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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò
| Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
| Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
| Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.33 |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465174403321 |
Taiwo Olufemi
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| Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò
| Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
| Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
| Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.33 |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
| ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792288103321 |
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Taiwo Olufemi
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| Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò
| Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
| Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
| Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960.33 |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
| ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813921603321 |
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Taiwo Olufemi
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| Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa's past, our future / / Kathleen R. Smythe
| Africa's past, our future / / Kathleen R. Smythe |
| Autore | Smythe Kathleen R. <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-253-01661-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The longue duree -- Humanity's African origins -- Early subsistence : gathering-hunting and agriculture -- Early adaptation : climate change and pastoralism -- New ideas and tradition -- African institutions in the middle time frame -- Forms of political authority : heterarchy -- Forms of social organization : matriliny -- Recent history and politics -- African views on colonialism and development assistance (with Heidi Frontani) -- African contributions : economics, politics, and society (with Heidi Frontani) -- An African success story : Somaliland. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461154903321 |
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Smythe Kathleen R. <1966->
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| Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa's past, our future / / Kathleen R. Smythe
| Africa's past, our future / / Kathleen R. Smythe |
| Autore | Smythe Kathleen R. <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960 |
| ISBN | 0-253-01661-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The longue duree -- Humanity's African origins -- Early subsistence : gathering-hunting and agriculture -- Early adaptation : climate change and pastoralism -- New ideas and tradition -- African institutions in the middle time frame -- Forms of political authority : heterarchy -- Forms of social organization : matriliny -- Recent history and politics -- African views on colonialism and development assistance (with Heidi Frontani) -- African contributions : economics, politics, and society (with Heidi Frontani) -- An African success story : Somaliland. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797244403321 |
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Smythe Kathleen R. <1966->
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| Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa's past, our future / / Kathleen R. Smythe
| Africa's past, our future / / Kathleen R. Smythe |
| Autore | Smythe Kathleen R. <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960 |
| ISBN | 0-253-01661-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The longue duree -- Humanity's African origins -- Early subsistence : gathering-hunting and agriculture -- Early adaptation : climate change and pastoralism -- New ideas and tradition -- African institutions in the middle time frame -- Forms of political authority : heterarchy -- Forms of social organization : matriliny -- Recent history and politics -- African views on colonialism and development assistance (with Heidi Frontani) -- African contributions : economics, politics, and society (with Heidi Frontani) -- An African success story : Somaliland. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809508703321 |
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Smythe Kathleen R. <1966->
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| Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African appropriations : cultural difference, mimesis, and media / / Matthias Krings
| African appropriations : cultural difference, mimesis, and media / / Matthias Krings |
| Autore | Krings Matthias |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.096 |
| Collana | African Expressive Cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - Africa
Mass media - Social aspects |
| ISBN | 0-253-01640-1 |
| Classificazione | LC 13465 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments and preface -- Introduction -- The wicked major : embodying cultural difference -- Lance Spearman : the African James Bond -- Black Titanic : pirating the White Star liner -- Vice and videos : Kanywood under duress -- Dar 2 Lagos : Nollywood in Tanzania -- Branding bin Laden : the global "war on terror" on a local stage -- Master and mugu : orientalist mimicry and cybercrime -- "Crazy white men" : (un)doing difference in African popular music -- Coda. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797234503321 |
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Krings Matthias
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| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African appropriations : cultural difference, mimesis, and media / / Matthias Krings
| African appropriations : cultural difference, mimesis, and media / / Matthias Krings |
| Autore | Krings Matthias |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.096 |
| Collana | African Expressive Cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - Africa
Mass media - Social aspects |
| ISBN | 0-253-01640-1 |
| Classificazione | LC 13465 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments and preface -- Introduction -- The wicked major : embodying cultural difference -- Lance Spearman : the African James Bond -- Black Titanic : pirating the White Star liner -- Vice and videos : Kanywood under duress -- Dar 2 Lagos : Nollywood in Tanzania -- Branding bin Laden : the global "war on terror" on a local stage -- Master and mugu : orientalist mimicry and cybercrime -- "Crazy white men" : (un)doing difference in African popular music -- Coda. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822204003321 |
