We brought this book with us to South Africa, and it was extremely helpful. Lots of photos, driving directions (which may be dated, due to ongoing construction and the transient nature of certain dirt roads), intelligent evaluations of the myriad dive sites, and detailed descriptions of local marine life.

Fortunately, we purchased it before we arrived there, as there was nothing similar available on the local bookshelves.

This book is a worthy complement to Coetzee's Disgrace. Breytenbach is a writer and poet with a fine delicate sensibility. Not an easy read, the book is nonetheless fascinating, beautiful and horrifying in turn. He meditates on his childhood in the Boland area of the Cape, and the history of his Afrikaans speaking family in the area. He describes the brutality that happened in SA in the past and that happens in present day SA frankly and bluntly. He tells it how it is and and sometimes as I read it my blood just ran cold. He also describes the beauty of the country, the land and its animals, plants and trees, the night sky, the clouds etc. The subject matter is very interesting and the quality of his writing is superb. I have never read anything by this writer before and I was surprised by the brilliance of it. I found it very moving and profound. It is a stunning book.

Beware that this is not a serious study of the Dogon people intended for adult readers. It is a (rather nice) children's book.

The book is very good. Make a jorney in one of the Africa most interesting tribe. You will enjoy it. Good for those who have never been among dogons and even for those who have been there. You will find a lot of interesting information. Some pictures are not excellent but anyway I would recommend this book. It is very deep.

Dogs Of Africa is an in-depth, 366-page encyclopedic study of those canine breeds that originated on the African continent. From pariahs, hounds, and southern African dogs, to sighthounds, mastiffs, and small pet dogs such as the Maltese Poodle, exhaustive and extensive descriptions are combined with black-and-white photographs, histories of the breed origins and their uses, and a wealth of information both practical and trivial, distinguish this unique and specialized guide which is especially recommended for dedicated dog breeders in general, and African canine enthusiasts in particular.

Paul did not travel into Egypt/Africa, it says in Acts, because a dream warned him away from Alexandria, the largest university in the Imperium. This is not the cause but a foreshadowing of the early African Church's different formulation of Christology and theology based on typology. Fact is, the Africans detested Rome, which maintained enormous Southern Med grain plantations to feed the Roman populace and armies. Donatism was a vigorous church arising around Rome's old adversary, Carthage, which required decades of polemics by Augustine and other theorists of the fourth century to quash. Indeed Donatism did not die entirely until the coming of Islam to Northern Africa. These martyrologies of early "confessors" of Christ have been translated by Dr Tilley and compiled for easy study. A necessary companion to her text on the Bible in North Africa, which is a new and necessary study of Donatism.

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Jason Trent is seventeen and travels back in time from 2097 to 1863 Virginia to find his twin sister Jaynie was accidentally transported there in her father's time machine. This is a time of Civil War and runaway slaves. Jason teams up with former slave Daniel Williams who witnessed Jaynie's abduction by traveling minstrels. Together the two boys track the abductors and during a three-week odyssey visit wartime Washington, are captured as spies, encounter the Underground Railroad, and stop a conspiracy that could have otherwise changed the course of history. Vincent Sescoe is a master storyteller whose young readers will enjoy this novel of high adventure while they also learn fascinating, true life details of the Civil War. Highly recommended for school and community library collections, the text of Double Time is occasionally enhanced with black and white illustrations by Clinton Helms.

Before the dawning of the next Millenium, every discerning reader should have read this classic, by pre-eminent author Es'kia Mphahlele. In his true-life drama, Mphahlele chronicles the life of a young Black man growing up in South Africa. From the onset, he takes his readers through the layers of his multi-dimensional life. In the spirit of Jean Toomer, the grace and sophistication of Nelson Mandela and the furor of Toni Morisson, Mphahlele offers no apologies about all that has unfolded in his midst. He celebrates women, challenges racism without showing bitterness. Like no other Black author, he is not ashamed to showcase his tenderness. All in all, he propels us forward and with Alice Walker's caution, and Sindiwe Magona's humour he clarifies the philosophy connectednism.He takes his readers from his rural roots of Pietersburg, to the lights and bustle of Johannesburg, and finally settles them on the rumbles and tranquils of West Africa. What is prominent throughout Second Avenue is his refusal to take no for an answer. Down Second Avenue is a magnifying glass that portrays a lifetime that is more refreshing than Vivaldi's concerto. He comes across-subtly so-as more of an uncolonized African who is not afraid to paint an elegant watercolour of his stumbles, fumbles, falls and moving ons. In my opinion, he is one of the the 5 best novelists of the 20th century.

Drum Gahu is another marvel produced by the leader of Ewe drumming in this country, David Locke. Locke systematicly takes the reader through the patterns, playing techniques, and descriptions of each instrument; the bell, the rattle, kagan, kidi, sogo, and the master drum. In addition, he provides the reader with execises for the playing of these instruments. The text is easy to read, but the musical notation is a bit small. I highly recommend buying the Drum Gahu tapes that are available. The tapes are of Locke performing most of the musical examples in the book. It also has an excerpt of Gahu being performed in Africa; the real thing! I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about Ewe drumming, and to anyone interested in learning to play Gahu.