Subterranea_2007-11-06
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"Subterranea" is a weekly 2-hour radio show featuring spoken word, music and ideas. Broadcasting at Midnight (Pacific) every Tue Night / Wed Morning from KCSN 88.5 FM, Arts & Roots Radio from California State University Northridge (www.kcsn.org), with your host, Matt. Please visi…
Floods in Uganda: Natural Hazards
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/19000/19110/Uganda_TMO_2007238_lrg.jpg May 18, 2007 (2.44 MB JPG) Flooded rivers in Central Uganda cut off access to some northern and eastern sections of the country in mid-September 2007, reported the Monitor, a Kampala (Uganda) news s…
Anna Hibiscus
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109 pages : 20 cm Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa with her whole family, loves to splash in the sea and have parties for her aunties, but Anna would love to see snow Anna Hibiscus on holiday -- Auntie comfort -- Anna Hibiscus sells oranges -- Sweet snow
Dust Storm from the Bodele Depression: Natural Hazards
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On January 29, 2007, a characteristic dual-plume dust storm blew out of the Bodele Depression in northern Africa. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. This image sho…
Chameleon and other stories
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108 pages ; 21 cm The prayer rug -- Chameleon -- Mariamu and the demon -- Marangu -- 'Almost like England' -- The other letter she did not write -- Maria Morphopolous's slipper -- The road -- Masquerade -- 'Lady' -- Looking for Osun : 1 : the town and the sacred grove -- Looking…
Dance of the heart : poems
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x, 69 pages ; 21 cm
Deadly Revenge : a novel
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175 pages ; 23 cm
Seasonal Rain Floods Africa's Sahel: Image of the Day
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Africa's Sahel region, a margin of semi-arid grassland around the southern limit of the Sahara Desert, gets most of its rainfall between June and September when the band of earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img id=4028 near-perpetual thunderstorms that hove…
Governing from above : solid waste management in Nigeria's new capital city of Abuja
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223 p. : 25 cm Thesis (doctoral) Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211)
Guerrilla journalism : dispatches from the underground
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151 p. ; 23 cm
Half of a yellow sun
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433 pages ; 20 cm With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university profess…
The hangman's game
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187 pages ; 21 cm "When a young Guyanese woman sets out to write a historical novel based on the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823, she is beset by questions about her own African roots. To free her writer's block, she travels to Nigeria to experience her origins first-hand, and s…
Intercultural dimensions in Ayo Bankole's music
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xi, 132 p. : 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117) and discography (p. 125)
Jay-Jay Okocha
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32 p. : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-31) and index An unexpected opportunity -- Joining the big leagues -- A new name -- Helping others -- Looking to the future
The joys of motherhood
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On the Renaissance of African Modes of Thought - The Example of the Belief in Magic and Witchcraft. In: Schmidt, Burghart / Schulte, Rolf (eds.): „Witchcraft in Modern Africa: Witches, witch-hunts and magical imaginaries
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ABSTRACT & RÉSUMÉ: The analysis of African occult belief systems provides a unique example for demonstrating that seemingly outdated and exotic African modes of thought, such as the belief in magic and witchcraft, are modern and have significant impact on social, economic and pol…
Los dioses de Nimo Chi ndi enwere na nimo
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[34] p. 20 cm
Niger Delta : a path to prosperity
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xvi, 214 pages ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references
No laughter here
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"Amistad." Even though they were born in different countries, Akilah and Victoria are true best friends. But Victoria has been acting strange ever since she returned from her summer in Nigeria, where she had a special coming-of-age ceremony. Why does proud Victoria, named for a q…
Perspectives on media discourse
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xv, 325 p. : 21 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-325)
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