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Africa and Mathematics : From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods / / by Dirk Huylebrouck
| Africa and Mathematics : From Colonial Findings Back to the Ishango Rods / / by Dirk Huylebrouck |
| Autore | Huylebrouck Dirk |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 pages) |
| Disciplina | 514.742096 |
| Collana | Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Social sciences Africa, Sub-Saharan—History History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences History of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| ISBN | 3-030-04037-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I: Mathematics in the Heart of Africa -- 1. Rationale and Sources -- 2. Storytelling and Music -- 3. Creative Counting -- 4. Drawings -- 5. Reasoning Without Writing -- 6. Multiplication in the Yoruba and "Ethiopian" Way -- Part II: The Ishango Rod(s) -- 7. The Ishango Site -- 8. Mathematical Carvings -- 9. Missing Link -- 10. Not Out of Africa -- 11. A Second Rod -- Part III: Epilogue -- 12. Museum Visit, Teaching, Research -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910338250003321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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Crisis, Identity and Migration in Post-Colonial Southern Africa / / edited by Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha, Nene Ernest Khalema, Lovemore Chipungu, Tamuka C. Chirimambowa, Tinashe Lukas Chimedza
| Crisis, Identity and Migration in Post-Colonial Southern Africa / / edited by Hangwelani Hope Magidimisha, Nene Ernest Khalema, Lovemore Chipungu, Tamuka C. Chirimambowa, Tinashe Lukas Chimedza |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 234 p. 1 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 304.80968 |
| Collana | Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa—Politics and government
Economics Emigration and immigration Africa, Sub-Saharan—History Economic history African Politics International Political Economy Migration History of Sub-Saharan Africa Economic History |
| ISBN | 3-319-59235-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Conceptualisation and Overview of Migration Patterns in Southern Africa: Crisis, Identity, and (Be)longing: A Thematic Introduction of the Vestiges of Migration in Post-independence Southern Africa -- Decolonizing Borders, Decriminalizing Migration and Rethinking Citizenship -- Uneven Development and Conflict in Southern Africa: Interrogating the Patterns and Accumulation Processes -- Migration and Public Service Delivery - The Status Quo and Polic Responses in Sending and Receiving Countries -- Gender, Migration and Crisis in Southern Africa: Contestations and Tensions in the Informal Spaces and "Illegal Labour" Market -- The Post-Colonial Political Economy of Development, Governance and Nation-State Formation: Migration, Logics of Inclusion and Exclusion, and Xenophobia: The Case of African Migrants in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Migrant Labour and Social Construction of Citizenship in Lesotho and Swaziland -- From Reservoir to Corridor: Changing Patterns of Migration in Mozambique -- Migration, Marginalisation and Oppression in Mangaung, South Africa -- Re-Magining Migration, Citizenship, Identity, Formation and Development: Between Neoliberal Orthodoxy and Securitisation: Prospects and Challenges for a Borderless Southern African Community -- Migration Policies in the Region: Thinking Beyond the Enclaved Political Economy -- Disaggregated Development: Between "Trade, Industrialisation and Migration" -- In Pursuit of Regeneration and Integration in Southern Africa: Concluding Comments on Contemporary Challenges and Possibilities. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910739455603321 |
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Grid Planning in the Urban Design Practices of Senegal / / by Liora Bigon, Eric Ross
| Grid Planning in the Urban Design Practices of Senegal / / by Liora Bigon, Eric Ross |
| Autore | Bigon Liora |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Disciplina |
307.1216
307.121609663 |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa, Sub-Saharan—History
Urban geography Cities and towns—History Human geography Sociology, Urban History of Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Urban History Human Geography Urban Studies/Sociology |
