Customer Review: Short, but very well written account of German exploitation and destruction of the Herero tribe of German Southwest Africa (today, Namibia)in the first decade of the 20th Century. One underlying theme carefully worked out is how racial prejudice influenced the conduct of the suppression. Kaiser Bill... more info
Customer Review: this is a fine ethnographic monograph on the Swazi. It covers a brief history and clever analysis by Hilda Kuper. It is from the fine series of case studies in cultural anthropology, edited by George & Louise Spindler, and is a fine additon for any anthropologists or africanists book shelf.
Customer Review: This book was an honest and sensitve overview of the Sangoma training.
Anyone studying Shamanism would find this book of interest. And lucky
for me, I just happened to receive a signed copy. The book seller was
very prompt, packaged the book carefully, and was true to the rating... more info
Customer Review: Detailed guidebook, good recommendations on local guides to use (we tried their recommendation of the township tour in Cape Town), places to stay and things to do. I am planning to use them again for my subsequent trips to other regions.