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Among the Wild Ngoni : Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa. With Introduction by the Right Hon. Lord Overton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh and London, 1899,

Seller ID: 93329

ELMSLIE, W.A. Among the Wild Ngoni : Being Some Chapters in the History of the Livingstonia Mission in British Central Africa. With Introduction by the Right Hon. Lord Overton. Edinburgh and London : Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1899. Pp (2),5-320, frontis + 13 plates. 8vo, illustrated brown cloth ,gilt lettering to front board and spine. Cloth worn and soiled, inner hing es cracked, lacking free endpapers, some leaves and plates loose, numerous penned notes, overall a poor reading copy only. Lacking map. As is. 50.00
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An African Aristocracy : Rank Among the Swazi

By: KUPER, Hilda

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, International African Institute, London, 1965,

Seller ID: 99017

KUPER, Hilda. An African Aristocracy : Rank Among the Swazi. London: published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press,(1965). Second printing of the second edition. Pp. (4),v-xii,1-251,(1), fo lding map at rear. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "The author gives an account of the social organization of the Swazi, with special reference to the aristocratic structure of their society and the way in whichbirth and rank determine social relationships and activities. The book ope ns with a short historical sketch of the Swazi and the part played by t...
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Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, Volume 21, Number 1, January 1990

By: MILLS, D.H. and R.J. ROBERTS, eds. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, 21:1 ROBERTS, R.J., ed. VAN DAM, A.A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1990,

Seller ID: 82921

MILLS, D.H. and R.J. ROBERTS, (eds.). Aquaculture and Fisheries Management,Volume 21, Number 1, January 1990 . Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publicati ons, 1990. Pp. 1-144. 8vo, printed light green card covers. Includes the folllowing articles: A.A. Van Dam's "Multiple regression analysis of accumulated data from aquaculture experiments: a rice-fish culture example"; T. Taugbol and J. Skurdal's "Effect of density on brood size in noble crayfish, Astacus astacus L., subjected to indoor rearing conditions"; K.J. Rana, R.M.Muiruri, B.J. McAndrew, and Ann Gilmour's "The influenc...
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Autobiography of an African : Retold in Biographical Form & in the Wild African Setting of the Life of Daniel Mtusu.

By: FRASER, Donald MTUSU, Daniel MKOCHI, Andrew

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Seeley, Service , London, 1925,

Seller ID: 93361

FRASER, Donald. The Autobiography of an African : Retold in Biographical Form & in the Wild African Setting of the Life of Daniel Mtusu. Illustrated. London : Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1925. Pp [1]-[210],(18,ads),(2), frontis portrait + 7 leaves plates. 8vo, illustrated orange cloth, black lettering to spine. “A few years ago I asked Daniel Mtusu, the subject of this book, to write tor me an account of his life. He had completed it to a period a little beyond the time o£ his baptism, and was contemplating a furtherinstalment when he died. His friend, the Rev. Andrew Mkochi, completed the ...
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Bibliography of Malawi

By: BROWN, Edward E., Carol A. FISHER, and John B. WEBSTER (compilers).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., 1965,

Seller ID: 90656

BROWN, Edward E., Carol A. FISHER, and John B. WEBSTER (compilers). A Bibliography of Malawi. (Syracuse, N.Y.) : Program of Eastern African Studies, Syracuse University, (1965). Pp (6),1-161,(1). Indexes. 8vo, illustrated white stapled caed covers. Syracuse University Eastern African BibliographicalSeries, No. 1, Malawi. Rubbed, else very good. 15.00
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Britain and Nyasaland.

By: JONES, Griff.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London , 1964,

Seller ID: 90638

JONES, Griff. Britain and Nyasaland. London : George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1964). First Edition. Pp [1]-[315],(5). Maps. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge dyed maroon. “A Story of Inattention, Fitful Care, Political Vacillation.” - from the dj, Contents : 1. The First Europeans. 2. Ther Beginning of the Protectorate. 3. People and Rulers. 4. From Tribalismto Nationalism. 5. Social Concepts and Strains. 6. Federation. 7. The Admi nistration of Policy. 8. Political Institutions. 9. Law and Order. 10. The End of the Protectorate. Rubbed, minor spotting to top edge, foxing to othe...
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Cape Maclear. Department of Antiquities, Publication No. 4, September, 1968.

By: COLE-KING, P.A LIVINGSTONE, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Government Press, Zomba, Malawi , 1968,

Seller ID: 95848

COLE-KING, P.A. Cape Maclear. Department of Antiquities, Publication No. 4,September, 1968. Zomba, Malawi : Government Press, 1968. Pp (4),1-67,(1),+ 12 pp plates + folding map. 8vo, light brown stapled card covers, lettered in green. Contents : 1. Introduction and Prehistory. 2. Livingstone's Zamb ezi Expedition. 3. The Livingstone Search Expedition. 4. Beginnings of the Livingstonia Mission. 5. Building the Station. 6. Losses and Departure. 7. Outstation. 8. Cape Maclear in the Twentieth Century. Spine browned and slightly waterstained, else very good. 25.00
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Children of Their Fathers : Growing up among the Ngoni of Nyasaland.

