Author: David Fleminger
Publisher: 30 Degrees South Publishers
Keywords: south, africa, heritage, sites, world, guides, travel, dome, vredefort
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-09-15
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0958489149
ISBN-13: 9780958489140
Let Southbound take you to the Vredefort Dome and back in time to where it all started—The Big Bang! To how our world began, and then, when it was all perfectly formed around two billion years ago— Wham! Another big bang—this time an uninvited intruder from outer space in the form of a whopping 190-kilometre-diameter meteorite that smashed into Earth near today’s little town of Vredefort in central South Africa. * The Vredefort Dome, South Africa’s seventh and least-known World Heritage Site, is the site of the largest and oldest meteorite impact structure on Earth ? Deep Impact: the
Author: Working Group on Demographic Effects of Economic a
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: africa, saharan, sub, dynamics, series, population, effects, demographic, economic, reversals
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 0309048982
ISBN-13: 9780309048989
This book examines the effects of economic downturns in recent decades on first marriages, first and second births, and child mortality in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda.
Author: David Fleminger
Publisher: 30 Degrees South
Keywords: south, africa, heritage, sites, world, guides, travel, island, robben
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-08-13
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0958489122
ISBN-13: 9780958489126
Let Southbound take you back in time and uncover the rich history of a South African icon - Robben Island - a desolate little island off the coast of Cape Town in the bleak Atlantic, that has come to symbolize to the world the very essence of the struggle for freedom. How the island came to prominence with the arrival of the early Dutch seafarers How the British took control and used the island as a political prison for the rebellious Xhosa chiefs during the Frontier Wars of the nineteenth century The island as a military and naval outpost during World War II The brutal apartheid y
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Publisher: Universal Studios
Keywords: africa
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $14.98
ISBN-10: 0783240171
ISBN-13: 9780783240176
DescriptionThe most acclaimed motion picture of 1985 stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in one of the screen’s great epic romances. Directed by Oscar winner Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa is the fascinating true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who, with her philandering husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer), runs a coffee plantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment, she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious white hunter (Redford). The masterfully crafted, breathtakingly produced story of love and loss earned Oscars for Best Pic
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Publisher: teNeues
Keywords: africa
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2006-07-15
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 3832791272
ISBN-13: 9783832791278
Africa is a source of amazing bio-diversity and home to some of the planet’s most spectacular landscapes. The sights of this awe-inspiring continent are captured with consummate skill and sensitivity by master lensman Michael Poliza. With extensive experience photographing the animals and terrain of Africa, Poliza’s viewpoint is shaped by his concern for the fragile eco-systems he chronicles. These images embody the soul of Africa’s flora and fauna with a true artist’s eye for color and composition. This book will be enjoyed for years to come.
Author: Ifeoma Onyefulu
Publisher: Puffi
Keywords: africa
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1997-07-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0140562222
ISBN-13: 9780140562224
Stunning color photographs depict everyday life in Nigeria in this unusual ABC book by a talented African photographer. "An incisive, sophisticated view of her homeland’s rich heritage."--Publishers Weekly.
Author: Miles Harvey
Publisher: Children’s Press(CT)
Keywords: africa
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-03-01
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0531166260
ISBN-13: 9780531166260
Describes many things that originally came from Africa, including music, dance, foods, animals, fashion, and art.
