| Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa Contributor(s): Maier, Karl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471295833 ISBN-13: 9780471295839 Publisher: Trade Paper Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity . . . INTO THE HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORS "Rich . . . fascinating." --The New York Times Book Review "A master of eyewitness description and of the telling interview, [Maier] has unearthed Africa's hidden heroes and heroines." --Financial Times "Maier has written a sensitive and complex narrative. . . . excellent descriptions of the lives and experiences of both ordinary and extraordinary individuals in different parts of Africa." --Richard Leakey, The Times (London) "A remarkable book. . . . It is no easy task to articulate an intangible undercurrent in an area so geographically large and culturally diverse, but Maier has succeeded admirably. Maier gives us hope that [the Africans] can rebound and even thrive. Highly recommended." --Library Journal |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - History | Africa - Central |
| Dewey: 967.032 |
| LCCN: 97026809 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.75" W x 9.01" (0.86 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Ethnic Orientation - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Experience Africa's vibrant and volatile struggle at the crossroads between tradition and modernity . . . INTO THE HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORS ""Rich . . . fascinating."" --The New York Times Book Review ""A master of eyewitness description and of the telling interview, Maier] has unearthed Africa's hidden heroes and heroines."" --Financial Times ""Maier has written a sensitive and complex narrative. . . . excellent descriptions of the lives and experiences of both ordinary and extraordinary individuals in different parts of Africa."" --Richard Leakey, The Times (London) ""A remarkable book. . . . It is no easy task to articulate an intangible undercurrent in an area so geographically large and culturally diverse, but Maier has succeeded admirably. Maier gives us hope that the Africans] can rebound and even thrive. Highly recommended."" --Library Journal |