By: READ, Margaret.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Methuen & Co, London, 1959,

Seller ID: 93325

READ, Margaret. Children of Their Fathers : Growing up among the Ngoni of Nyasaland. London : Methuen & Co Ltd, (1959). First Edition. Pp [1]-176,+ 16pp plates. 8vo, blue cloth, silver lettering to spine. Contents : 1. Ngoni land and the people who lived in it. 2. Growing up among the Ngoni. 3. 'A new stranger has come'. 4. Family life for the young child. 5. Village life for older brothers and sisters. 6. The threshold of adulthood (i). 7. The threshold of adulthood (ii). 8. Personality and character. 9. Some educational reflections. Name, else very good in rubbed and edgeworn, price-clipped ...
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Church of Scotland Report on Central Africa including Supplementary Report.

By: Church of Scotland

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Printed for The Church of Scotland by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1959,

Seller ID: 95830

(Church of Scotland). The Church of Scotland Report on Central Africa including Supplementary Report. (Edinburgh : Printed for The Church of Scotland by William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1959). Pp [1]-32. 8vo, cream stapled cardcovers. To be presented to the General Assembly, May 1959, by the Special Committee Anent Central Africa. Contents : First Report on the General Assembly's Committee Anent Central Africa, May 1959 (pp 1-23); Supplementary Report on the General Assembly's Committee Anent Central Africa, 6th May 1959(pp 25-32). Margins browned, else very good. 30.00
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Constitution of Ngonde: The Rhodes - Livingstone Papers, Number Three.

By: WILSON, Godfrey

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, 1939,

Seller ID: 95866

WILSON, Godfrey. The Constitution of Ngonde. Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia: The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, 1939. Pp [1]-86,(2). 8vo, blue printed stapled card covers. The Rhodes-Livingstone Papers, Number Three. “This [. ..] is a description of the traditional political constitution of a Bantu tribe in the extreme north of Nyasaland, and of the profound changes which modern conditions have made in that constitution. The most important of the changes are inevitable, given the general conditions of contact between Africans and Europeans in Central Africa; and this brings us to a realization ...
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Constitution of the Malawi Congress Party and Rules and Regulations Governing the Discipline of Malawi Congress Party. Completely Reset and Reprinted,27th October 1965.

By: Malawi Congress Party

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Malawi Congress Party, 1965,

Seller ID: 95861

(Malawi Congress Party). The Constitution of the Malawi Congress Party and Rules and Regulations Governing the Discipline of Malawi Congress Party. Completely Reset and Reprinted, 27th October 1965. N.pl.: (Malawi Congress Party, 1965). Pp (2),1-20,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, pink printed stapled card covers. Waterstain to lower margin of front cover, rubbed, else good. As is. 50.00
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Culture of Democracy : Language, Literature, the Arts & Politics in Malawi,1992-1994

By: CIMOMBO, Steve and Moira.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: WASI Publications, Zomba, Malawi, 1996, ISBN:9990848099

Seller ID: 93324

CIMOMBO, Steve and Moira. The Culture of Democracy : Language, Literature, the Arts & Politics in Malawi, 1992-1994. (Zomba, Malawi) : WASI Publications, 1996. Pp [i]-xi,(1),[1]-203,(1). 8vo, illustrated tan card covers. Contents : 1. Introduction. Part I – Language and Politics. 2. The Role of the Independent Press in Malawi's New Democracy. 3. Influences on the Chichewa Vocabulary of Democracy. 4. From Rumours and Allegations to Investigative Journalism. 5. From Government to Opposition Journalism. Part II – Literature, the Arts and Politics. 6, The Rise of Political Poetry. 7. From Praise S...
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Daybreak in Livingstonia : The Story of the Livingstonia Mission, British Central Africa. Revised, with an Introduction by Robert Laws.

By: JACK, James W. LAWS, Robert

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Pickering & Inglis, Glasgow , 1900,

Seller ID: 93326

JACK, James W. Daybreak in Livingstonia : The Story of the Livingstonia Mission, British Central Africa. Revised, with an Introduction by Robert Laws.With Map and Illustrations. Glasgow : Pickering & Inglis, n.d. [Preface da ted 1900]. Pp [1]-371,(1),(12,ads), frontis + 16 plates (including double-page map). Index. 8vo, illustrated green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. Origin of the Mission. 2. Preparations. 3. The Expedition. 4. Settlement of the Mission. 5. The Natives. 6. Reinforcements and Progress. 7.Early Missionary Exploration. 8. Early Evangelistic and other Work. 9. Los ...
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Distribution of Population in Nyasaland. Reprinted from The Geographical Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, April, 1928

By: DIXEY, F.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: American Geographical Society, New York, 1928,

Seller ID: 93345

DIXEY, F. The Distribution of Population in Nyasaland. Reprinted from The Geographical Review, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, April, 1928, pp 274-290. New York : American Geographical Society, (1928). Pp (1),274-290,(2). Maps. 8vo, grey printed stapled card covers. Contents : Population and Water Supply; The Map of Population Density; Physical Divisions and Population; The Lake Shore;The Lake Plains; The Scarps and Plateaus West of the Lake; The Lakes and L ake Plains of Southern Nyasaland; The Shire Valley Plains; The Scarps and Plateaus. Light browning to margins, else very good. 30.00
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Donald Fraser of Livingstonia.

