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African Chronicles : a memoir. Volume I: Rhodesia-Zimbabwe. Volume II: Nigeria-Biafra. First Edition

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New World Publishing, Halifax, N.S., 2010 : 2010

Seller ID: 95062

ISBN-13: 9781895814422

DEVANNEY, Burris. African Chronicles : a memoir. Volume I : Rhodesia - Zimbabwe. Volume II : Nigeria - Biafra. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada : New World Publishing, (2010). First Printing. "Printed and bound in Canada on 100% recycled paper by Transcontinental Printing". Pp (2),[i]-viii,9-445,(1). With 73 b&w photos as well as other illustrations & maps in the text. 8vo (152 x 228 mm), art-illustrated semi-glossy card covers, with yellow & black lettering to spine. Burris Devanney (b. 1938, Halifax) was living there at the time of publication. “In 1965 newlyweds Burris & Louanne Devan...
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African Integration and Disintegration : Case Studies in Economic and Political Union. in dustjacket

By: HAZLEWOOD, Arthur, (ed.) . HOSKYNS, Catherine LEWIS, I.M. ARDENER, Edwin

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press / Royal Institute of International Affairs / RIIA, London, 1966, ISBN:0918456517

Seller ID: 103984

HAZLEWOOD, Arthur, (ed.). African Integration and Disintegration : Case Studies in Economic and Political Union. London : Oxford University Press,1967. "Issued under the auspices of the Oxford University Institute of Economics and Statistics and the Royal Institute of International Affairs." Pp (6),[vii]-xii,(2),3-414,(2). Maps, tables. 8vo, green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "The cash market of most African countries individually is no largertnan that of a moderately-sized European town, which makes economic integr ation and the formation of common markets of fundamental import...
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African Night's Entertainment. 1st pr card covers

By: EKWENSI, Cyprian ONABRAKPEYA, Bruce

Price: $35.00

Publisher: African Universities Press, 1962,

Seller ID: 6829

EKWENSI, Cyprian. An African Night's Entertainment : A Tale of Vengeance. Illustrated by Bruce Onabrakpeya. Lagos : African Universities Press, (1962). First Printing. Pp. 96. 8vo, off-white ill. card covers, black titles to front and spine. Slight browning to spine, small water mark to front fore-edge, light wear to spine ends, else vg. 35.00
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An Introduction to West African Animal Ecology. First Edition in dustjacket

By: OLANIYAN, C.L.O.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd : 1968

Seller ID: 116991

ISBN-13: 9780435936709

OLANIYAN, C.I.O. An Introduction to West African Animal Ecology. London & Ibadan : Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, (1968). First Edition. "Printed in Great Britain". Pp (6),[vii]-viii,(2),[3]-167,(1) + b&w photo frontispiece + 5 leaves of b&w photos. 8vo (147 x 222 mm), black cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Professor Caleb Isaac Olawole Olaniyan, Ph.D., F.A.S. (b. 1930, Ido-Faboro, Nigeria - d. 2009) was Professor of Zoology, University of Lagos at the time of publication). Preface. Part I. Environment. 1. What is Ecology? 2. Habitat and Environment. 3. Ecological ...
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Approaches to African Literature

By: JAHN, Janheinz and John RAMSARAN RAMSARAN, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ibadan University Press, 1959,

Seller ID: 47204

JAHN, Janheinz and John RAMSARAN. Approaches to African Literature : Non-English Literature by J. Jahn and English Writings in West Africa by J. Ramsaran, with Reading Lists. (Nigeria): Ibadan University Press, (November), 1959. Pp. 31. 8vo, stapled, off-white carc covers. Some rust stains to stapled spine, else vg. 15.00
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Art, Dialogue & Outrage : Essays on Literature and Culture. 1st Nigerian edition in dj.

By: SOYINKA, Wole

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New Horn Press Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 1988, ISBN:9782266183

Seller ID: 78193

SOYINKA, Wole. Art, Dialogue & Outrage : Essays on Literature and Culture .Ibadan: New Horn Press, (1988). First Nigerian Edition. Pp. (4),[v]-xxxii, [1]-344. 8vo, purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contents: 1. Towards a True Theatre; 2. From A Common Back Cloth: A Reassessment of the African Literary Image; 3. The Writer in a Modern African State; 4. The Fourth Stage: Through the Mysteries of Ogun to the Origin of Yoruba Tragedy; 5. TheLysistrata of Aristophanes; 6. Drama and the Idioms of LIberation: Proleta rian Illusions; 7. Between Self and System: The Artist in Search of Liberat...
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Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections. in dustjacket

By: LEBAS, Alain (ed.) COTE, Michel FALOLA, Tony JOUBERT, Hélène

Price: $50.00

Publisher: 5 Continents Editions / Musée de la Civilisation, Milan / Québec, 2012, ISBN:9788874395811

