Africa from Diatrope Books

Museum of Primitive Art, 1963. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Good. Soft crease down front cover. Unmarked text listing the 130 objects in the exhibition. Accompanied a highly influential exhibition organized by the Museum of Primitive Art and also shown at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Baltimore Museum of art. Map and a few black-and-white images. 10p. Measures… Read more about this item

Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked. No dust jacket. Includes a map and 212 illustrations, including a color plate. Originally published in 1905. 370p. Slight foxing on edge.

The Africa Fund, 1972. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked pamphlet. Some age tanning. 32p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. Map. Black-and-white photographs (6). Tables in text. Issued by The Africa Fund in association with the American Committee on Africa and in cooperation with the programme to combat racism of the World Council of Churches. Namibia is a country in Southern… Read more about this item

Art Afrtica Ltd, 2016. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Catalog for May 6-8, 2016 fair. Included 82 artworks. 96p. Color plates. Measures 6.25x7.75 inches. Artists include William Kentridge, Derrick Adams, Lebohang Kganye, Theo Eshtu, and others.

South African Department of Foreign Affairs and Information, 1982. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. The President's Council was appointed in September 1980 with the task of recommending to the Government a constitutional blueprint. 18p. Measures 6x8.25 inches.

Mariner Books, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid. Index. 193p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Melrose House. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Undated booklet. 16p. Illustrated in black-and-white. Melrose House is a stately mansion and museum located on Burgers Park in Pretoria, South Africa. Built in 1886 by the prosperous Pretoria businessman George Jesse Heys, it was named after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland. It is an example of the transition… Read more about this item

Communications Distribution, Inc, 1987. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. This booklet was an apologia for the Botha government at the height of the resistance repression. Intently argued and presented, it also serves as an example of the kind of publication encouraged by the South African government at the time, revealing the arguments used abroad and in… Read more about this item

Birmingham, England: Birmingham University. Pamphlet. Very Good. Unmarked. This undated pamphlet introduces the African Studies department established in 1963 by J D Fage who directed it for over twenty years. 8p. 3 images.

U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1987. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Report includes black-and-white illustrations and a map. Bibliography. 32p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. Report discusses the circumstances and consequences of massive displacements of population, including the armed conflict and prolonged and escalating violence in Angola and failed agricultural policies and poor weather conditions.

U.S. Committee for Refugees, 1989. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Lain in December 26, 1986 press release announcing this issue. Report includes black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. 48p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. Report discusses the more than 4.5 million people uprooted throughout Southern Africa.

South African Institute of Race Relations, 1979. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on cover. Text of lecture delivered at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the S.A. Institute of Race Relations, July 3, 1979, by the author of Cry the Beloved Country. 21p. This lecture was the 31st Alfred and Winifred Hoenle Memorial Lecture.… Read more about this item

Foreign Policy Association, 1963. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked text. Booklet cover separated from staples. Partial price sticker on cover. Topics include Monrovia Powers, Malagasy Union, Equatorial States, the League of Arab States, and more. 72p. No illustrations.

Geneva Africa Institute, 1966. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. Text in English. This 15-page booklet offers an overview of the institute in 1966. Includes an introduction, a faculty list, fees, the 1965-1966 program, and more. No illustrations other than the cover image. The Graduate Institute

Prestel, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Factory sealed. Color illustrations. 314p. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches. Presents the Richard H. Scheller Collection of the de Young in San Francisco. Offers a diverse portrait of sub-Saharan African sculpture. More than 100 distinct ethnic groups. More than 20 present-day countries. Art spans several centuries and encompass a broad range of styles.… Read more about this item

Double G Media, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated in color and black/white. Reveals the spaces and places of Johannesburg's glorious, regenerated inner-city, its northern nodes, village streets, vibrant townships and verdant suburbs in the quintessential guide to the city. Written in a personal and subjective style. Lain in map. 288p.

Columbia University Press, 1953. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library. Illustrated. A few marks in book. Contributors include (among others) David Marquard, Ronald Currey, Phyllis Lewsen, Selby Bangani Ngcobo, Mark Fiennes Prestwich, and Rene de Viliers. 200p.

Human Rights Watch, 2000. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Based on research in eight Tanzanian refugee camps. Maps. 149p.

Human Rights Watch, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. 407p. Illustrated. This report examines how, and whether the commissions set up by the African governments are contributing to the protection of human rights.

The Geological Society of America, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on front end page. 67p. References. 21 maps figures. 2 tables. Topics include Physiography, Stratigraphy and sedimentary history, volcanism, tectonics, and more.