Thomas Spear - Böcker

"As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."-International Journal of African Historical Studies

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Everyone "knows" the Maasai as proud pastoralists who once dominated the Rift Valley from northern Kenya to central Tanzania. But many people who identity themselves as Maasai, or who speak Maa, are not pastoralist at all, but farmers and hunters....

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Christianity has been spread in Africa by Africans. It is the story of peoples seizing control of their own spiritual destinies-rather than the commonplace notion that the continent's Christian churches represent colonial and capitalist powers tha...

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A multi-disciplinary approach to studying ethnicity in Africa. Many of the people who identify themselves as Maasai, or who speak the Maa language, are not pastoralist at all, but framers and hunters. Over time many people have 'become' something ...

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Studies the impact of colonialism on a mountainous region of Tanzania. This work examines the struggle between the Meru and Arusha peoples and their German and British rulers over the issue of land and agricultural development on Mount Meru in nor...

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Emphasises the important role of Christianity in contemporary Africa. This history examines, through case studies, the ways in which African chatechists, evangelists and translators have interpreted Christianity for themselves and conveyed it to o...

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Conducting a Successful Major Gifts and Planned Giving Program--the fifth volume in the groundbreaking Dove on Fundraising Series--is a complete guide to establishing and sustaining a major gifts and planned giving program in a nonprofit organizat...

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"e;As an introduction to how the history of an African society can be reconstructed from largely nonliterate sources, and to the Swahili in particular, . . . a model work."e;International Journal of African Historical Studies

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Treize critiques et ecrivains s'expriment sur leur rapport a la langue francaise et sur leur "e;identite francaise"e;.Tout en faisant partie des voix francophones, ils reagissent a la politique des organismes officiels de la "e;francop...

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Marie-Célie Agnant explore et brise les silences de l?histoire, celle des femmes, celle du racisme et de l?esclavage, celle des injustices et de l?impunité. Haÿtienne, québécoise, canadienne et immigrante, latino-américaine, elle est représ...

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