HOME BOOKS JOURNALS SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT SALES EDITORIAL SERVICES CURRENCY CONVERTER LATEST NEWS LINKS MEMBER LOGIN Enter Search Keyword Title Author ISBN Adonis-Abbey's Online Book Store FORTHCOMING TITLES Showing (12 to 2) of 68 books Culture and Identity in African and Caribbean Theatre What connects Africa and the Caribbean is trans-Atlantic slavery which transported numerous sons and daughters of Africa to the plantations of the New World in the service of Western European capitalism. Because of this shared experience of trans-Atlantic slavery and European colonialism, issues of culture and identity are major concerns for African and Caribbean pl............ View Book Details Why Industrial Revolution By-Passes Africa (Hard cover) Why Industrial Revolution By-Passes Africa is a compelling analysis of the complex dimensions of development in Africa. It identifies and explains the failure of innovations and knowledge in Africa to generate industrial revolution in the continent using two main models: the motivation and growth-ladder models. Focusing on the indifference and secrecy among innovators............ View Book Details Writers, Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa Many African countries are caught up in perennial or recurrent political conflicts that often culminate in devastating wars. These flaring conflicts and wars create harrowing economic hardships, dire refugee problems, and sustain a sense of despair in such countries.   By their nature, these conflicts and wars affect writers in profound and sometimes paradoxica............ View Book Details Egypt, Energy and the Environment: Critical Sustainability Perspectives Pure environmentalism and pure resource exploitation can be integrated together to form an encompassing sustainability solution. This is the main message of this book based on an innovative “structure-concentration-incentives” methodology applied to Egypt. This methodology provides a basis for achieving environmental sustainability based on endogenous sour............ View Book Details Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu Understanding Organizational Leadership through Ubuntu offers a creative, innovative and holistic approach to understanding organizational leadership using the principles embodied in the African philosophy of personhood known as ubuntu – or the essence of being human. Using African proverbs, folktales and indigenous concepts, the book discusses the organizationa............ View Book Details Fragmented Families, Poverty, and Women’s Reproductive Narratives in South Africa Fragmented Families  addresses a central question in the demographic debates on poverty and fertility transition in southern Africa:. In what ways do women’s recurrent encounters with poverty serve to shape their sexual unions, social relationships and reproductive practices? The book focuses on the lives of a group of mothers and daughters from fifteen fam............ View Book Details Women in Business: Theory, Practice and Flexible Approaches In recent years, a record number of women have been breaking out of corporate life and embracing entrepreneurial careers  partly as a redress to the discriminations they experience in paid employments. Female entrepreneurship is emerging as a potent force as more women emerge as business owners even in economic sectors that were previously thought to be the prese............ View Book Details State-Building In Post-Liberation Eritrea: Challenges, Achievements and Potentials State-Building In Post-Liberation Eritrea explores the potentials, achievements and challenges facing Eritrea in its efforts to construct a viable state after it became independent in 1991(de facto) and 1993 (de jure). It also examines the post-liberation experience of state building focusing on the institutionalisation, bureaucratisation and democratisation of state ............ View Book Details Language Pedagogy and Language Use in Africa The study of African language pedagogy and use in the Diaspora was initiated in the 1960s as African countries attained independence from colonial powers. In the continent, the enthusiasm for the use of indigenous languages and scholarship has remained relatively moderate as scholars are conflicted in their loyalty to imperial languages. The attitude towards the use o............ View Book Details Free Speech v Reputation: Public Interest Defence in American and English Law of Defamation Free speech is increasingly recognised as a universal human value, even though its application differs in different jurisdictions. Free speech is however never absolute, even in jurisdictions like the USA, where the First and Fourteenth Amendments give it special protection. The main reason why free speech cannot be absolute is because it competes with other equally i............ View Book Details Technology Transfer from University to Industry: Insight into University Technology Transfer in the Chinese National Innovation System Technology Transfer from University to Industry provides a cogent analysis of university technology transfer in the Chinese National Innovation System (NIS). The book outlines the NIS approach, analyses the building-up of the Chinese NIS and discusses the role orientation of university in the NIS. It also discusses three institutional innovations – the Chinese v............ View Book Details Beyond the Primary Commodity Trap: Essays on Politics and Poverty in Africa Beyond the Primary Commodity Trap offers an alternative paradigm for analysing African development from the current “aid and aids” narrative. Taking as its point of departure Africa’s failure to extricate itself from over dependence on raw materials and its seeming inability to industrialise, it offers an analysis of the political forces that ............ View Book Details [First Page] [Prev] 1 2 3 4 5 6 [Next] [Last Page]   Mailing List Click here to unsubscribe © Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved 2003. Please visit Holler Africa our free online magazine at: www.hollerafrica.com