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Olivia Fraser | Aadhya Shivakumar Shepherd's Folly. An African Folk Tale
A poem about how a wolf tricked a shepherd and taught him a valuable life lesson. 'Shepherd's Folly, An African Folk Tale.' (English), written by Aadhya Shivakumar, (© Aadhya Shivakumar, 2017), illustrated by Olivia Fraser, published under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie
Engels | 2 minuten (2 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Henry Rider Haggard Allan Quartermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard's Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solomon's Mines and sequel Allan Quatermain, was a template for the American film character Indiana Jones, Henry Rider Haggaard (1856-1925) was an English author of Danish decent. Following his debut non-fiction book on South Africa, he helped introduce...
Engels | 13 uur 2 minuten (599 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs The Beasts of Tarzan
Old enemies are back to make life hard for Tarzan in ‘The Beasts of Tarzan’ (1916), the third novel in the thrilling adventure series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dividing their time between Africa and England, Tarzan and Jane and their little son Jack are comfortably settled. But when they get kidnapped and separated, they must fight harder than ever to find a way back to each other. Tarzan returns to his roots in this particularly jungle-oriented novel in the series, and, using his primal intelligence,...
Engels | 5 uur 15 minuten (247 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Gerhard van Wyk | Jade Mathieson Who is Our Friend
Rhino, Crocodile, Giraffe and Zebra all live together in Africa. They also share a common best friend? Can you guess who it is? Learn about the natural world and the most unlikeliest of friendships in this charming story from Jade Mathieson. 'Who Is Our Friend?' (English), written by Jade Mathieson, illustrated by Gerhard Van Wyk, published by Book Dash (© Book Dash, 2016) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in Bron: Flaptekst,...
Engels | 2 minuten (1,4 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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André Brink A dry white season
Een blanke leraar in Zuid-Afrika wordt betrokken bij de mishandeling van een zwarte door de politie en moet zijn inmenging duur bekopen.
Fictie | Roman over het rassenvraagstuk
Engels | 315 pagina's | Vintage Books, London | 1998
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Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three...
Engels | 4 uur 38 minuten (211 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes
One day, an ape named Kala finds a small human boy in the jungles of Africa. She names him Tarzan ("White skin" in ape language), and raises him as her own. In time, differences between himself and his tribe become clear to Tarzan, and when he finds a human-made cabin with books and photographs, he starts to understand why. Little does he know that his encounters with other humans have only just begun. This 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in a pulp magazine and quickly became...
Engels | 9 uur 12 minuten (421 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Anthony Ham | Stuart Butler | Michael Grosberg | Nana Luckham | Vesna Marić | Helen Ranger | Caroline Sieg | Helena Smith | Regis St. Louis | Paul Stiles West Africa
Engels | 502 pagina's | Lonely Planet, Carlton, Victoria | 2017
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Fiona Melrose Johannesburg
Op de dag dat de bevolking van Johannesburg afscheid neemt van de pas overleden Mandela, organiseert een kunstenares een feest voor haar moeder en kruisen de levens van zwart en blank elkaar.
Fictie | Sociale roman
Engels | 261 pagina's | Corsair, Londen | 2017
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Religion, Colonization and Decolonization in Congo, 1885-1960
Religion in today's Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries and Marian shrines of the Catholic Church to the Islamic brotherhoods, from the healers of Kimban-guism to the televangelism of the booming Pentecostalist churches in the great cities, from the Orthodox communities of Kasai to the 'invisible' Mai Mai warriors in the brousse of Kivu. During the colonial period religion was no less central to people's lives than it is today. More surprisingly, behind the...
Non-fictie
Engels | 336 pagina's (PDF, 11 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Bart Luirink | Madeleine Maurick Homosexuality in Africa
a disturbing love
Plagues of locusts, drought and ebola. In Africa homosexuals are getting the blame for everything. It's open season. Homosexuality is called 'un-African', 'in direct conflict with its own distinctive culture', a 'western disease'. What's the motivation behind those leaders who are fighting to keep their continent 'morally pure'? There's another story. More and more African gays and lesbians are coming out of the closet. Equal rights activism has become a reality and a passionate debate is raging....
Non-fictie
Engels | 234 pagina's (ePub2, 0,9 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2016
E-book
James Bainbridge | Robert Balkovich | Jean-Bernard Carillet | Lucy Corne | Shawn Duthie | Anthony Ham | Ashley Harrell | Simon Richmond South Africa, Lesotho & eSwatini
Non-fictie
Engels | 646 pagina's | Lonely Planet, [Carlton, Victoria] | 2022
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Anthony Ham | Brett Atkinson | James Bainbridge | Stuart Butler | Jean-Bernard Carillet | Paul Clammer | Lucy Corne | Emilie Filou | Mary Fitzpatrick | Paul Stiles Africa
Non-fictie
Engels | 1117 pagina's | Lonely Planet, Carlton, Victoria | 2017
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Christophe De Jaeger | Ch. Didier Gondola | Karen Tranberg Hansen | Helen Jennings Haute Africa
people, photography, fashion
Fotoboek over Afrikaanse mode, aangevuld met enkele essays.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 207 pagina's | Lannoo, Tielt | 2014
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Who owns Africa?
neocolonialism, investment, and the new scramble
The independence of African countries from their European colonizers in the late 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in the continent's political leadership. Nevertheless, the economies of African nations remained tied to those of their former colonies, raising questions of resource control and the sovereignty of these nation-states. Who Owns Africa? addresses the role of foreign actors in Africa and their competing interests in exploiting the resources of Africa and its people. An interdisciplinary team...
Non-fictie
Engels | PDF, 2,7 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022
E-book
East Africa
Non-fictie
Engels | 560 pagina's | Lonely Planet, [Carlton, Victoria] | 2023
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K.N. Chimbiri The story of afro hair
5,000 years of history, fashion and styles
Waarom krult Afro-haar? En wat is er nog meer over te vertellen? Met Afro-haar als uitgangspunt neemt dit boek je mee door vijfduizend jaar geschiedenis. Vanaf het oude Egypte tot de beweging voor burgerrechten in Amerika. Vanaf ca. 10 t/m 18 jaar.
Non-fictie
Engels | 121 pagina's | Scholastic, London | 2021
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James Bainbridge | Robert Balkovich | Jean-Bernard Carillet | Lucy Corne | Shawn Duthie | Anthony Ham | Ashley Harrell | Simon Richmond South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
Non-fictie
Engels | 646 pagina's | Lonely Planet, Carlton, Victoria | 2018
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Marlon James Black leopard, red wolf
Omdat Tracker geuren kan volgen op kilometers afstand wordt hij ingehuurd om een jongen op te sporen. Wie de jongen is, is onduidelijk, maar voor hij het weet bevindt hij zich tussen een bijzondere groep mensen op een bizarre speurtocht.
Fictie | Science fiction
Engels | 620 pagina's | Riverhead Books, New York | 2019
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Nadine Gordimer The pickup
Een blanke Zuid-Afrikaanse wordt verliefd op een illegale Arabische automonteur en trouwt met hem als hij het land uit wordt gezet.
Fictie
Engels | 268 pagina's | Bloomsbury, London | 2002
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