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  • PORTRAIT OF A NEW ANGOLA
    GALLIANI, FRANCESCA / FERNANDES, WALTER
    This book is about the future, not a distant and elusive future, but a future that is being constructed day-by-day by the Angolan people.The pages of this book reveal an Angola transforming at an extraordinary pace. This ancient land, the birthplace of great civilizations, today is at the forefront of African culture. From agriculture to industry, from mining to oil production,...
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    84,00 €

  • A HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA IN PICTURES
    LAST, GEOFFREY / PANKHURST, RICHARD / ROBSON, ERIC
    A través de esta obra se ha querido plasmar la historia visual de Etiopía. Se muestran las reconstrucciones de Aksum en época precristiana, de Lalibela y de sus iglesias talladas en roca, de Gondar en los siglos XVII y XVIII y de las batallas de Maqdala y Adwa. A través de las imágenes visualizamos la gente que vivió en estos lugares: los sabeanos antiguos, la reina Yudit, el r...
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    9,00 €

  • WANDERINGS IN THREE CONTINENTS
    BURTON, RICHARD
    This posthumous volume of essays, first published in 1901, reveals Burton “in the aspect in which he was known best to the world – as a traveler and explorer”. Spanning the period from 1853 to 1870, the most active years of Burton’s life, the book includes chapters on Burton’s controversial pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, his travels to the city of Harar (in present-day Ethiop...
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    37,50 €

  • LIFE AND AFTERLIFE IN BENIN
    ENWEZOR, OKWUI
    This collection of portraiture, comprising the work of nine photographers from Benin, mostly working during the 1960's and 1970's, opens a new chapter in the history of African photography.Most people's knowledge of West African photography is limited to the Bamako school of Mali, whose masters Seydou Keita and Malick Sidibe were widely discovered at the beginning of the 1990's...
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    59,95 €

  • VICEROY OF OUIDAH, THE
    CHATWIN, BRUCE
    In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade. Armed with nothing but an iron will, he became a man of substance in Ouidah and the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His one remaining ambition is to return to Brazil in triumph, but his friendship with the mad, m...
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    15,00 €

  • ARCHITECTURE FOR THE POOR
    FATHY, HASSAN
    This volume describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Using mud bricks, the native technique that Fathy learned in Nubia, and such traditional Egyptian architectural designs as enclosed courtyards and vaulted roofing, Fathy worked with the villagers ...
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    42,75 €

  • YORUBA GURUS
    FALOLA, TOYIN
    YORUBA GURUS ...
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    28,85 €

  • THE GAMBIA -BRADT
    CONNOLLY, SEAN / BRIGGS, PHILIP
    Co-authored by regional expert Sean Connolly and Philip Briggs, the world’s foremost guidebook writer on Africa, this third edition of Bradt’s The Gambia remains the most comprehensive guide available to mainland Africa’s smallest country. This new edition integrates recent developments, from recently opened restaurants and hotels to the new roads and bridges that make circumna...
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    29,00 €

  • MOROCCO -LONELY PLANET
    Lonely Planet's Morocco is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Marrakesh medina, wander the blue alleyways of Chefchaouen, and chill on a Mediterranean beach; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Morocco and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet's MoroccoTr...
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    29,00 €

  • MOROCCAN ARABIC. PHRASEBOOK & DICTIONARY -LONELY PLANET
    Up to 4 million people visit Morocco annually and many of them are looking quizzically at menus or asking really loudly where the toilet is. But with this phrasebook you needn't be one of them Two-way dictionary and snappy sentence builderQuick tips for pronunciation and grammarPhrases for finding accommodationHandy health and emergency chapter Coverage Includes: Introduction, ...
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    10,00 €

  • MADAGASCAR WILDLIFE -BRADT
    GARBUTT, NICK / AUSTIN, DANIEL
    This new, fifth edition of Bradt’s Madagascar Wildlife, first published over 25 years ago, celebrates the unique fauna of this remarkable Indian Ocean island. Written by naturalist tour-leaders and Madagascar experts, and aimed at visitors and natural-history enthusiasts alike, this guide has been thoroughly updated to reflect both the latest discoveries – on an island where ne...
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    31,00 €

  • NORTHERN TANZANIA. SAFARI GUIDE -BRADT
    BRIGGS, PHILIP / MACINTYRE, CHRIS
    This new, thoroughly updated fifth edition of Bradt's Northern Tanzania Safari Guide remains the only full-length guidebook focussed exclusively on the country's north and on Zanzibar. Reflecting tourism's shift away from backpackers and budget camping safaris to upper-end and mid-range safaris and beach holidays, it is tailored closely to the requirements of anyone going on a ...
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    31,00 €