International handbook on alcohol and culture
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Includes bibliographical references and index An introduction to alcohol and culture in international perspective -- Australia -- Canada -- Chile -- China -- Denmark -- Egypt -- France -- Germany -- Guatemala -- Honduras -- Iceland -- India -- Israel -- Italy -- Malaysia -- Mexic…
New discourses of African cinema = Nouveaux discours du cinéma africain
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176 pages ; 21 cm Cover title A pedagogical cinema : development theory, colonialism, and post-liberation African film / Brian Goldfarb -- Tradition/modernity and the discourse of African cinema / Jude Akudinobi -- Le cinéma d'Afrique noire francophone face au modèle occidental…
Romantic passion : a universal experience?
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310 p. ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index The nature and evolution of romantic love / Helen Fisher -- Love's contingencies: the development socioecology of romantic passion / James S. Chisholm -- Love as an experience of transcendence / Charles Lindholm -- Boun…
John Paul II and the new evangelization : how you can bring the good news to others
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290 pages ; 21 cm Proceedings of a conference held in May 1994 near Ann Arbor, Mich Includes bibliographical references and index Part one. Catching the vision. John Paul II and the new evangelization, what does it mean? / Fr. Avery Dulles, S.J. -- What is our message? / Ralph Ma…
Gender and identity in Africa
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219 p. ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references Asante Queenmothers: a study in identity and continuity / Stoeltje, Beverly -- Gender relations and commercialization in Tonga possession cults / Luig, Ute -- Power and women as spirit mediums / Behrend, Heike -- Radical Muslim w…
Let's make music! : multicultural songs and activities : an interactive musical trip around the world : sing and play songs from around the world : create your own instruments from 10 different countries using recycled m
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80 pages : 28 cm + Introduction -- Mexico: These are the colors I know -- Chile: Canta canta pretty dove -- Australia: We'll go a-walking about in the bush -- China: Chan mali chew -- India:- We dance with love -- Spain: My eyes are smiling -- England: In the garden -- Germany: P…
New tigers & old elephants : the development game in the 1990s and beyond
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xi, 263 pages ; 24 cm The lighthearted title symbolizes the subject of the book, the disparity between economic breakthrough and stagnation, a crucial choice for developing countries. As we near the close of the twentieth century, the so-called New World Order remains undefined a…
NPR Morning Edition - 07/18/1995
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Morning Edition Morning Edition News Updates (5:00) Michael Skoler reports on the controversy over the convictions of 40 people charged with plotting against the government of Nigeria. The 40 include journalists and opposition politicians. (3:30) Host Bob Edwards talks with Micha…
BBC Time and Tune: Omutugwa
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BBC Time and Tune, Spring 1996: Omutugwa. The rehearsal and performance tape: Side A is vocal, side B is instrumental. Track listing: 1. Chum chum pah 2. Omutugwa 3. Misyondo 4. Wawali 5. Crane dance 6. Milembé 7. Allundé allundé 8. The mother's song 9. Wimoweh Music from traditi…
Paying the price : women and the politics of international economic strategy
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xiii, 127 pages : 23 cm Includes bibliographical references and index The fundamental implication of the debt crisis for social reproduction in Africa / C. George Caffentzis -- Economic crisis and demographic policy in Sub-Saharan Africa : the case of Nigeria / Silvia Federici --…
Political geography of the twentieth century : a global analysis
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xii, 269 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Prologue : fin de siècle geopolitics : Mackinder, Hobson and theories of global closure / Gerry Kearns -- Geopolitical world orders / Peter J. Taylor -- Political geography of war and peace / John O'Loughlin an…
Principle & practice in applied linguistics : studies in honour of H.G. Widdowson
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xi, 431 pages : 24 cm This volume provides a wide-ranging overview of the diverse issues in applied linguistics today. The contributors consider the relation of their own areas of enquiry both to professional practice and to the discipline as a whole Includes bibliographical refe…
Protecting human rights in Africa : roles and strategies of non-governmental organizations
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1 online resource (xiii, 356 pages) Protecting Human Rights in Africa is the first major comparative study of how human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have brought revolutionary change south of the Sahara. Governments are both the most important protectors and abuse…
Protecting human rights in Africa : roles and strategies of non-governmental organizations
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1 online resource (xiii, 356 pages) Protecting Human Rights in Africa is the first major comparative study of how human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have brought revolutionary change south of the Sahara. Governments are both the most important protectors and abuse…
The river that went to the sky
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90 p. : 28 cm Includes nine stories based on folklore from various African countries and three original stories, representing the cultural diversity which exists in Africa The river that went to the sky / Kasiya Makaka Phiri (Malawi) -- Gong gong / Amoafi Kwapong (Ghana) -- The h…
Strongholds of the 10/40 window : intercessor's guide to the world's least evangelized nations
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272 pages : 23 cm Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- Azerbaijan -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Benin -- Bhutan -- Brunei -- Burkina Faso -- Cambodia -- Chad -- China (PRC) -- China (Taiwan) -- Djibouti -- Egypt -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Gambia -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- India -…
Trends in art education from diverse cultures
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xiii, 196 p. : 28 cm Includes bibliographical references Quality criteria shifts in one century of art education in Dutch primary schools / Vera Asselbergs and Aaltje Knoop -- Walter Smith's influence in Brazil and the efforts by Brazilian liberals to overcome the concept of art…
Understanding spiritual power : a forgotten dimension of cross-cultural mission and ministry
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xi, 144 pages : 24 cm Understanding Spiritual Power addresses the dynamics of the felt need for spiritual power in relation to a people's assumptions, values, and commitments, in order to provide a foundation for meaningful Christian witness in "power-oriented" societies. The Wes…
"We specialize in the wholly impossible" : a reader in Black women's history
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Includes bibliographical references and index pt.1. General theoretical essays: African-American women's history and the metalanguage of race / Evelyn Brooks Higgenbotham -- When your work is not who you are: the development of a working-class consciousness among Afro-American wo…
Women and sustainable development in Africa
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xvi, 203 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index 1. Introduction: Sustaining Women's Efforts in Africa's Development / Valentine Udoh James -- 2. The Current and Future Directions for African Women Farmers / Valentine Udoh James and Melanie Mar…
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