Download or read book Angola the Land of the Blacksmith Prince written by John T. Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by M. Epstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book Nellie Arnott s Writings on Angola 1905 1913 written by Sarah Robbins and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-11-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nellie Arnott’s Writing on Angola, 1905-1913 recovers and interprets the public texts of a teacher serving at a mission station sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Portuguese West Africa. Along with a collection of her magazine narratives, mission reports, and correspondence, Nellie Arnott’s Writing on Angola offers a critical analysis of Arnott’s writing about her experiences in Africa, including interactions with local Umbundu Christians, and about her journey home to the U.S., when she spent time promoting the mission movement before marrying and settling in California.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Angola written by W. Martin James and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Angola is a thorough examination of Angola. It includes a chronology, bibliography, maps, appendixes, and over 600 cross referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Angola.
Download or read book The Ovimbundu of Angola written by Merran Mcculloch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by S. Steinberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 1595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book Umbundu Kinship and Character written by Gladwyn Murray Childs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1949, this book discusses Umbundu social structure and education, with particular reference to how both of these adapted as Angola's contact with Western influences increased in the first half of the twentieth century. Using materials gathered in the field, this volume charts the rapid pace of change which caused social disintegration among the Ovimumbundu, a significant Bantu-speaking group in the Benguela Highland of Angola. Differing approaches to education including assimiliation and adaptation are examined and their merits discussed.
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by Mortimer Epstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 1492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book Area Handbook for Angola written by Allison Butler Herrick and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General survey of history, economics, politics and culture of Angola, formerly Portuguese West Africa.
Download or read book A History of the Church in Africa written by Bengt Sundkler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-04 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bengt Sundkler's long-awaited book on African Christian churches will become the standard reference for the subject.
Download or read book Angola s Colossal Lie written by Jeremy Ball and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angola's Colossal Lie. Forced Labor on a Sugar Plantation, 1913-1977 is the first in-depth study of forced labor on a Portuguese-owned sugar plantation in colonial Angola. A prominent Portuguese civil servant dubbed the labor system in Angola a “colossal lie” because the reality so contradicted the law. Using extensive oral history interviews with former forced laborers, Jeremy Ball explains how Angolans experienced forced labor. Ball also interviews former Portuguese administrators to provide multiple perspectives about the transition to independence and the nationalization of the plantation.
Download or read book The Southern Lunda and Related Peoples Northern Rhodesia Belgian Congo Angola written by Merran Mcculloch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Download or read book African Art and Leadership written by Douglas Fraser and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly analysis of the close relationships among the structure, function, and history of the sub-Saharan African arts.
Download or read book Portuguese Africa written by Ronald H. Chilcote and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical analysis of colonial policies of Portugal in the African territories of Angola, Mozambique, Portuguese Guine, the Cape Verdes, Sao Tome and the Principe Islands.
Download or read book The Civilising Mission of Portuguese Colonialism 1870 1930 written by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an historical, critical analysis of the doctrine of 'civilising mission' in Portuguese colonialism in the crucial period from 1870 to 1930. Exploring international contexts and transnational connections, this 'civilising mission' is analysed and assessed by examining the employment and distribution of African manpower.
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Download or read book Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".
