Do's and don'ts around the world : a country guide to cultural and social taboos and etiquette : Africa
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x, 438 pages ; 23 cm Algeria -- Angola -- Benin -- Botswana -- Burkina Faso -- Cameroon -- Cape Verde -- Chad -- Comoros -- Congo, Dem. Rep -- Cote D'Ivoire -- Djibouti -- Egypt -- Eritrea -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Madagascar -- Malaw…
Ecological techniques and approaches to vulnerable environment : hydrosphere-geosphere interaction
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vii, 368 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references Biosphere and climate relationship / K.Ya. Kondratyev -- Relationship between the global vegetation index and the evapotranspirations derived from climatological estimation methods / Akihiko Kondoh -- Tropical rainbelt, c…
The encyclopedia of political revolutions
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xxxviii, 580 pages : 29 cm Contains alphabetically arranged essays that provide information about events, leaders, and key concepts in political revolutions around the globe, covering a period that ranges from 1500 A.D. through the twentieth century Includes bibliographical refer…
Gender, religion, and spirituality
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87 p. ; 25 cm Cover title Includes bibliographical references Editorial / Caroline Sweetman -- Reconciling Islam and feminism / Iman Hashim -- Christianity, development, and women's liberation / Bridget Walker -- Conflict and compliance : Christianity and the occult in horticultu…
KINI IMOLE ESIN ISLAM ( LIGHT OF ISLAM ) by SHEIKH IMAM DAUD ALFANLA ABDULMAJEED ELEHA (RTA)
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Leeds Studies in English, new series, 29 (1998) whole issue
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Leeds Studies in English , new series, 29 (1998) whole issue ( Essays in Honour of Peter Meredith ) articles Nick Meredith, Connla's Farewell , p. 1 Charles Barber, Peter Meredith: A Personal Tribute , p. 3 Ralph Elliott, Peter Meredith in Australia , pp. 5-6 George W. Turner, Po…
Negotiating reproductive rights : women's perspectives across countries and cultures
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-347) and index Introduction / Rosalind P. Petchesky -- Not like our mothers -- Reproductive choice and the emergence of citizenship among Brazilian rural workers, domestic workers and housewives / Simone Grilo Diniz, Cecilia De Mello E…
The politics of age and gerontocracy in Africa : ethnographies of the past & memories of the present
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x, 312 pages : 23 cm This volume critically reviews studies of age in Africa, and suggests the centrality of such paradigms in current and future studies of the continent. The contributors, representing current intellectual traditions in Europe, Africa, and North America, provide…
The States And Cultures Of The Lower Guiñean Coast from 1500 to 1800
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A. Adu Boahen’s chapter from General History of Africa, Volume V: Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century (UNESCO, 1998). It explores the historical evolution of the peoples and states along the Lower Guinean Coast, covering modern Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, a…
The future of conflict resolution in Africa and the role of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)
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This thesis examines the future of conflict resolution in Africa and the role of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in the process, based on the 1993 OAU's "Mechanism" (MCPMR). It argues that, in Africa, historical evidence suggests a continuing pattern of internal conflicts…
Ultimate soccer
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96 pages : 29 cm Facts & trivia about the history of soccer including world cup techniques, national teams, tournaments, and great players Poster in plastic wrap attached to back cover Includes index The game: History -- Then and now -- Rules and rule changes -- Techniques and ta…
UnAfrican Americans : nineteenth-century Black nationalists and the civilizing mission
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1 online resource (xv, 192 pages) : "Though many scholars will acknowledge the Anglo-Saxon character of black American nationalism, few have dealt with the imperialistic ramifications of this connection. Now, Nigerian-born scholar Tunde Adeleke reexamines nineteenth-century black…
Welcome Aboard USCGC Cowslip (WLB-277)
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Two pages of white 8.5" x 11" paper, folded and stapled in the middle to form an eight page booklet. The front cover has the diagonal Coast Guard stripes of wide red and narrow blue, with their seal at the top. Along the right edge it says "Welcome Aboard," and at the bottom righ…
Sam M'Bah: African Anarchism
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ERIC ED412740: Language, Mass Communication, and National Development: The Role, Perceptions and Potential of Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin in the Nigerian Mass Media.
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Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP), the principal lingua franca of intercultural communication in multiethnic Nigeria, has no recognition as an official language but has penetrated the print and electronic media, especially in southern Nigeria. A survey in six urban centers in southern…
ERIC ED412963: Information for All: Resource Generation and Information Repackaging in Nigerian Schools.
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Is a developing country like Nigeria information rich or information poor? The first impression is of scarcity, but a closer examination reveals unexplored riches. There is a wealth of information in the oral tradition, but it is not found in schools and libraries. There is infor…
ERIC ED413787: The Perception and Challenges of Communication Policy Issues: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and Russia.
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Issues in development of public policy concerning telecommunications and advancement of information technology facing third world countries are examined, and the situations of two very different countries (Nigeria and Russia) are considered, focusing on the development of commerc…
ERIC ED424153: Facilitating Children's Understanding of Technology as Agents for Social Change: The Impact of the Automobile on Kano, Nigeria.
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This paper discusses how to incorporate the science, technology, and society (STS) strand of social studies into the elementary education curriculum. The lesson's focus is on the impact of modern transportation, specifically the automobile, on the economic, social, and political…
Swamp warblers Acrocephalus gracilirostris and A. rufescens at Lake Chad, Nigeria
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Life history notes for the pallid emperor moth, Cirina forda (Saturniidae) in Nigeria
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