| ISBN | 3-030-29526-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- List of Figures -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1. Grid Plan Cultures, Historiographic Traditions and Africa -- Chapter 2. Grid Plan Traditions in Senegal: Contemporary Muslim Towns and their Historical Formalistic Origins -- Chapter 3. Configuring the French Colonial Grid in Senegal: Comptoirs, Escales, Villages de Liberté and Capital Cities -- Chapter 4. Current Planning Interactions: What Is Going On Beneath the Grids of Senegal’s Cities Today [in collaboration with Tom Hart*] -- Chapter 5. Conclusion: Disentangling the Grid -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910372758503321 |
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Bigon Liora
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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Mugabeism? [[electronic resource] ] : History, Politics, and Power in Zimbabwe / / edited by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
| Mugabeism? [[electronic resource] ] : History, Politics, and Power in Zimbabwe / / edited by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Disciplina | 968.9105/1 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa—History
Africa—Politics and government Africa, Sub-Saharan—History Economic development African History African Politics History of Sub-Saharan Africa Development Studies |
| ISBN | 1-137-54346-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Mugabeism and entanglements of history, politics and power in the making of Zimbabwe / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. -- ; Part 1: Mugabeism, economic nationalism and pan-Africanism. Robert Mugabe: an intellectual manqué and his moments of meaning / David B. Moore -- Mugabe on land, indigenization and development / Alois S. Mlambo -- Mugabe's neo-sultanist rule: beyond the veil of pan-Africanism / Gorden Moyo. -- ; Part 2: Diplomacy, solidarity and power. Intransigent diplomat: Robert Mugabe and his western diplomacy / Timothy Scarnecchia -- Sheriff in the club of dictators?: Robert Mugabe's role in the politics of Southern Africa / Munyaradzi Nyakudya and Joseph Jakarasi -- In the footsteps of Robert Gabriel Mugabe: Namibian solidarity with Mugabe's populism: (bogus) anti-imperialism in practice / Henning Melber -- Robert Mugabe: the will to power and crisis of the paradigm of war / Busani Mpofu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. -- ; Part 3: Masculinity, gender and corruption. Mugabe the man-nation: two views of culture and history in the construction of Zimbabwe / Robert Muponde -- Grappling with Mugabe's masculinist politics in Zimbabwe: a gender perspective / Rudo B. Gaidzanwa -- Corruption and the comrades: Mugabe and the 'fight' against corruption in Zimbabwe / Wesley Mwatwara and Joseph Mujere. -- ; Part 4: Global coloniality, racism and militarism. Mugabe's land reform and the provocation of global white anti-black racism / Kenneth Tafira -- A Fanonian reading of Robert Gabriel Mugabe as colonial subject / Tendayi Sithole -- African leadership in the age of Euro-North American-centric modernity: a decolonial critique of Robert Mugabe / Morgan Ndlovu -- Mugabe and the military alliance: Zimbabwe's prospects of democratic transition / Kudzai Matereke and Niveen el Moghazy. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797658703321 |
| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Prisoners of Rhodesia [[electronic resource] ] : Inmates and Detainees in the Struggle for Zimbabwean Liberation, 1960-1980 / / by M. Munochiveyi
| Prisoners of Rhodesia [[electronic resource] ] : Inmates and Detainees in the Struggle for Zimbabwean Liberation, 1960-1980 / / by M. Munochiveyi |
| Autore | Munochiveyi M |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
| Disciplina | 365.45096891 |
| Collana | African Histories and Modernities |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa, Sub-Saharan—History
History of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| ISBN |
1-349-50319-3
1-137-48273-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Glossary""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Suffering for the Nation: The Prison as a Site of Struggle during Zimbabwe�s Liberation War""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Growth of African Opposition and Intensified State Political Repression in Rhodesia, 1960�1970s""; ""CHAPTER 3 Getting Arrested: Oral Histories of Violence, Torture, and Arrest in Rhodesia, 1960�1979""; ""CHAPTER 4 Life in Detention: Oral Histories of Confinement in Rhodesian Detention Centers""
""CHAPTER 5 Life Behind Bars: Oral Histories of Life inside Rhodesian Prisons, 1965�1980""""CHAPTER 6 Epilogue: Life Beyond Bars and Legacies of Incarceration in Colonial and Post-Colonial Zimbabwe, 1965�2000""; ""Conclusion: Political Imprisonment and Memorializing Zimbabwe�s Liberation Struggle""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
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| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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