By: FRASER, Agnes R. FRASER, Donald

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1934,

Seller ID: 93360

FRASER, Agnes R. Donald Fraser of Livingstonia. London : Hodder and Stoughton Limited, MCMXXXIV [1934]. First Edition. Pp [i]-ix,(1),1-325,(1), portrait frontis + 2 plates. Index. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : 1. Lochgilsphead. 2. Glasgow Days. 3. Student Movement Days. 4. "Liverpool 1896" and After. 5. The Young Missionary. 6. " God's Footfall in the Land." 7. The Senga : a Visit and Its Results. 8. Political Trouble . 9. An Important Furlough. 10. Back to Africa. 11. Hora. 12. Flitting. 13. The Missionary on Trial. 14. His Medical Contribution. 15. In...
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Dziko la Nyasaland ndi Anthu Ace

By: DRIESSEN, A., Rev.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Printed by the White Father's Press, Lilongwe, Nyasaland, Likuni, 1956,

Seller ID: 95833

DRIESSEN, A., Rev. Dziko la Nyasaland ndi Anthu Ace. Likuni : 1956. Printedby the White Father's Press, Lilongwe, Nyasaland. Pp (2),[1]-112,(2),+ fol ding map at rear. Small 8vo, red limp cloth. Contents : 1. Za Dziko Monga Analilenga Mulungu. 2. Za Anthu ndi Nchito Zao. 3. Za Mafumu a Dziko Lathu. 4. Nchito ya Mission ku Nyasaland. 5. Nthanu za Mapfuko a ku Nyasaland. 6. Ufumu wa Angerezi ku Nyasaland. 7. Anthu Ena Ochuka Kuno. 8. Mgwirizano wa Rhodesia ndi Nyasaland. Ex-library (spine numbering, inkstamps to fore-edges, pouch at front), spine worn and faded, else good. As is. 45.00
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Early Iron Age in Malawi : An Appraisal. Department of Antiquities, Publication No. 6, January, 1969.

By: ROBINSON, K.R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Government Press, Zomba, Malawi , 1969,

Seller ID: 95846

ROBINSON, K.R. The Early Iron Age in Malawi : An Appraisal. Department of Antiquities, Publication No. 6, January, 1969. Zomba, Malawi : Government Press, 1969. Pp [1]-10,+ 4 pp plates/maps + large folding plate at rear. 8vo,light brown stapled card covers, lettered in green. A summary of recent fi eld work, with some tentative conclusions, on a most important period of Malawi history which has hitherto been unexplored. Contents : General Survey of Findings; Dates; Distribution; Tentative Conclusions. Spine and margins browned, else very good. 25.00
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Elements of Nyanja for English-Speaking Students

By: PRICE, Thomas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Printed in Malawi at The Hetherwick Press, Blantyre, Malawi , 1964,

Seller ID: 93133

PRICE, Thomas. The Elements of Nyanja for English-Speaking Students. Blantyre, Malawi : Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, 1964. Printed in Malawiat The Hetherwick Press. Second Edition. Pp [i]-xiv,(2),1-282,(2),+ 3 fold ing tables. Index. Small 8vo, red cloth, black lettering to front board andspine. Chewa, also known as Nyanja, is a language of the Bantu language fa mily, and is the national language of Malawi and one of the seven official African languages of Zambia. Rubbed, rear inner hinge cracked, small stain to bottom gutter at title page, else very good. 25.00
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Fingira : Preliminary Report.

By: SANDELOWSKY, B.H., and K.R. ROBINSON.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Government Press, Zomba, Malawi , 1968,

Seller ID: 95845

SANDELOWSKY, B.H., and K.R. ROBINSON. Fingira : Preliminary Report. Department of Antiquities, Publication No. 3, June, 1968. Zomba, Malawi : Government Press, 1968. Pp (2),1-7,(3),+ 4 pp plates. With Erratum slip tipped in. 8vo, light brown stapled card covers, lettered in green. This preliminary report deals with excavations carried out in 1966 at Fingira Cave on the Nyika Plateau. Contents : Introduction; The Excavation (Stone – Bone – Shell -Potsherds – Human skeletal material – Dating); Discussion. Spine and margi ns browned, else very good. 20.00
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Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Capabilities and Needs in Africa

By: Fisheries-Africa] World Bank Technical Paper Number 149, Fisheries Series.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: World Bank, 1991,

Seller ID: 43232

[Fisheries-Africa]. Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Capabilities and Needs in Africa : Studies of Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Morocco, and Senegal. The World Bank/United Nations Development Programme/Commission of the European Communities/Food and Agricultural Organization. Washington, DC: The World Bank, (1991). Pp 73. 4to, ill. card covers. World Bank Technical Paper Number 149, Fisheries Series. Vg. 10.00
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