equality issues, the writings in this section showcase some of the finest writing in terms of both form and meaning."We are excited to present An Anthology of East African Literature to the world," says Josh Mali, one of the editors. "This book is a fitting gift to the lovers of literary art in this first quarter of the 21st century, and we hope readers will enjoy the rich variety of masterfully crafted pieces that it contains."Featuring: Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Lydia Kasese Bigoa Chuol Kagayi Ngobi Raïs Neza Boneza Sitawa Namwalie Betty Kituyi Josh Mali Gervaz Lushaju Prof. Laban Erapu Julius Ocwinyo Billy Kahora Sam Okoth Opondo Troy Onyango Dennis Mugaa Aress Mohamed Dessale Berekhet Alex Teyie Lucky Grace Isingizwe Barbara Oketta Lilian Akampurira Aujo Jameela Siddiqi Derek Lubangakene Rosey Ssembatya Sophie Alal Ayeta Anne Wangusa Carey Baraka Muthoni wa Gichuru Neema Komba Regina Asinde Dilman Dila Muthoni Garland Davina Philomena Kawuma Abraham T. Zere Tim Baroraho Bob G. Kisiki Josh Mali Julius Ocwinyo Acan Innocent Immaculate Beatrice Lamwaka Hilda J. Twongyeirwe

Ein Jahr ohne Gehalt, abseits aller Routine, Reisen mit sozialem Engagement. Anja und Tobias berichten aus ihrem Sabbatjahr in Teilen Afrikas und Lateinamerikas und lassen die Leser*innen u.a. teilhaben- an ihrem steinigen Weg ins Sabbatical;- an ihrer Mitarbeit in sozialen Projekten;- an ihren mitunter kuriosen Eindrücken der bereisten Länder; - an den verschiedensten Herausforderungen, auf die sie gestoßen sind, und nicht zuletzt - daran, was sie persönlich aus diesem Jahr mitnehmen.Ein Reisebericht über intensive Begegnungen mit unterschiedlichsten Lebenswirklichkeiten.Authentisch, unkonventionell, vielseitig und vor allem Mut machend.Kurz: Ein Jahr Lebenserfahrung in Buchform.

Gordon Jephtas (1943-92) was born into an impoverished, coloured, single-parent family in South Africa. He began piano lessons after being intrigued by the harmonium player at the local church. In his teens he worked as an accompanist with the amateur coloured opera group "Eoan" in Cape Town, then moved to Europe to further his studies. His first big break came in 1972 when the Zurich Opera House appointed him to assist the conductor Nello Santi. Jephtas thereafter established an international reputation as a vocal coach of Italian opera, and Switzerland provided him with a liberal environment where he was free to express his sexuality. Both there and later in the USA, Jephtas worked with the biggest names in the opera world, from Renata Tebaldi to Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé and Luciano Pavarotti. He always longed to be accepted back in South Africa, but his attempts to return culminated each time in disaster because talent and experience meant little in a land where "whiteness" trumped everything. An official offer to be made an "honorary white" merely intensified his inner turmoil. Back in the USA, Jephtas's professional success was tempered by private misfortune. He died in New York in 1992. This book examines the life and career of Gordon Jephtas through the letters that he wrote home to May Abrahamse, a coloured singer with whom he had worked since his teens. They reveal in unique detail the life and achievements of a remarkable musician, but also the psychological damage wrought upon him by apartheid. Jephtas provides a fascinating case study of a gifted South African abroad, struggling with issues of race and sexuality at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Dieses Buch vergleicht Solidarität in der Ubuntu-Philosophie mit Solidarität in Axel Honneths "Kampf um Anerkennung" und bietet damit einen interkulturellen Beitrag zur Lösung ethnischer und religiöser Konflikte in Nigeria.

Jomi's Mum left him to find their destiny in Lagos. Now, Jomiand his friendly bush baby follow her - but their only startingplace is a TV dance competition his mum used to love. If Jomi andhis new Lagos friends can get on that TV show, then maybe Jomi'smum will see him and they can find their destiny together ...

Les déboires de Dieudonné est né de l'un des grands dilemmes moraux de l'Afrique, où la responsabilité personnelle est étroitement liée à la catharsis sociale provoquée par les ambitions de domination et des cercles toujours s'amenuisant. Le lecteur rencontre Dieudonné à la fin de son service de domestique chez les Toubaaby, un couple d'expatriés condescendants. En compagnie de différents types de personnages bons vivants et de musique lancinante au Grand Canari Bar, Dieudonné raconte sa vie. En épluchant ses vicissitudes couche après couche, il dépeint la résilience quotidienne de l'Africain sur un continent pris dans la toile des forces prédatrices. Pourtant, cet échec enchanteur célèbre aussi la capacité infinie de l'Africain à trouver le bonheur et à défier la victimisation. Francis B. Nyamnjoh est actuellement professeur d'anthropologie sociale à l'Université du Cap en Afrique du Sud.

