Anthropology & archaeology

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  1. [Barnes (S.) ed.] AFRICA'S OGUN, old world and new, 389 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Second Edition, Bloomington, 1997. R100

  2. Beidelman (T.) THE COOL KNIFE, imagery of gender, sexuality, and moral education in Kaguru initiation ritual, 312 pp., illus., paperback, Washington, 1997. R150

  3. de la Harpe (P.) THE ZULU, 56 pp., 4to., map, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 1998. R30

  4. Magubane (P.) photo. & Friedman (H.) et. al. text VANISHING CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA, changing customs in a changing world, foreword by Nelson Mandela, 168 pp., 4to., map, colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1998. R179

    5. Consultants include Sandra Kloppers, Patrick Harries and Anne Solomon.

  5. Meintjes (G.) MANHOOD AT A PRICE, socio-medical perspectives on Xhosa traditional circumcision, 132 pp., illus., map, paperback, ISER working papers series no.1, Grahamstown, 1998. R75

    6. Museums

  6. [Ardouin (C.) ed.] MUSEUMS & ARCHAEOLOGY IN WEST AFRICA, 178 pp., map, illus., paperback, Oxford & Washington, 1997. R189

  7. Coombes (A.) REINVENTING AFRICA, museums, material culture and popular imagination in late Victorian and Edwardian England, 280 pp., 4to., illus., paperback, Reprint, New Haven, 1994 (1997). R215

  8. [Kaplan (F.) ed.] MUSEUMS AND THE MAKING OF "OURSELVES", the role of objects in national identity, 430 pp., illus., hardback, d.w., London, 1994. R500

  9. Roberts (L.) FROM KNOWLEDGE TO NARRATIVE, educators and the changing museum, 205 pp., paperback, Washington, 1997. R150

  10. Rose (C.) COURIERSPEAK, a phrase book for couriers of museum objects, 270 pp., paperback, Washington, 1993. R125

    11. Text in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese & Russian.

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  11. Parrinder (G.) AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY, 144 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Reprint, London, (1967) 1996. R90

  12. Pavitt (N.) TURKANA, nomads of the Jade sea, 240 pp., 4to., map, colour illus., hardback, d.w., London, 1997. R350

  13. Pemberton (J.) & Afolayan (F.) YORUBA SACRED KINGSHIP, "a power like that of the gods", 252 pp., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Washington, 1996. R395

  14. Rigby (P.) AFRICAN IMAGES, racism and the end of anthropology, 118 pp., paperback, Oxford, 1996. R110

  15. von Kapff (U.) ZULU "PEOPLE OF HEAVEN", a practical handbook, 64 pp., map, colour illus., paperback, Durban, 1997. R62

    16. Originally published in German.

  16. [Wadley (L.) ed.] OUR GENDERED PAST, archaeological studies of gender in southern Africa, 379 pp., maps, illus., paperback, Johannesburg, 1997. R80

  17. Yamba (C.) PERMANENT PILGRIMS, the role of pilgrimage in the lives of West African Muslims in Sudan, 237 pp., maps, illus., hardback, d.w., Washington, 1995. R325

Books at reduced prices Art, architecture, dance & music