39: BAI, 2011. 1st Edition. Softcover. An illustrated study of rural architecture and everyday life in West Africa. It examines how homes and settlements are shaped by culture, social structures, and daily living, bringing together perspectives from anthropology and architecture. The book focuses on the relationship between people and their.....
71: Societas scientiarum Fennica, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 646 pp.
63: MacMillan and Co., 1914. 1st edition. Hardcover. Famous Finnish heavy study of Moroccoan marriage. In nice condition, includes a plate: "With the Author's Compliments". Ex owner a baron from Helsinki (Helsingfors). Text in English. 422 pp.
33: The Finnish Antiquarian Society, 1998. Softcover. Dive into a detailed and visually rich account of one of the major international archaeological efforts of the 20th century. This work presents the results of the Finnish Nubia Expedition to Sudanese Nubia (1964–65). The publication comes in two volumes: Volume I......
36: Societas Historica Fennica, 1990. 1st Edition. Softcover. Signed by author Harri Siiskonen. Text in English. 269 pp.
20: Societas Historica Finlandiae, 1990. 1st Edition. Softcover. A scholarly dissertation on social and economic change in northern Namibia (Ovamboland) between 1850 and 1906. It focuses on the impact of long-distance European trade, which gradually integrated local communities into global markets and transformed the region’s economy, politics, and social structures.....
106: Finnish Oriental Society, 2003. 1st Edition. Softcover. This study examines the concept of zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, in pre-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the Bilad al-Sudan. It explores whether and how Islamic taxation systems -such as zakat, kharaj, and jizya- were introduced in.....
56: University of Joensuu, Finland, 2005. 1st Edition. Softcover. Text in English. 434 pp. Dissertation book. Flyleaf detached. Overall nice condition.
54: Werner, circa 1894. Hardcover. John L. Stoddard was a well-known lecturer and travel writer, and this work is based on his world lecture tours. It’s a large, richly illustrated collection of photographs showing cities, landscapes, architecture, and art from around the world through a late 19th-century perspective. It includes.....
20: Hans Zell Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A comprehensive bibliography containing over 2,300 items, including monographs, journal articles, government reports, and conference papers, that relate to archives and manuscript collections both within Africa and Africa-related archives located in other parts of the world. Text in English. 277 pp.
98: Suomen historiallinen seura, 1988. Soft Cover. Text in English. 434 pp. In this work based on ample ethnographic and historical source material Juhani Koponen examines the working of Tanzanian societies and material welfare in precolonial period. Koponen argues that these societies must be seen as result of structural.....
84: John Nurminen Foundation, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The North preserved its secrets for long. The ancient Greeks called the remote and extreme north 'Thule'. The Arctic zone was the last on earth for man to explore and chart. Ultima Thule narrates the 2500 year long history of explorations of.....
95: Finnish Literature Society, 2003. Soft Cover. Text in English. 373 pp. What are the most popular names of the Ambo people in Namibia? Why do so many Ambos have Finnish first names? What do the African names of these people mean? Why is the namesake so important in.....
17: The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2000. 1st Edition. Softcover. A large study examining the development of African historiography in Europe with special emphasis on literature describing the ancient West African empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay, during the "Sudanese Middle Ages", as the period of their flourishing.....
112: Palm Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Softcover. A historical study of Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, covering its development and social history from 1904 to 1962. It places the community’s growth within the broader context of modern Egyptian urban and social change, showing how the area developed over time. Includes.....
10: Like, 2003. 1st Edition. Softcover. This publication is based on a collaborative project involving the Helinä Rautavaara Museum, a Finnish ethnographic museum in Espoo, Finland, the University of Art and Design Helsinki, and the National Art Gallery of Namibia. The project included a textile and jewelry workshop in Opuwo.....
93: Finnish Historical Society, 1995. 1st Edition. Softcover. Text in English. 264 pp. African politicians and experts of education today have often strongly criticised the education policy practised in Britain's African colonies. Though on a small scale, it is said to have led to the destruction of the cultural.....
72: University of Stockholm, 1982. 1st Edition. Softcover. A doctoral dissertation from Stockholm University on the Ovambo religion of southern Africa, focusing on the concept of Kalunga and its development from 1870 onwards. It examines indigenous religious beliefs, cosmology, and historical change in Ovamboland. Text in English. 166 pp.....
124: Slavica Publishers, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 925 pp. This excellent, annotated bibliography belongs in the reference collection of every major searc library. Including over 1,550 entries, it is herculean in its geographic, chronological, and authorian corange and stunning in its scholarship. Geogrpahically, the Christian.....
115: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Soft Cover. Text in English. 238 pp. Some edge wear and rubbing to the covers. Former owner's name in the title page.