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South Africa has been reeling under the recent blows of an apparent resurgence of crude public manifestations of racism and a hardening of attitudes on both sides of the racial divide. To probe this topic as it relates to white South Africans, Afrikaans and Afrikaners, MISTRA, in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), convened a round-table discussion. The discourse...
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In over forty portraits, African writers present extraordinary people from their continent: portraits of the women and men whom they admire, people who have changed and enriched life in Africa. The portraits include inventor, founders of universities, resistance fighters, musicians, environmental activists or writers. African Visionaries is a multi-faceted book, seen through African eyes, on the most impactful people of Africa.
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«Todo lo que he oído sobre la belleza de Samarcanda es pura verdad, pero es aún más espléndida de lo que hubiera podido imaginar». Alejandro Magno.
Las leyendas del pasado y el nombre mítico de Samarcanda han guiado a la mayoría de los visitantes a Uzbekistán. En espacios infinitos de estepa y desierto, en montañas con picos aún vírgenes o a orillas de un mar desaparecido, el viajero, invitado a compartir el té con un pastor de ovejas...
5) Ghana
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Abierta al océano Atlántico, Ghana cuenta con hermosas playas bordeadas de palmeras e innumerables puertos pesqueros cubiertos de redes y barcos cuya salida, regreso y reparación marcan las horas del día. El país tiene grandes y verdes espacios de llanuras tropicales en su centro, pequeñas colinas al este y el monte subsahariano al norte, donde se levantan curiosos palacios de tierra que anuncian el Sahel.
Con una cultura cristiana teñida de...
6) Benín
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Viajar a Benín es descubrir los hermosos paisajes de lagunas de la costa, deslizarse sobre las aguas mezcladas del río y el mar, rodeadas de una vegetación exuberante, y pasear por los pueblos de los alrededores, que protegen innumerables ídolos.
Es aquí, en el sur, donde podemos acercarnos al vudú, este misterioso culto tan poderoso que ha sido capaz de atravesar el Atlántico. En Abomey, antigua ciudad real, hay que visitar los palacios descalzos...
7) Camerún
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La palabra que mejor describe Camerún es, seguramente, diversidad. Diversidad de idiomas, de religiones, gastronómica y cultural, que dan forma a uno de los pueblos más fascinantes del mundo.
Desde el golfo de Guinea hasta el lago Chad, Camerún se caracteriza por paisajes tan diversos como magníficos. Un océano soberbio y acogedor, con aguas a 25 °C durante todo el año, y playas de arena fina que van desde el blanco inmaculado de Kribi...
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Primera capital de un reino que data del siglo IX, nos trasladará en un viaje a través del tiempo y la historia. Esta ciudad medieval situada en una llanura del Atlas Medio conserva en su seno diversas joyas ciudadosamente conservadas de la cultura bereber y árabe-andaluza. Laberinto de callejuelas estrechas, puestos con mil olores y colores, maravillas de la arquitectura hispano-morisca. Fez hechiza.
Fez, una de las cuatro ciudades imperiales...
9) Uganda
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Hace poco más de un siglo, Winston Churchill, embriagado por su prodigiosa naturaleza, hizo de Uganda "la perla de África". Su halago, que aún perdura, alaba las maravillas de este país todavía poco conocido.
Desde principios del decenio de 1990, Uganda ha experimentado una transformación completa gracias a un fuerte crecimiento económico, que ha atraído a inversores de todo el mundo. Además, con la reciente disminución de las tensiones...
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En Tanzania le espera la garganta de Olduvai, conocida también como la cuna de la humanidad; el Kilimanjaro con sus eternas nieves y cumbre de África; Zanzíbar de colores tornasolados, con su mar turquesa y sus palmeras inclinadas; por último la ruta de las especias. Y la gente... Hay más de 120 tribus que se reparten el territorio de manera pacífica. De la gigantesca tribu de los bantúes, que representa el 98% de la población, a la de los...
11) Etiopía
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El viajero se puede sentir abrumado por un sentimiento particular al acercarse a las tierras de Etiopía: la fascinación. Territorio de fuertes contrastes geográficos, climáticos y culturales, y cuna de una increíble diversidad de poblaciones, la identidad de Etiopía se basa en mitos y leyendas que todavía están profundamente arraigados en el inconsciente colectivo.
Considerada la cuna de la humanidad desde el descubrimiento de Lucy en el valle...
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#1 best-selling guide to Tanzania* Lonely Planet Tanzania is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch East Africa's greatest natural dramas play out on the Serengeti plains, sip sundowners near Mt Kilimanjaro, or explore the narrow alleyways of Zanzibar; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Tanzania and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet...
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Lonely Planet West Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Senegalese music scene in Dakar, sun yourself in the coastal paradise of Freetown, or hike through lush highlands in Kpalime; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of West Africa and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet West Africa Travel Guide: Colour maps and images...
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Ethiopia & Djibouti is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore underground churches in Lalibela, spot rare and beautiful animals in the Bale Mountains, or get to know Ethiopian cuisine in Addis Ababa; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Ethiopia and Djibouti and begin...
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Diasporas comprise an inescapable part of the human experience and few are more interesting and diverse than African diasporas. By providing a panoramic view across time and geographical space this collection of essays illustrates the inherent variability of African, European and Asian diasporic formation. Even when such communities share a common origin, diasporas behave like living organisms that respond sensitively to specific geographical locations...
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Zimbabwe @ 40 is a celebration of the country's four decades of independence and statehood. Forty years is a relatively short period in a nation's life, but it is a formative period: what lessons can be learnt from the successes and failures, challenges and opportunities of the last 40 years? What should be avoided in the next 40? Lloyd Sachikonye and David Kaulemu have assembled a distinguished team of scholars to address these questions, and the...
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The purpose of the book is to provide a collection of perspectives from various parts of Africa on what scholars in religion studies are currently engaged with, whether it refers to topics or methodology. Each chapter is written from the perspective of a scholar working within a particular context on a particular theme or topic related to religion studies. Several methodologies have been implemented in each contribution to the book. Each contribution...
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There is much to learn about ancient societies. In this collection of books, you will learn about the ancient Africans. How did they live? What were their greatest legacies? If you visit Africa today, can you still see traces of ancient culture, arts and traditions? All these questions, and more, will be answered in this book. Happy reading!
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This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory, and identity. This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on postcolonial immigration, the treatment of ethnic minorities,...
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Archives of Times Past: Conversations about South Africa's Deep History explores particular sources of evidence on southern Africa's time before the colonial era. It gathers recent ideas about archives and archiving from scholars in southern Africa and elsewhere, focusing on the question: 'How do we know, or think we know, what happened in the times before European colonialism?'
Historians who specialise in researching early history have learnt to...
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