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Music

Africa O-YE! book: A Celebration of African Music
Ewens, Graeme
ISBN: 0851129773
Series: Enfield, 1991
Afrika My Music book: An Authobiography 1957 - 1983
Mphahlele, Es´kia
ISBN: 086975484X
Series: Johanesbourg, 1995
Breakout book: Profiles in African Rhythm
Stewart, Gary
ISBN: 0226774066
Series: Chicago, 1992
How to play djembe: West African rhythms for beginners book: by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby ; cover art by Toni Pawlowsky ; illustrations by Jan Kendell
ISBN: 0963880144
Series: Minnetonka, MN, 2000
It's bigger than hip-hop book: The rise of the post-hip-hop generation
M.K. Asante, Jr
ISBN: 9780312373269
Series: New York, 2008
Juju book: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music
Waterman, Christopher Alan
ISBN: 0226874648
Series: Chicago, 1990
The Music of Africa book: Nketia, Kwabena J.H.
ISBN: 0393092496
Series: New York, 1974
Roots of Black Music book: The Vocal, Instrumental, and Dance Heritage of Africa and Black America
Kebede, Ashenafi
ISBN: 0865432848
Series: Trenton NJ, 1995
Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos book: Stewart, Gary
ISBN: 9781859843680
Series: 2004
Zvukový archiv manželů Foitových - The Foit's Sound Archive book: Jana Jiroušková, Lukáš Pecha
Series: Praha, 2010

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Xoliswa Ndoyiya: Ukutya Kwasekhaya

Xoliswa Ndoyiya: Ukutya KwasekhayaTastes from Nelson Mandela’s kitchen

A collection of recipes by Nelson Mandela's personal chef, this book contains the food served to visiting heads of state, celebrities, politicians for more than 20 years. Featuring some of the favourite former South African president's favourite meals including samp and beans, farm chicken, tripe, this book also features paella, peri-peri chicken, prawn curry, and myriad of other delights. With simple, delicious and nourishing recipes, it will interest those who wish to prepare meals that are both elegant and healthy.More

New arrivals

New titles in our library 12/2016

Our library has aquired a number of new and interesting books. Here is the list of the latest titles.

Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
Fashion Cities Africa by Hannah Azieb Pool
Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanismby Christopher Lee
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Robinson, James A., Acemoglu, Daron
Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures With the Ever-Living Poet by Edward Wilson-Lee
A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present by Richard J. Reid
Authentically African: Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture by Sarah Van Beurden
Children in Slavery through the Ages by by Gwyn Campbell, Suzanne Miers, Joseph C. Miller
Global Health in Africa: Historical Perspectives on Disease Control by Tamara Giles-Vernick
Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos by Gary Stewart
Women and Slavery, Vol. 1: Africa, the Indian Ocean World, and the Medieval North Atlantic by Gwyn Campbell
Women and Slavery, Vol. 2: The Modern Atlantic by Gwyn Campbell
Cahier d'un Retour Au Pays Natal by Aimé Cesaire
Healing Traditions: African Medicine, Cultural Exchange and Competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 by Karen Elizabeth Flint
Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Policies by Antoni Verger
Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry by Matthew M. Heaton