The Lost Treasure of King Juba: The Evidence of Africans in America before Columbus

The story of a mysterious southern Illinois treasure cave and its proof of the presence of Africans in North America long before Columbus...

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Living in a landscape of scarcity: Materiality and cosmology in WestAfrica

In her close ethnography of a Dogon village of Mali, Laurence Douny shows how a microcosmology develops from people's embodied daily ...

10:50 AM

Ritual: Power, Healing and Community

"The stories within these books have the poignancy of new discoveries as well as the unworn imagination of the ancestors. The commen...

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The Political Legacy of Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana

This work contributes to the fields of political science, sociology, development, economics, and international relations to furnish an un...

10:28 AM

Handbook of West African Art

This handbook was originally assembled as a catalogue for use with a special exhibit of West African art shown at the Milwaukee Public Mus...

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Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City

In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the ...

5:49 AM

Onions Are My Husband: Survival and Accumulation by West African MarketWomen

In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of...

8:10 AM

Assembling Export Markets: The Making and Unmaking of Global Food Connections in West Africa

Assembling Export Markets explores the new ‘frontier regions’ of the global fresh produce market that has emerged in Ghana over the past d...

4:09 PM

Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería: A Complete Guide to the Rituals and Practices

The first book to explore the history, methods, and thinking behind sacrifice in the growing Santería faith • Explains the animal sacrifi...

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West African Contributions to Science and Technology

When West Africa is mentioned in a historical context, it is usually presented as the traditional hunting ground for slaves. Very few writ...

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Magical Realism in West African Fiction

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its ...

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How to Play Djembe

This book is a complete, step-by-step, user friendly course on how to play djembe. Right from the start, in addition to learning how to m...

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Business Opportunities in Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Togo, Niger, Upper Volta, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali by the US Department of Commerce Trade Mission

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Benin : The Surrounding Country, Inhabitants, Customs, and Trade by James Pinnock

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Glimpses of West Africa by Feng Chih-Tan

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The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa: Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, etc by A.B. Ellis

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A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome Vol 1 by Richard Burton

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The Political Economy of West African Agriculture

West Africa's agriculture has, for 150 years, been heavily geared toward export, yet the region is one of the world's poorest. Kei...

4:51 AM

Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa

The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only...

4:43 AM

Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo & Conjuring with Herbs

Hoodoo is an eclectic blend of African traditions, Native American herbalism, Judeo-Christian ritual, and magical healing. Tracing Hoodoo...

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