Seller ID: 103679

LEBAS, Alain (ed.). Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections. (Milan) : 5 Continents Editions / (Québec) : Musée de la Civilisation, (2012). Pp (6),7-287,(1). Illustrated. 4to, illustrated grey paper covered boards, lettered in white, with matching dustjacket. Contents : Arts of Nigeria in French private collections (by Michel Coté.; Culture and customs of Nigeria (byToyin Falola). Arts of Nigeria and French collectors : an encounter (by Al ain Lebas). Interviews with the collectors (by Alexandre Espenel): Interview with Hélène and Philippe Leloup ; Interview with Yves Develon ; Interview...
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Bahia and the West Coast Trade, 1549-1851

By: VERGER, Pierre

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Institute for African Studies, Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1964,

Seller ID: 100585

VERGER, Pierre. Bahia and the West Coast Trade, 1549-1851. Ibadan, Nigeria:published for The Institute of African Studies by Ibadan University Press, 1964. Pp. (4),[1]-39,(3), map frontispiece, + 2 leaves of plates. Illustrated 8vo, stapled decorated white card covers with black titles to spine. "Today, it is difficult for us to conceive that the profession of slaver could at one time have been considered a worthy and meritorious occupation. Yet the formulae of licenses issued at Bahia to those involved in the trade, contained flattering references mentioning 'the rendering of great services t...
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Baptist Family In Global Village

By: LANGLEY, Thelma, (ed.) McDORMAND, Thomas B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board, Toronto, 1972,

Seller ID: 100723

LANGLEY, Thelma, (ed.). Baptist Family In Global Village. [Toronto] : "Published by the Canadian Baptist Overseas Mission Board for the Committee on Missionary Education, the Baptist Federation of Canada", 1972. First Edition. Pp (4),5-173, (1). Illustrated. 8vo, red, black, yellow & white cardcovers, white lettering to spine. Thelma Langley was in Wolfville, N.S. at the time. Foreword by Thomas B. McDormand. Chapters : 1. Australia - What's Up Down Under; 2. Brazil - "Ola Brasil!"; 3. Czechoslovakia - Ecstasy and Agony; 4. England - Meet the British Baptist Family; 5. French C...
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Bayan Wuya Sai Da'di !

By: MANI, Abdulmalik

Price: $20.00

Publisher: North Regional Literature Agency, Zaria, 1958,

Seller ID: 53917

MANI, Abdulmalik. Bayan Wuya Sai Da'di ! Azbinawa Sun Je Neman Rijiyar Kudi. (Zaria : North Regional Literature Agency, 1958). Pp 30. Sm 8vo, illustrated printed wrappers. Very good. 20.00
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Bilingualism and National Development.

By: JONES, Gary M., and A. Conrad K. OZOG (eds.). JERNUDD, Bjorn H. EDWARDS, John PAKIR, Anne

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd, Clevedon (UK) / Philadelphia / Adelaide, 1993, ISBN:1853592080

Seller ID: 98803

JONES, Gary M., and A. Conrad K. OZOG (eds.). Bilingualism and National Development. Clevedon (UK) / Philadelphia / Adelaide : Multilingual Matters Ltd, (1993). Pp (4),1-172. 8vo, mauve glossy paper covered boards. Contents :"An Overview of Language and Development" (by Andrew Gonzales); "Implement ing Bilingualism: Brunei in Perspective" (by John Edwards, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, pp 25-38); "Multilingualism and Bilingual Education in Brunei Darussalam" (by Gary Jones, Peter W. Martin and A. Conrad K. Ozog); "Bilingualism and National ...
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By the Niger and other poems.First Ediiton, Signed

By: THORPE, Michael

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Fortune Press, London, 1969, : 1969

Seller ID: 506

THORPE, Michael. By the Niger and other poems. London : The Fortune Press, (1969). First Edition. "Made and printed in Great Britain". Pp (14),11-91,(1). 8vo [125 x 193 mm], blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Laugher p.566. Michael Thorpe (b. September 18, 1932, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - d. December 2, 2018, Winchester, England) came to Canada in 1970. One of five-hundred copies, Thorpe's first collection. I. Nigeria : By the Niger at Jebba : 1962; Day at Badagry; The Toddy Tapster; Lizard; An Under-developed People; Etude in Negritude; Scratch the Surface,...
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Canada in Us Now : The First Anthology of Black Poetry and Prose in Canada. First Edition

By: HEAD, Harold (ed.) BRAND, Dionne CLARKE, Austin WESLEY, Gloria

Price: $120.00

Publisher: NC Press,, 1976 : 1976

Seller ID: 67825

ISBN-13: 9780919600409

HEAD, Harold, (ed.). Canada in Us Now : The First Anthology of Black Poetry and Prose in Canada. Toronto : NC Press, Ltd., 1976. First Edition. "Printed in Canada". Pp (6),7-144. With 19 b&w photos (one for each author) in the text. 8vo (134 x 209 mm), photo-illustrated card covers, with black lettering to red spine. Harold Head (b. 1936, South Africa) was living in Toronto at the time of publication. We Have Come, an introduction by Harold Head. Oddly Ann Wallace's name is left out of the list on the rear cover. Contributing authors: abbott j. anderson (b. Jamaica) : "Psalm...
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Crowsnest : The Royal Canadian Navy's Magazine. Vol. 13, No. 02, December, 1960