From 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, the complete collection of her multiple award-winning City of Kings trilogy, including The Theory of Flight, The History of Man, and The Quality of Mercy¿Perhaps the most monumental trilogy to come out of Southern Africä (Afrocritik)In The Theory of Flight, Ndlovu sketches decades of history in an unnamed Southern African nation through the story of Imogen ¿Genie¿ Zula Nyoni, who lies in a coma after battling a long illness. As loved ones struggle to come to terms with their impending loss, Ndlovu recounts the lives of Genie¿s forebears from colonial occupation through the freedom struggle.In The History of Man, Ndlovu takes an excursion into the interiority of the colonizer. Emil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is left unmoored by the end of his country¿s civil war. His journey from boyhood to manhood, and the changes that befall him through love, loss, and war, will leave a path of bloodshed in his wake.In The Quality of Mercy, Spokes Moloi, the first black chief inspector in the City of Kings, investigates the possible murder of Emil Coetzee, the notorious head of the Organization of Domestic Affairs. In examining Emil¿s disappearance, Spokes has one last opportunity to solve the decades-old murder case that determined both the path of his life and destiny of his country.

Zambia safari travel guide. Holiday advice and tourist information, including: detailed assessments of safari lodges, camps and operators; first-hand insights into national parks and other safari sites; and a new colour wildlife guide. Features South Luangwa, Kafue, Lower Zambezi, Victoria Falls, Liuwa Plains, Lake Tanganyika, Lusaka, Livingstone.

Come along for the ride as John and his wife visit Kenya's traditional villages, awesome national parks, and photo hunt the Big Five. For ten days, they explore the beautiful country while their jack-of-all trades driver and tour guide tells them stories about the country's complex history and cultures. During the trip, they deal with John's bug phobia, eat meals in the company of a variety of critters, and John is finally able to prove to everyone that the rope he carries with him on every trip really is useful. From Lions to Pharaohs is a two-book series. Book 1 covers his time in Kenya and book 2 covers his time in Egypt. John hopes that his travel stories will inspire readers to embark upon their own travel adventures to these fascinating countries.

"This critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France's prestigious Renaudot Prize. An engrossing, tragic tale spanning the thirteenth to the twentieth century, Bound to Violence recounts the fate of the imaginary empire of Nakem and the dynasty of the Saèifs who reign there as devious masters. While the novel was initially praised as an insider's guide to and critique of African history, with its vivid descriptions of the brutality of local rulers and the slave trade, Yambo Ouologuem's biting satire goes far beyond his native land. Through the society of Nakem, he paints a universally relevant portrait of sex, violence, and power in human relationships. In this new edition of Ralph Manheim's vigorous translation, professor and award-winning documentary filmmaker Châerif Keèita provides invaluable context for the novel, whose publication in the West was mired by accusations of plagiarism, fraught with racist undertones"--

On 6 October 1944, the doors of the boarding school at Sheikh School, Somaliland Protectorate, opened to welcome its first elementary class. As one of the 32 boys in the class, the author gives a contemporary account of the educational system established by the British Protectorate Government.Formal Education in British Somaliland Protectorate is a meticulously researched account of how, from this small beginning, the education system grew in those early days. It draws extensively on material from the National Archives, the British Library and the School of Oriental & African Studies.The analysis of the early days of formal education together with the book's commentary on selected historical events (1884-1960) reveals the true nature of life and education under colonial rule.

"Original and innovative, this book tells the story of Senegalese children freed from slavery in 1848 only to be relegated to tutelle or guardianship. Bernard Moitt demonstrates that tutelle allowed slavery to persist under another name, with children continuing to be subject to the same widespread labor exploitation and abuse"--

In West Africa in 2074, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer.

