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A Historical and Philosophical Sketch of the Discoveries and Settlements of t…
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John Leyden

lthough he had never set foot in Africa, Scottish poet and linguist John Leyden (1775–1811) decided to publish in 1799 this compilation on 'discoveries and settlements' there, drawing from the published works of explorers. His aim was 'to exhibit the progress of discoveries at this period in North and West Africa', giving descriptions of places such as Guinea, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone…

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9781139058759
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Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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Africa and the North
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ENGEL, UlfRye Olsen, Gorm

An important new discussion of Africa's place in the international system. This volume discusses Africa's place in the international system, examining the way in which the Westphalian system, in light of the impact of globalization and transnational networks, continues to play a major role in the structuring of Africa's international relations. The book provides a solid empirical analysis of ke…

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9780415333917; 9780415498869
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New International Relations
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327 AFR a
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Developing Heritage – Developing Countries: Ethiopian Nation-Building and t…
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Huber, Marie

Seven Ethiopian heritage sites were among the first sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List – a stunning number for an African country at the time and the product of extended international technical assistance and tourism planning. This book unpacks the beginnings of World Heritage in development thinking and the significance of national heritage for developing countries in a global context d…

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Africa in Global History, 1
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909.82 HUB d
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A Geographical Survey of Africa Its Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Productions, S…
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MACQUEEN,James

James MacQueen (1778–1870) was a British geographer and also one of the most outspoken critics of the methods of the British anti-slavery campaign in the 1820s and 1830s. Although he never visited Africa, he became an acknowledged expert on the continent, through reading all available accounts, ancient and modern, as well as interviewing slave merchants while managing a sugar plantation in th…

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9781139034562
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Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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A Geographical and Commercial View of Northern Central Africa
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MACQUEEN,James

James MacQueen (1778–1870) was a British geographer fascinated by the problem of the River Niger. He set out to try to establish (on the basis of accounts by explorers, traders and missionaries), that one and the same river flowed continuously through Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean, thus challenging long-established beliefs that African rivers either disappeared into the sand or terminate…

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9781139034579
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Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
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