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Timbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of GoldTimbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold
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_Timbuktu_ by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle is an engaging history of that fabled Saharan...
The Healing Drum: African Wisdom TeachingsThe Healing Drum: African Wisdom Teachings
Best Price: $6.99
Over the years of owning this book I have returned to "The Healing Drum: African Wisdom...
Bamana: Visions of AfricaBamana: Visions of Africa
Best Price: $23.07
The Bamana (or Bambara) are members of the Mande culture, a large and powerful group of peoples...
Native Sons: West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century (Politics, History, and Culture)Native Sons: West African Veterans and France in the Twentieth Century (Politics, History, and Culture)
Best Price: $20.00
For much of the twentieth century, France recruited colonial subjects from sub-Saharan Africa to...
The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of GoldThe Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold
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Alexander Gordon Laing is the most romantic of Timbuktu's explorers. But his story is less known...


In Griot Time PbIn Griot Time Pb
Best Price: $21.24
Due to the low profile of African music in the States, this subject matter is so esoteric that...
Dogon: Africa's People of the CliffsDogon: Africa's People of the Cliffs
Best Price: $24.98
The book is very good. Make a jorney in one of the Africa most interesting tribe. You will enjoy...
The Making of Bamana Sculpture: Creativity and Gender (Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics)The Making of Bamana Sculpture: Creativity and Gender (Res Monographs in Anthropology and Aesthetics)
The Making of Bamana Sculpture describes both the techniques and the rituals used by Bamana...
The Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery, and the Search for TimbuktuThe Gates of Africa: Death, Discovery, and the Search for Timbuktu
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A truly compelling and rivetting tale of the early exploration of Africa. By "early"...
L'Epopee bambara de SegouL'Epopee bambara de Segou
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West African Sufi: The Religious Heritage and Spiritual Quest of Cerno Bokar Saalif TaalWest African Sufi: The Religious Heritage and Spiritual Quest of Cerno Bokar Saalif TaalSocial History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Notables and Scholars 1400-1900 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)Social History of Timbuktu: The Role of Muslim Notables and Scholars 1400-1900 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)People Are Not the Same: Leprosy and Identity in Twentieth-Century Mali (Social History of Africa Series)People Are Not the Same: Leprosy and Identity in Twentieth-Century Mali (Social History of Africa Series)
Best Price: $37.26
Eric Silla's social history of leprosy (a.k.a. Hansen's disease) in Mali draws the reader into a...
Griots at War: Conflict, Conciliation, and Caste in MandeGriots at War: Conflict, Conciliation, and Caste in Mande
Best Price: $34.00
" . . . a compelling study of how social identities and relationships are constructed and...
Warriors, Merchants, and Slaves: The State and the Economy in the Middle Niger Valley, 1700-1914Warriors, Merchants, and Slaves: The State and the Economy in the Middle Niger Valley, 1700-1914
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Mestizo Logics: Anthropology of Identity in Africa and Elsewhere (Mestizo Spaces / Espaces Metisses)Mestizo Logics: Anthropology of Identity in Africa and Elsewhere (Mestizo Spaces / Espaces Metisses)
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The author takes a variety of vague and nebulous social constructs and attempts to redefine them...
The Peoples of the Middle Niger: The Island of Gold (Peoples of Africa)The Peoples of the Middle Niger: The Island of Gold (Peoples of Africa)
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This book provides the first comprehensive history of the peoples of the Middle Niger written by...
The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive: A Critical EditionThe Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive: A Critical Edition
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Originally published in London in 1816, The Narrative of Robert Adams is an account of the...
Islam and the Prayer Economy: History and Authority in a Malian TownIslam and the Prayer Economy: History and Authority in a Malian Town
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I served as US Ambassador to Mali fifteen years ago. I wish this book had existed then. It would...
Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa`Di's Ta'Rikh Al-Sudan Down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents (Islamic History and Civilization)Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa`Di's Ta'Rikh Al-Sudan Down to 1613 and Other Contemporary Documents (Islamic History and Civilization)
Best Price: $205.99
African History scholar John O. Hunwick deserves the utmost praise for this work. Do not let the...

Ghana Mali Songhay: The Western Sudan (African Kingdoms of the Past)Ghana Mali Songhay: The Western Sudan (African Kingdoms of the Past)
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I used this book as the text to give 28 6th Graders an introduction to the wealth of Africa's...
Migration, Jihad, and Muslim Authority in West AfricaMigration, Jihad, and Muslim Authority in West Africa
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John H. Hanson's thoroughly researched study revises late-19th-century colonialist assumptions...
Democracy and Development in MaliDemocracy and Development in Mali
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Mali, a country rich with history and culture, but one of the poorest in the world, emerged in...
Adventures in AfricaAdventures in Africa
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Maybe there are two ways of writing about travel. First, you write about startling things or...
MaliMali
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The work of this well-known, prize-winning photographer is presented here to the...