This open access book takes a deeper and broader perspective of the Hassaniya-speaking groups of the western region of the Sahara. There has been a surge of interest in this region, often centred around sensationalist news reports and policy briefs. But in-depth understanding and analysis remains neglected and little work has been undertaken on the diverse experiences of these groups and the contrasting political regimes under which they live. The contributors here focus on the complex and ambiguous relations between statehood, Islam, nation building and identity formation in hassanophone northwest Africa, ranging from southern Morocco, the Western Sahara and Mauritania to Algeria. The book uses up-to-date fieldwork to provide fresh analysis of and an insiders' perspective on these populations and their regional interactions, with contributions from the fields of law, Islamic studies, history, anthropology, politics, gender and media studies and the research of scholars from both the global North and global South. This interdisciplinary collection shows how urban ways of life are being adopted, with Hassaniya-speaking actors adjusting to state-administered social policies and new modes of settling disputes and legal claims. In doing so, the book sheds new light on the region's shifting social hierarchies, the new gendered power dynamics, and generational changes in the re-interpretation of 'tradition'. As well as displaying that the Hassaniya-speaking groups are pivotal to the development of the region's political culture, the book also reveals their close association with Islam, both as a religious expression as well as a cultural marker. A much-needed contribution on the intersections of politics, Islam and identity in northwest Africa.The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollection.com. Open access was funded by European Research Council (ERC)

Wir verdanken Georg Schürle (1870 - 1909), Missionar im Dienste der Basler Mission in Kamerun, die erste grundlegende Arbeit über die Basa, deren Sprache und Volkstum. Nachdruck der postumen Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1912.

This work on the pioneering history of the Boers in the Cape Colony (South Africa) before the Great Trek (1835-1846) is primarily based on research in various archives and libraries. However, the author PJ van der Merwe (1912-1979) found it desirable to personally visit different areas mentioned in the book to get to know the country and the people better and to gather oral tradition and personal information. In carrying out this fieldwork during 1938 and 1939, the author covered 15,000 miles by car and questioned hundreds of people (old pioneers, farmers, teachers, magistrates, school inspectors, livestock inspectors, surveyors and police agents). This investigation not only enabled him to better interpret the sometimes fragmentary data found in the archives and old travel descriptions, but also served to supplement it.

Das Wörterbuch enthält ca. 10.000 Lexeme und umfasst den gebräuchlichsten Wortschatz des Tigrinischen, der Nationalsprache Eritreas und einer der Arbeitssprachen Äthiopiens. Es beinhaltet Beispiele aus Originalquellen mit deutscher und englischer Übersetzung, darunter Wortverbindungen, Redewendungen, Sprichwörter und Rätsel. Ca. 400 der aufgeführten Wörter kommen in keinem der bisher erschienenen Wörterbücher dieser semitischen Sprache vor. Am Ende sind geografische Namen und gängige Abkürzungen verzeichnet.Es ist ein Häufigkeitswörterbuch, welches neben dem allgemeinen Wortschatz verschiedene Gebiete des modernen Sprachgebrauchs umfasst, darunter Fachbegriffe, Dialekt- und Tabuwörter. Ebenfalls enthalten sind zahlreiche wort- und formbildende Sprachsilben sowie grammatische Konstruktionen mit anschaulichen Erklärungen. Dank der komplexen Struktur der Einträge unterscheidet sich das Wörterbuch vorteilhaft von den bisher bekannten Gegenstücken. Es richtet sich an Sprecherinnen und Sprecher aller drei Sprachen und eignet sich zum Lesen und Übersetzen von Texten bis zu einem mittleren Schwierigkeitsgrad. Es wird für diejenigen von Nutzen sein, die die jeweilige Sprache lernen oder lehren, sich mit Tigrinistik, Semitistik, Typologie, Übersetzungs- und vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaften beschäftigen oder tigrinische Literatur im Original lesen.

Life on the Congo, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.

Im Land des Lichts: Ein Streifzug durch Kabylie und Wüste, wurde als ein Hauptwerk in der gesamten Menschheitsgeschichte anerkannt, und wir haben Vorkehrungen getroffen, um seine Bewahrung zu gewährleisten, indem wir dieses Buch in moderner Weise für gegenwärtige und zukünftige Generationen neu herausgeben. Dieses Buch wurde komplett neu abgetippt, überarbeitet und neu formatiert. Der Text ist lesbar und klar, da diese Bücher nicht aus gescannten Kopien erstellt werden.

Douze ans de séjour dans la Haute-Éthiopie, a été reconnu comme une ¿uvre majeure tout au long de l'histoire humaine, et nous avons pris des précautions pour assurer sa préservation en republiant ce livre de manière moderne pour les générations présentes et futures. Ce livre a été entièrement retapé, révisé et reformaté. Le texte est lisible et clair car ces livres ne sont pas créés à partir de copies numérisées.