By: Crowsnest

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Roger Duhamel, Ottawa , 1960,

Seller ID: 89467

(Crowsnest). The Crowsnest : The Royal Canadian Navy's Magazine. Vol. 13, No. 2, December, 1960. (Ottawa : Roger Duhamel, 1960). Pp 1-28. Illustrated.Triple Column. 4to, illustrated white stapled wrappers. Contents : RCN New s Review; North Atlantic Wildlife; The New 'HMS Bounty'; Officers and Men; Weddings and Births; Swimmer with a Purpose; Operation Earthquake; Columbiain Nigeria; The New Pay Schedule; Afloat and Ashore; Science and the Navy; The Navy Plays; Books for the Sailor; Retirements; Lower Deck Promotions; Naval Lore Corner No. 88. Cover photo of the new HMS Bounty under sail off t...
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Dance of the Forests. 1st pr.

By: SOYINKA, Wole

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, London / Ibadan, 1963,

Seller ID: 56198

SOYINKA, Wole. A Dance of the Forests. London / Ibadan : Oxford University Press, 1963. First Printing. Pp (8).[3]-89,(3). 12mo, illustrated card covers. "First performed as part of the Nigerian Independence Celebrations, October, 1960." Small Christmas sticker to first blank page, else a very good copy of the author's first book. Tight and clean. 125.00
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Dangerous Love. Uncorrected Proof

By: OKRI, Ben

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Phoenix House, London, 1996,

Seller ID: 24631

OKRI, Ben. Dangerous Love. London : Phoenix House, (1996). Uncorrected Proof. Set in Nigeria. Very good. 35.00
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Discrimination through Language in Africa? Perspectives on the Namibian Experience. Contributions to the Sociology of Language 69.

By: PUTZ, Martin (ed.). BOKAMBA, Eyamba G. HARLECH-JONES, Brian MATSELA, Zach A.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Mouton de Gruyer, Berlin / New York , 1995, ISBN:311014817X

Seller ID: 99368

PUTZ, Martin (ed.). Discrimination through Language in Africa? Perspectiveson the Namibian Experience. Berlin / New York : Mouton de Gruyer, 1995. Pp [i]-ix,(1),[1]-338. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, white lettering to front board and spine. Contributions to the Sociology of Language 69. Contents : Langu age and colonialism in Africa - Introduction (by Martin Putz). Section 1: Language contact and language conflict in Africa. The politics of language planning in Africa: Critical choices for the 21st century (by Eyamba G. Bokamba). Nation building and language in the new South Africa (by Neville Alex...
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Driving Offensively. signed.

By: STEVENSON, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC, 1985, ISBN:0919203566

Seller ID: 70421

STEVENSON, Richard. Driving Offensively . Victoria, BC: Sono Nis Press, 1985. Pp. [1]-103,(1). 8vo, illustrated yellow, black and red card covers. A collection of poems by the Canadian author, inspired by his time spent teaching in Nigeria. Lightly rubbed, else vg. Signed and inscribed by Stevenson on the title page. 15.00
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Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Volume 2 : Literacy. HARDCOVER

By: EDWARDS, Viv, and David CORSON (eds.). BURNABY, Barbara EDWARDS, John R. AUERBACH, Elsa Roberts

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht / Boston / London :, 1997, ISBN:0792345950

Seller ID: 99620

EDWARDS, Viv, and David CORSON (eds.). Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Volume 2 : Literacy. Dordrecht / Boston / London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, (1997). Pp [i]-xvi,(2),[1]-250,(20). Index. 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to front board and spine. Contents : Section 1: Focus on Reading. 1. The Reading Process (by Kenneth S. Goodman). 2. The Teaching of Reading (by G. Brian Thompson). 3. Reading Skills: Emergent Literacy (by Bridie Raban). 4. Metalinguistic Skills in Reading Development (by William E. Tunmer).5. The Development of Literacy Difficulties (by Marie M. Clay). 6. Reading ...
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Essays on Nigerian Shipping Law. Volume I: 1986-1991

By: MBANEFO, Louis Nnamdi NNAEMEKA-AGU, P., foreword.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Professional Books, Lagos, Nigeria, 1991,

Seller ID: 38054

MBANEFO, Louis Nnamdi. Essays on Nigerian Shipping Law. Volume I: 1986-1991. Foreword by P. Nnaemeka-Agu. (Lagos, Nigeria): Professional Books, 1991. Pp 157. 8vo, pebbled maroon cloth. Contents include: "The Importance of Shipping Laws to Nigeria"; "Application of Foreign Law- A Minfield?"; "Bailment and Bills of Lading"; "The Legal Position of the Master Mariner"; "Problem Areas in Nigerian Admiralty Proceedings"; "The Hague/Visby versus the Hamburg Rules- A Nigerian Perspective"; "Oil Spillages, Disputes and Compensation: An International O...
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