African Books Collective

This book deals with love, marriage/family, and witchcraft issues but its central question remains that of whether love without understanding is love. Tackling love from much broader and...

This book intends to address the imbalance in research and information about fisheries and the management of natural resources between the North and the South. It takes into account the context of...

This research study is an examination and evaluation of development policies of interventions intended to promote Africa's graduation from poverty and vulnerability to prosperity and security. Based...

African Cultures, Memory and Space is an impeccable volume that powerfully grapples with a gamut of cultural heritage issues, challenges and problems from a vista of inter- and multi-disciplinary...

This socialist political writer examines from a historical perspective, the characteristics of African dictatorships, the structures of state terrorism, regime-violence, classic despotic outfits, and...

In African drum ensembles, a musician establishes a time line which establishes the points of entry for the different instruments. So the player must know the role of the particular instrument in the...

In African drum ensembles, a musician establishes a time line which establishes the points of entry for the different instruments. So the player must know the role of the particular instrument in the...

This diverse and comprehensive collection of essays embraces the main discourses in the field of African languages and linguistics. Overall, it argues for the absolute necessity of developing African...

For the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and its partners, the link between research and policy is of paramount importance in their goal to improve social, economic and environmental...

This work was conceived as a sequel to the African Writers Handbook (African Books Collective, 1999). It is built on the debates emanating from a seminar on scholarly publishing in Africa held in...

The doctrine of international relations (inter-state, indeed), territorial ideologies, the logic of autochthony and its ramifications, ethnic cleansing, are all hinged at different levels upon the...

This is a revised and updated edition of the comprehensive study of the role of art in the process of inculturation in Africa, first issued in 2000. The study is a substantial contribution toward a...

The first full-length study of one of the territorial rain cults; and an endeavour to preserve knowledge about a rapidly changing complex system of traditional beliefs, rituals, and practices, under...

As the twenty first century unfolds, African universities are undergoing change and confronting challenges which are unprecedented. The effects of globalisation, and political and economic pressures...

As the twenty first century unfolds, African universities are undergoing change and confronting challenges which are unprecedented. The effects of globalisation, and political and economic pressures...

This book aims at educating parents generally but divorcing or divorced ones specifically. The instruction is that the future and interest of the children, whatever the cause of their separation (or...

The late Julius Kambarage Nyerere was nicknamed 'Musa' (Moses) during the later, post-independence years for leading his people from slavery and guiding them toward a free land of prosperity - the...

This book was the winner of its catagory in the Gourmand-World Cookbook Award 2002 and serves as an excellent introduction for those wanting totry their hand at African cookery, but are uncertain...

C.G. Tracey became a farmer at sixteen at the beginning of the Second World War. Entrepreneuer, businessman, plant-breeder, racehorse owner and breeder, sanctions-buster, chairman and director of...

Nerisha Yanee Dewoo writes in this book of poetry, her love for her people, love in its entire glory, Mauritian love...Author: Nerisha Yanee DewooPublisher: African Books CollectivePublication Date:...

In this book Ian Dicks informs the reader about the ways in which the Yawo of Malawi view the world. The Yawo are predominantly Muslim, yet many maintain strong links with their traditional religion...

An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of 'Ntisong', the play exposes the complexities of unravelling the issue of Death. Sunyin, the...

This is an introductory textbook on the Zimbabwean legal system. It sets the stage for a comprehensive description of that legal system by opening with some theoretical issues on the nature of law in...

This book makes a survey of the development of educational theory and practice in the western world up to the twentieth century. A number of educational systems are selected for discussion. There is...

This story is about Ndao, an intelligent and wise young girl who stopped a corrupt person from claiming a school land for his personal benefits. She did not fear men in overalls but stood firm for...

For millennia, literature across the globe has captured the essence of life, survival, and human relationships - how we come together and how we fall apart. These stories, born from diverse cultures...

Content of Character : Poetics of RedemptionAuthor: Peter Wuteh VakuntaPublisher: African Books CollectivePublication Date: Jun 12, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Die Skattejag : 'n Fabel Oor VriendskapAuthor: Hilma WeberPublisher: African Books CollectivePublication Date: Jun 17, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: AfrikaansBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

In the dystopian nation of Mimboland, President Longstay's tyrannical reign has crumbled, leaving a nation scarred but hopeful. His own daughter, Libert?, spearheaded the digital revolution that...

Profesa Kithaka wa Mberia anafundisha na kufanya utafiti katika Idara ya Isimu na Lugha, Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. Mbali na kufundisha na kufanya utafiti, anajishughulisha na uandishi...