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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Circus
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Maya grows up in Germany knowing that her parents are different: from one another, and from the rest of the world. Her reserved, studious father is distant; and her beautiful, volatile mother is a whirlwind, with a penchant for lavish shopping sprees and a mesmerising power for spinning stories of the family's former glory - of what was had, and what was lost. And then Kojo arrives one Christmas, like an annunciation: Maya's cousin, and her mother's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Lexile measure
1370L
Language
English
Description
Outlines the continent's rich and diverse history from its imposing ancient empires, to the crippling effects of European colonialism, to the dictators and fledgling democracies of the modern era.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"La historia de Puerto Rico ha estado marcada por conquistas y resistencias. A lo largo de los siglos los puertorriquęos han creado y sorteado complejas ideas sobre lo que significa pertenecer a una naci̤n. En este libro, Jorell Meľndez-Badillo ofrece una nueva interpretaci̤n de la historia de Puerto Rico que da voz a los habitantes del archipǐlago y propone una nueva perspectiva sobre los retos pol̕ticos, econ̤micos y sociales a los que...
Publisher
New York University Press
Language
English
Description
"After years of occupying a vexed position in the American academy, Philippine studies has come into its own, emerging as a trenchant and dynamic space of inquiry. Filipino Studies is a field-defining collection of vibrant voices, critical perspectives, and provocative ideas about the cultural, political, and economic state of the Philippines and its diaspora. Traversing issues of colonialism, neoliberalism, globalization, and nationalism, this volume...
Series
Publisher
J. Currey
Pub. Date
1995.
Lexile measure
1470L
Language
English
Description
The main purpose of the book is to show that decolonisation does not only mean the transfer of alien power to sovereign nationhood; it must also entail the liberation of the worlds of spirit and culture, as well as economics and politics. The book also raises a more fundamental question, that is: How much independence is available to any state, national economy or culture in today's world? It asks how far are Africa's miseries linked to the colonial...