2013, ISBN: 9780226777320

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Minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper Textual maps & tables Kuba Polity Univ. of Wisconsin Press Madison (1978) orig.cloth xi,394 pp., 23x15cm. Contents: "The People of the King";… More...

Minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper Textual maps & tables Kuba Polity Univ. of Wisconsin Press Madison (1978) orig.cloth xi,394 pp., 23x15cm. Contents: "The People of the King"; A Past Remembered: The Kuba & Their History; Kuba Genesis; Tales About the Kings; A Past Interpreted: The Means of Interpretation; The Forebears; The Age of Chiefs; The Age of Kings: Administrative History; Power & Politics; The Hoe & the Cowrie: Economics; White Porcelain Clay: Religion; Shapes in the Past: The Visual Arts; Reflections; Appendices., Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 3, Some rubbing to binding edges. Some light page-edge soil. VG., d African Folktales Archon Books [Hamden, CT] (1979) orig.cloth 23x15cm, 596 pp Contents: How the Nkundo World Began; The Nkundo in Fur & Feathers: Nkundo Cultural Patterns Reflected in Animal Behavior & Animal Interrelationships;People: Problems & Solutions as Seen by the Nkundo; On-and-On: Cumulative & Dilemma Tales; Appendices: Tale Types Cited in the Notes; Motifs Cited in the Notes., Archon Books, 3, New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. John Madere (Jacket Photo). x, 294 pages. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads: To David-- Enjoy the Journey! Lynne Duke. Includes Author's Note, Finding My Way, The Dream, Mandela's Reality, In Need of Armor, Smoke and Mirrors, Comrades and Capitalists, Truth and Chains, The Elephants Fight, Mobutu's Fading Spots, Exit Mobutu, Lyrics of African Lives, Winniephobia, With Impunity, The Scramble for Congo, An African American Woman, Coffins and Whispers, Madiba's Twilight, Epilogue, Acknowledgments, and Index of Names and Places. For four years as her newspaper's Johannesburg bureau chief, Lynne Duke cut a rare figure as a black American woman foreign correspondent as she raced from story to story in numerous countries of central and southern Africa. From the battle zones of Congo-Zaire to the quest for truth and reconciliation in South Africa; from the teeming displaced person's camps of Angola and the killing fields of the Rwanda genocide to the calming Indian Ocean shores of Mozambique, Lynne Duke interviewed heads of state, captains of industry, activists, tribal leaders, medicine men and women, mercenaries, rebels, refugees, and ordinary, hard-working people. It is the people of Africa who fueled the hope and affection that drove Duke's reporting. The nobility of the ordinary African's struggles, so often absent from accounts of the continent, is at the heart of Duke's searing story. Lynne Duke (July 29, 1956 - April 19, 2013) she was a journalist and author. Her 2003 book, Mandela, Mobutu and Me, is a critically acclaimed memoir chronicling her four-year term as chief of the Washington Post s African bureau and was nominated for the National Community of Black Writers' Hurston-Wright Legacy Award in 2004. After her return to the U.S., Duke served as the Washington Post New York City bureau chief for a year. She later returned to Washington D.C. and wrote long-form features for the Style section, eventually becoming editor and retiring from the paper in 2008. Duke was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2009. After her death in 2013, the National Association of Black Journalists established the Lynne Duke International Fellowship to honor the memory and legacy of the longtime journalist and member of their community. In this stunning memoir, veteran Washington Post correspondent Lynne Duke takes readers on a wrenching but riveting journey through Africa during the pivotal 1990s and brilliantly illuminates a continent where hope and humanity thrive amid unimaginable depredation and horrors. MANDELA, MOBUTU, AND ME is a richly detailed, clear-eyed account of the hard realities Duke discovered, including the devastation wrought by ruthless, rapacious dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko and his successor, Laurent Kabila, in the Congo, and appalling indifference of Europeans and Americans to the legacy of their own exploitation of the continent and its people. But Duke also records with admiration the visionary leadership and personal style of Nelson Mandela in south Africa as he led his country's inspiring transition from apartheid in the twilight of his incredible life. Whether it was touring underground gold and copper mines, learning to carry water on her head, filing stories by flashlight or dodging gunmen, Duke's tour of Africa reveals not only the spirit and travails of an amazing but troubled continent--it also explores the heart and fearlessness of a dedicated journalist., Doubleday, 2003, 3, Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0226777324 . KB8...xxvii, 348 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. 8 colour plates, 110 texts figures. Oblong octavo. Black dust jacket with photo of Khoshi Mahumbu dancing the mask Mbangu. DJ has very minor shelf wear, few faint finger marks, otherwise clean and nice. Book itself is crisp and clean. Beautiful copy of this important work. "Masks play an important part in the life of the Pende, as with many Central African peoples. Strother has produced an in-depth scholarly study of Pende masquerade traditions, especially during and following the colonial experience. What makes the book notable is Strother's focus on creativity and the processes of artistic innovation, which the author contends have kept those masking customs vital. While much of the research is based on the contemporary situation, a precolonial and early-colonial art history is also incorporated as an important part of the study." (Library Journal) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 348 pages ., University of Chicago Press, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 0226777324

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[EAN: 9780226777320], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London], MASKS AFRICA PENDE MASQUERADES ZAIRE, Jacket, KB8.xxvii, 348 pp. Notes, bibliogra… More...

[EAN: 9780226777320], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London], MASKS AFRICA PENDE MASQUERADES ZAIRE, Jacket, KB8.xxvii, 348 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. 8 colour plates, 110 texts figures. Oblong octavo. Black dust jacket with photo of Khoshi Mahumbu dancing the mask Mbangu. DJ has very minor shelf wear, few faint finger marks, otherwise clean and nice. Book itself is crisp and clean. Beautiful copy of this important work. "Masks play an important part in the life of the Pende, as with many Central African peoples. Strother has produced an in-depth scholarly study of Pende masquerade traditions, especially during and following the colonial experience. What makes the book notable is Strother's focus on creativity and the processes of artistic innovation, which the author contends have kept those masking customs vital. While much of the research is based on the contemporary situation, a precolonial and early-colonial art history is also incorporated as an important part of the study." (Library Journal) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 348 pages, Books<

1998, ISBN: 9780226777320

UNIV OF CHICAGO PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 376 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-03-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.5 kg, Anthropologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Gesc… More...

UNIV OF CHICAGO PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New, 376 Seiten, Publiziert: 1998-03-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2.5 kg, Anthropologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Geschichte, Mode, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Geschichte & Kritik, Freizeit, Haus & Garten, Afrika, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Fitness, Gesundheit & Medizin, Ratgeber, Wellness & Beauty, Lebensführung, Textbooks, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, UNIV OF CHICAGO PR, 1998<

1998, ISBN: 9780226777320

hardcover, Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: University of Chicago Press]