The Negroland Revisited: Discovery and Invention of the Sudanese Middle Ages (Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia. Sarja Humaniora, Nide 309.)The Negroland Revisited: Discovery and Invention of the Sudanese Middle Ages (Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia. Sarja Humaniora, Nide 309.)
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Controlling Knowledge: Religion, Power, and Schooling in a West AfricanControlling Knowledge: Religion, Power, and Schooling in a West African
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"A superb essay, synthesis and analysis . . . much larger than the focus on medersas and...
Djenne: Une ville millenaire au MaliDjenne: Une ville millenaire au MaliThe Bamana Empire by the Niger: Kingdom, Jihad and Colonization 1712-1920The Bamana Empire by the Niger: Kingdom, Jihad and Colonization 1712-1920
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Tombouctou au milieu du XVIIIe siecle (Fontes historiae Africanae)Tombouctou au milieu du XVIIIe siecle (Fontes historiae Africanae)

Controlling KnowledgeControlling Knowledge
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In the Path of Allah: 'Umar, An Essay into the Nature of Charisma in Islam'In the Path of Allah: 'Umar, An Essay into the Nature of Charisma in Islam'
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A West African Sufi and religious reformer (c.1794-1864), struggled to reconcile the temporal...
La Geste de Nankoman: Textes sur la fondation de Narena (Mali) (CNWS publications)La Geste de Nankoman: Textes sur la fondation de Narena (Mali) (CNWS publications)Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali: Epigraphy, Chronicles, and Songhay-Tuareg History (Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History, 4)Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali: Epigraphy, Chronicles, and Songhay-Tuareg History (Fontes Historiae Africanae, New Series: Sources of African History, 4)
Best Price: $175.20
Through Arabic transcriptions, English translations, line-drawing reconstructions, and plate...
Islam, Archaeology, and History: Gao Region (Mali) CA. Ad 900-1250 (Bar International Series)Islam, Archaeology, and History: Gao Region (Mali) CA. Ad 900-1250 (Bar International Series)

History of Mali: Western Sudan from the Origins to 1909History of Mali: Western Sudan from the Origins to 1909The fall of the Songhay EmpireThe fall of the Songhay EmpireTombouctou et l'empire Songhay: Epanouissement du Soudan nigerien aux XVe-XVIe sieclesTombouctou et l'empire Songhay: Epanouissement du Soudan nigerien aux XVe-XVIe siecles
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Mansa Musa: The Golden King of Ancient MaliMansa Musa: The Golden King of Ancient Mali
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Priroda podravine (Biblioteka "Cvrcak" Nakladnicke kuce "Mali princ" Koprivnica)Priroda podravine (Biblioteka "Cvrcak" Nakladnicke kuce "Mali princ" Koprivnica)

Les Rois Des Tambours Au Haayre: Recitee Par Aamadu Baa Digi, Griot Des Ful'Be a Dalla (Mali (African Sources for African History, 3) (African Sources for African History, 3)Les Rois Des Tambours Au Haayre: Recitee Par Aamadu Baa Digi, Griot Des Ful'Be a Dalla (Mali (African Sources for African History, 3) (African Sources for African History, 3)
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Litigants and Households: African Disputes and Colonial Courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912 (Social History of Africa Series)Litigants and Households: African Disputes and Colonial Courts in the French Soudan, 1895-1912 (Social History of Africa Series)
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Why did Africans bring their most intimate domestic disputes to the newly created native courts...
Le Mali (Meridiens)Le Mali (Meridiens)Objectif-- Tombouctou: Combats contre les Toucouleurs et les Touareg (Collection Racines du present)Objectif-- Tombouctou: Combats contre les Toucouleurs et les Touareg (Collection Racines du present)
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Ancient Ghana and MaliAncient Ghana and Mali

Segu maana bamanankan na: Bamana language edition of the epic of SeguSegu maana bamanankan na: Bamana language edition of the epic of SeguLe Mali (Que sais-je?)Le Mali (Que sais-je?)Logiques metisses: Anthropologie de l'identite en Afrique et ailleurs (Bibliotheque scientifique Payot)Logiques metisses: Anthropologie de l'identite en Afrique et ailleurs (Bibliotheque scientifique Payot)The Holy Way of Umar Tal: The Western Sudan in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)The Holy Way of Umar Tal: The Western Sudan in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)Two Worlds of Cotton: Colonialism and the Regional Economy in the French Soudan, 1800-1946Two Worlds of Cotton: Colonialism and the Regional Economy in the French Soudan, 1800-1946
Best Price: $44.88
This book is a good resource for students of colonial economics or agriculture. The author...

Mali: Today and Long AgoMali: Today and Long AgoMary Lyon =: Mali Liang (ying wen shi jie ming ren zhuan ji)Mary Lyon =: Mali Liang (ying wen shi jie ming ren zhuan ji)Mali: A Search For Direction (Profiles. Nations of Contemporary Africa)Mali: A Search For Direction (Profiles. Nations of Contemporary Africa)Ethno-Archaeology in Jenne, Mali: Craft and Status Among Smiths, Potters, and Masons (Bar International Series)Ethno-Archaeology in Jenne, Mali: Craft and Status Among Smiths, Potters, and Masons (Bar International Series)Espanoles en la Curva del Rio NigerEspanoles en la Curva del Rio Niger

Negotiating Development: African Farmers and Colonial Experts at the Office du Niger, 1920-1960 (Social History of Africa)Negotiating Development: African Farmers and Colonial Experts at the Office du Niger, 1920-1960 (Social History of Africa)
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Guided by a firm sense of social evolutionism, Office du Niger planners of the 1920s and 1930s...
Off-Mozart: Glazbena Kultura I Mali Majstori Srednje Europe 1750-1820, Musical Culture and the Kleinmeister of Central Europe 1750-1820Off-Mozart: Glazbena Kultura I Mali Majstori Srednje Europe 1750-1820, Musical Culture and the Kleinmeister of Central Europe 1750-1820
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Gold, Salz und Sklaven: Die Geschichte der grossen Sudanreiche : Gana, Mali, SonghaiGold, Salz und Sklaven: Die Geschichte der grossen Sudanreiche : Gana, Mali, SonghaiDjenne, Il Y A Cent AnsDjenne, Il Y A Cent Ans
Djenne One Hundred Years Ago evokes a wonderful image of Djenne, the famous West African city...
Let's Visit Mali (Let's Visit -)Let's Visit Mali (Let's Visit -)
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