Selected New Materials: May 2007
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Addis Ababa: Migration and the Making of a Multiethnic Metropolis, 1941-1974. Getahun Benti. Africana Library: HT384 .E82 A333 2007
Drawing from primary, secondary, archival and oral sources, the author discusses the political, economic and social transformations in Ethiopia during the period between 1941 and 1974 - and their implications for the growth of Addis Ababa. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
The African Foreign Policy of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger: A Documentary Analysis. Hanes Walton Jr. et’al. Africana Library: DT 38 .7.W35, 2007
This book presents an intellectual evaluation of these governmental sources to determine the kinds of foreign policy proposals and programs that Kissinger developed for the various crises and problems which were under way in that vast continent. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Arrested Development in Ethiopia: Essays on Underdevelopment, Democracy and Self-Determination. Seyoum Hameso and Mohammed Hassen. Africana Library: DT 388 A77 2007
This is a collection of essays exploring the contradicting paradigms of oppression and liberation in Ethiopia. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur. Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace. Africana Library: DT 159 .6 .D27 S74 2007
This impassioned memoir is a cry of conscience and an informative, if politically and historically limited, analysis by a former U.S. Marine. Drawing heavily on notes and e-mails home, Brian Steidle's personal and fluent account effectively channels an idealistic, adventuresome young man's growing frustration and horror in the face of ongoing crimes against humanity and international complacency. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
History of The City of Gondar. Solomon Getahhun. Africana Library: DT 390 .G6 G47 2006
This text tells of the saga of Gondar: its quarters tells stories of its socio-economic and cultural operations; about its Judeo-Christian and Islamic population; and of its glorious past, its decadence and decay. The city of Gondar served as a permanent seat of, government in Ethiopia for about four centuries during which time the city witnessed the evolution, of various quarters such as Ichage Bet, Abun BetKayla Meda, Islam Bet and Digaye. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Living With Pottery: Ethnoarchaeology Among the Gamo of Southwest Ethiopia. John W. Arthur. Africana Library: DT 380.4 .G19 A77 2006
Based on John Arthur’s extensive fieldwork, this study sheds light on some of the puzzles common to archaeology in any region. It also helps decipher evidence of inter- and intravillage social and economic organization and offers insight on markers for pottery-producing and nonproducing villages and socioeconomic variability. (uofupress.com)
Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt. Nigel Strudwick. Africana Library: DT59 .L65 S87 2006
The British Museum has the largest and finest collection of antiquities from Egypt and the Sudan outside of those countries. Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt present the highlights of the British Museum's Egyptian collection for the first time in print. This beautiful volume displays 200 of the most important and famous objects, including the Rosetta Stone, as well as a selection of lesser-known but equally significant pieces. (Amazon.ca)
The Outbreak and Development of the Maji Maji War 1905-1907. Gilbert Clement Kamana Gwassa. Africana Library: DT447 .G83 2005
These historical experiences are at least to some extent an explanation for the fast diffusion of the Maji-Maji ideology in the South of the country [Tanzania] from 1905 on. The author had repeatedly visited the scenes of events and studied the inhabitants’ cultures on the spot. The result is a realtime and realistic picture of the incidents between 1905 and 1907 originated in the area of conflict between the indigenous and the colonial perspective. And even 30 years later – after the premature death of the author – the work did not lose its topicality. (www.koeppe.de)
Picasso’s Collection of African and Oceanic Art. Peter Stepan. Africana Library: NB 1091.65 .S74 2006
Although he never set foot in Africa, Picasso had a passion for African art. Throughout the course of his life he assembled a unique collection of statues and masks. Comprising more than 120 objects, Picasso’s private collection can now be found in museums in Paris such as the Louvre, Musée Quai Branly and the Musée Picasso, as well as in the private collections of members of Picasso’s family. This beautiful book documents the entire collection and examines it as a whole. It features documentary photographs, a section of stunning color plates, and detailed ethnographic descriptions of each piece, providing a full account of Picasso’s relationship with African and Oceanic art. This important publication sheds new light on the fascination non-Western art held for one of twentieth century’s most important artists. (Bowker’s Book in Print)