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Krings Matthias
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| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African art [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice Delafosse
| African art [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice Delafosse |
| Autore | Delafosse Maurice <1870-1926.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Parkstone Press International, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 709.6607473 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DelafosseMaurice <1870-1926.> |
| Collana | Temporis collection |
| Soggetto topico |
Black people - Africa
Ethnology - Africa Art, African |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-95782-5
1-78042-883-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Origins and Prehistory; Aim and Object of This Book; Origin of the Negro Peoples of Africa; Hypothetical Lemuria; Oceanic Migrations; Autochthonous Africans; Peopling of Africa; The Negroes of Africa at the Time of Herodotus; Development of Negro Civilisationsin Antiquity; Paucity of Historical Documentation; "Aggry Beads"; Phoenician and Carthaginian Influence; Abyssinian Semites and the Beni-Israel; Romans and Berbers; Negro Africa in the Middle Ages; The Empire of Ghana; The Almoravide Movement; The Kingdom of Diara; The Kingdom of Soso
The Beginnings of the Songhoy EmpireThe Mandinka Empire; The Mossi Empires; West Africa from the 15th Century toToday; More Abundant Documentation; The Mandinka and Songhoy Empires; The Askia Mohammed; Koli-Tengella; The Last Askias; The Pashas of Timbuktu; The Bambara Kingdoms; The Tukulor Conquest; The Wanderings of Samori; The Peoples of the West Coast; The Peoples of the Bend of the Niger; The Negroes of Central andEastern Sudan; The Hausa Countries; The Empire of Bornu; The Bagirmi; The Kingdom of Wadai; Darfur and Kurdufan; Rabah's Adventure; Mahdism; South Africa; The Bantu; The Congo The AnsikaThe Mataman; The Bechuana; The Monomotapa; Kilwa and the Zanzibar Sultanates; The Kingdoms of the Interior; European and Christian Influence; Material Civilisations; Diversity of Material Civilisations; Influence of Physical Environment; Habitations; Furniture and Utensils; Clothing and Decoration; Skilled Occupations; Social Customs; The Family and the Two Systems of Relationship; The Patriarch; Marriage; Divorce; Orphans; Polygamy; Individual and Collective Property; Slavery; Religious Beliefs and Practices; Islam, Christianity, and Animism; Individual Spirits of People and Things Vital BreathPriests; Belief in a Supreme God; Magic and Magicians; Artistic and Intellectual Expression; Negro Talents; Human Figures and Gods; Animal Representations; lndustrial Arts; Architecture; Music; Native Literature in Arabic; Written Literature in Native Tongue; "Griots" or Living Encyclopaedias; Popular Oral Literature; Origin of Popular Themes; Genius for Story-Telling; Moral Tales; Refuting the so-called Intellectual Inferiority of the Negroes; Appendix; Selective Bibliography; Notes; Index by Ethnicity |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461077903321 |
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Delafosse Maurice <1870-1926.>
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| New York, : Parkstone Press International, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African art [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice Delafosse
| African art [[electronic resource] /] / Maurice Delafosse |
| Autore | Delafosse Maurice <1870-1926.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Parkstone Press International, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 709.6607473 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DelafosseMaurice <1870-1926.> |
| Collana | Temporis collection |
| Soggetto topico |
Black people - Africa
Ethnology - Africa Art, African |
| ISBN |
1-283-95782-5
1-78042-883-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Origins and Prehistory; Aim and Object of This Book; Origin of the Negro Peoples of Africa; Hypothetical Lemuria; Oceanic Migrations; Autochthonous Africans; Peopling of Africa; The Negroes of Africa at the Time of Herodotus; Development of Negro Civilisationsin Antiquity; Paucity of Historical Documentation; "Aggry Beads"; Phoenician and Carthaginian Influence; Abyssinian Semites and the Beni-Israel; Romans and Berbers; Negro Africa in the Middle Ages; The Empire of Ghana; The Almoravide Movement; The Kingdom of Diara; The Kingdom of Soso
The Beginnings of the Songhoy EmpireThe Mandinka Empire; The Mossi Empires; West Africa from the 15th Century toToday; More Abundant Documentation; The Mandinka and Songhoy Empires; The Askia Mohammed; Koli-Tengella; The Last Askias; The Pashas of Timbuktu; The Bambara Kingdoms; The Tukulor Conquest; The Wanderings of Samori; The Peoples of the West Coast; The Peoples of the Bend of the Niger; The Negroes of Central andEastern Sudan; The Hausa Countries; The Empire of Bornu; The Bagirmi; The Kingdom of Wadai; Darfur and Kurdufan; Rabah's Adventure; Mahdism; South Africa; The Bantu; The Congo The AnsikaThe Mataman; The Bechuana; The Monomotapa; Kilwa and the Zanzibar Sultanates; The Kingdoms of the Interior; European and Christian Influence; Material Civilisations; Diversity of Material Civilisations; Influence of Physical Environment; Habitations; Furniture and Utensils; Clothing and Decoration; Skilled Occupations; Social Customs; The Family and the Two Systems of Relationship; The Patriarch; Marriage; Divorce; Orphans; Polygamy; Individual and Collective Property; Slavery; Religious Beliefs and Practices; Islam, Christianity, and Animism; Individual Spirits of People and Things Vital BreathPriests; Belief in a Supreme God; Magic and Magicians; Artistic and Intellectual Expression; Negro Talents; Human Figures and Gods; Animal Representations; lndustrial Arts; Architecture; Music; Native Literature in Arabic; Written Literature in Native Tongue; "Griots" or Living Encyclopaedias; Popular Oral Literature; Origin of Popular Themes; Genius for Story-Telling; Moral Tales; Refuting the so-called Intellectual Inferiority of the Negroes; Appendix; Selective Bibliography; Notes; Index by Ethnicity |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790117603321 |
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Delafosse Maurice <1870-1926.>
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| New York, : Parkstone Press International, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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