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Explorations in Southern African Drama, Theatre and Performance


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English | ISBN: 1443898694 | 2017 | 267 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In spite of the rich repertoire of artistic traditions in Southern Africa, particularly in the areas of drama, theatre and performance, there seems to be a lack of a corresponding robust academic engagement with these subjects. While it can be said that some of the racial groups in the region have received substantial attention in terms of scholarly discussions of their drama and theatre performances, the same cannot be said of the black African racial group. As such, this collection of thirteen chapters represents a compendium of critical and intellectual discourses on black African drama, theatre and performance in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. The topics covered in the book include, amongst others, ritual practices, interventionist approaches to drama, textual analyses, and the funeral rites (viewed as performance) of the South African liberation icon Nelson Mandela. The discussions are rooted mainly using African paradigms that are relevant to the context of African cultural production. The contributions here add to the aggregate knowledge economy of Southern Africa, promote research and publication, and provide reading materials for university students specialising in the performing arts. As such, the book will appeal to academics, theatre scholars, cultural workers and arts administrators, arts practitioners and entrepreneurs, the tourism industry, arts educators, and development communication experts.

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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals (2nd Edition)


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English | 2001 | ISBN: 1472912365 | 640 Pages | PDF | 35.7 MB
The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals is the essential companion for anyone going on safari or interested in African mammals―no other field guide covers the whole continent in a portable format.

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African Animals in Origami


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English | 1991 | ISBN: 0486269779 | 160 Pages | PDF | 14.8 MB
Join origami expert John Montroll on a fascinating and fun-filled paper folding safari!

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Finding My Way Reflections on South African Literature


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English | ISBN: 1032633816 | 2023 | 202 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 8 MB
This book reflects on South African literature from the perspective of 2020. It emerges from Duncan Brown’s experiences of three decades of working in this field of writing and scholarship. It is a personal intellectual exploration and an engagement with the institutional history of literary studies in South Africa and elsewhere.

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African Ethics and Death


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English | ISBN: 1032658401 | 2023 | 122 pages | EPUB, PDF | 642 KB + 5 MB
This book analyzes the concepts of moral status and human dignity in African philosophy and applies them to the moral problems associated with death.

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