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Pala Pala Killer
"A gripping story, original characters, sizzling plot lines and a jaw-dropping climax. And credible at every level. Pala Pala Killer is a work of reality fiction - all of it could have happened - addressing issues that should be of interest to all readers." John Stockwell, author of NYT best-seller In Search of Enemies A bitter feud. A spiral of killings. A fight for justice. Human rights defender Patrice Le Congo is a man who'll leave no stone unturned in search of the truth. When the death of a park ranger in a Cameroonian rain forest is reported as a freak mishap, he has his doubts. It soon becomes clear there's been a cover-up. But why? As more bloodshed follows, Patrice begins to suspect a hidden hand is at work, stirring up trouble. Pala Pala Killer is the second novel chronicling The Investigations of Patrice Le Congo, a series of crime stories from Africa with a global political dimension.
Epic Adventures
The many adventures of the "epic" in modern times are fascinating topics in themselves. The Romantics claimed that every self-respecting nation should, at some time, have had one and they set out to reconstruct these epics for political as well as cultural reasons. Such epics represented earlier stages in the development of nation-states and in this modern world they were, for a long time, hard to appreciate. The introduction of tape recorders, however, brought the epic back in the limelight. It became fashionable for scholars to record long oral narratives, and to present them as long written poems that reflected deeply ingrained ideas. Because of this technology, the idea of the epic was r...
Epic Traditions of Africa
"Belcher's volume contains a much needed and extremely well-integrated overview and discussion of a vast inter-related West African culture complex that deserves and requires the kind of original, insightful treatment it receives here." —David Conrad Epic Traditions of Africa crosses boundaries of language, distance, and time to gather material from diverse African oral epic traditions. Stephen Belcher explores the rich past and poetic force of African epics and places them in historical and social, as well as artistic contexts. Colorful narratives from Central and West African traditions are illuminated along with texts that are more widely available to Western readers—the Mande Sunjata and the Bamana Segou. Belcher also takes up questions about European influences on African epic poetry and the possibility of mutual influence through out the genre. This lively and informative volume will inspire an appreciation for the distinctive qualities of this uniquely African form of verbal art.
Ayo Bersikap Baik: Jeki yang Pemberani
Bersikap baik adalah kebiasaan yang perlu dipupuk sejak dini. Seri Ayo Bersikap Baik mendorong anak-anak untuk mengembangkan sepuluh sikap positif, yaitu PEMAAF, JUJUR, PENYAYANG, GIGIH, PEMBERANI, SABAR, RENDAH HATI, ADIL, RAMAH, dan MURAH HATI. Melalui tokoh-tokoh satwa langka Indonesia dan cerita sederhana, anak-anak akan belajar mempraktikkan sikap baik tersebut dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Judul-judul lengkap dalam seri ini: • Gogo yang Pemaaf • Buya yang Jujur • Tigo yang Penyayang • Oru yang Gigih • Jeki yang Pemberani • Cesi yang Sabar • Dodo yang Rendah Hati • Badu yang Adil • Beka yang Ramah • Sasa yang Murah Hati *** Jeki baru saja bisa terbang. Ia terbang ke sana kemari. Tapi oh… ia tersesat! Apa yang Jeki lakukan?
Fetichism in West Africa: Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions
That stream of the Negro race which is known ethnologically as “Bantu,” occupies all of the southern portion of the African continent below the fourth degree of north latitude. It is divided into a multitude of tribes, each with its own peculiar dialect. All these dialects are cognate in their grammar. Some of them vary only slightly in their vocabulary. In others the vocabulary is so distinctly different that it is not understood by tribes only one hundred miles apart, while that of others a thousand miles away may be intelligible. In their migrations the tribes have been like a river, with its windings, currents swift or slow; there have been even, in places, back currents; and elsewhe...
KASTURBA GANDHI: A BIOGRAPHY
Born in Dinga district of Gujrat in what is now Pakistan, Prof. B.M. Bhalla has had a long and distinguished teaching career in Delhi University. His works have been published in various national and international journals and his translation of the Punjabi poet Shiv Kumar Batalvi’s celebrated verse epic Luna won him the prestigious Delhi State Sahitya Academy Award in 2003.
Understanding Gandhi
Neither an ode of adulation, nor an exercise in iconoclasm, this book on Gandhi gives praise where praise is due; and criticizes where criticism is warranted. The author treads in step with Gandhi as he reveals himself in his Experiments with Truth in an honest attempt to understand the Mahatma in the making. Gandhi's veracity is not in question; but his memory, and selection and omission of episodes, inevitably temper the tenor of truth! His equation of Truth with God can only be understood as justice and fair play analogous to sat or ṛta signifying the Cosmic Order. Page after page poses questions in a bid to understand Gandhi as he speaks, writes and acts. The author relates how Gandhi ...
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa (1894) is an important work of in-depth research into one of the principal indigenous communities of West Africa. The territory of the Yoruba peoples extends over the southern parts of western Nigeria and eastern Dahomey, and this book examines their religion, customs, laws and language, and contains an extensive appendix comparing the Tshi (Oji), Gã, Ewe and Yoruba languages.