Sacred Drums of Liberation Religions and Music of Resistance in Africa and the Diaspora. Don C. Ohadike. Africana Library: BL2400 .O33 2007
Sacred Drums of Liberation chronicles the struggle for peoples of African descent to overcome slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonial hegemony. Tracing resistance movements from the colonial period into the 20th century through music and religion, the pursuit of freedom and the practice of resistance extend beyond the borders of Africa into popular culture in the United States, the Caribbean, and South Africa. Music and cultural resistance movements from Maji Maji, Mau Mau, Rumba, Samba, Capoeira, Steelband, Rasta, Reggae, Blues, Hip Hop, and Rap are all evaluated as resistance and a search for equality. (www.africaworldpressbooks.com/)
Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith. Tommie Smith and David Steele. Africana Library: GV697 .S65 A3 2007
At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tommie Smith and his teammate John Carlos came in first and third in the 200-metre sprint. In this text, Smith explains why, as they received their medals, both men raised a black-gloved fist, creating an image that will always stand as an iconic representation of the conflicts of race, politics, and sports and the story of the most famous protest in sports history, written by one of the men who staged it. (Bowker’s Book in Print)
When She Was White. Judith Stone. Africana Library: DT 1768 .C65 S76 2007
When She Was White is an exploration of the nature of memory, the social construction of race, and the cruelty, insanity, and arbitrariness of apartheid. It's also a personal drama that confirms the resilience of the human spirit despite the terrible ways human beings can hurt one another. (Bowker’s Book in Print)
With Neither Guns Nor Bullets Recolonisation of Africa Today. Tatah Mentan. Africana Library: HF 1611 .M46 2007
Today, the methods for recolonising Africa have changed. But the goals remain the same-atomization, exploitation and domination. From a critical perspective there is concentrated ownership of the means of hegemony or call it technological apartheid within the post-industrial global system. This time around recolonisation of Africa is going on "With Neither Guns Nor Bullets." (http://foss4us.org/node/293)
Break Me My Bounds: The Paul Dunbar Laurence Story. Boston, MA: Northern Lights Productions, 2002. 1 videocassette (19 min.) Africana Library: Video 672
Tells the life of the famous African-American poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, after whom many African-American institutions are named. The story is told through archival materials, dramatic re-creations and through his own voice.
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict. United States: York Zimmerman, 2000. 2 videodiscs (174 min.) Africana Library: Videodisc 296
This six-part series tells one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories-- how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. In South Africa in 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for rights denied them by white rulers. The power that Gandhi pioneered has been used by underdogs on every continent and in every decade of the 20th century to fight for their rights and freedom.
Frederick Douglass: Experience the Sprit. Manhattan Beach, CA: Story Corporation of America, 2007. 1 videodisc. Africana Library: Videodisc 294
Monologue by "Douglass" interspersed with still period photographs. Participants, Michael E. Crutcher Sr.
Masai The Rain Warriors. New York: ArtMattan Productions; Chicago, IL: distributed by Facets Video, 2007. 1 videodisc (94 min.) Africana Library: Videodisc 297
Faced with a dangerous drought. Masai elders are convinced that they have been cursed by the Red God - the God of Vengeance. Following the death of the war chief, a group of adolescents band together to form a new generation of inexperienced but brave warriors, forcing them into adulthood. The young men must return with the mane of the legendary lion to appease the wrath of the Red God and bring back the rains. The survival of their culture depends on this quest.
Shouting Silent. New York, NY: Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2002.
1 videocassette (51 min.) Africana Library: Video 673
Xoliswa Sithol, an adult orphan who lost her mother to AIDS in 1996, explores the devastation wrought on the orphaned children of South Africa by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
