French Lessons in Africa
Author : Peter Biddlecombe
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, French-speaking West
ISBN :
Author : Peter Biddlecombe
Publisher :
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, French-speaking West
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Author : Peter Biddlecombe
Publisher : Little Brown Uk
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780349105093
Having travelled across West Africa for over ten years, Peter Biddlecombe's often hilarious account of a long and lingering liaison dangereuse with the sixty per cent of the continent that is French-speaking is a highly readable, hugely entertaining introduction to the je ne sais quoi of French Africa. In countries such as Togo, Mali and Burkina Faso, Biddlecome encounters old-fashioned camel butchers, modern witch doctors who run mail-order companies, gold smugglers and counterfeiters who send their sons to Oxford. He also experiences a delicious foie gras of places: from eerie voodoo ceremonies in the old slave port of Ouidah to Italian ice-cream parlors in the middle of the Sahara desert. And Biddlecombe reveals not only Francophone Africa's politics, often bizarre business traditions and culture, but also provides a mass of practical advice on everything from how to eat a water-rat to talking your way through a road block in the middle of an attempted coup.
Author : Peter Biddlecombe
Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780349105833
It is a great truth of modern life that businessmen today are the world's most accomplished travellers. Like Marco Polo, the business traveller has a purpose; he is a man with a mission. Not for him a simple trawl through tourist hell - his experiences are authentic, driven by career rather than courier. Consequently, the adventurous nature of such trips is never forced - the Hindu Kush, Amazonian jungle or Kalahari hold no fears for those who have faced the Tokyo underground in rush hour. In TRAVELS WITH MY BRIEFCASE Peter Biddlecombe introduces us to the world of the business traveller, stumbling across the humorous and the bizarre in the most unexpected places - like Switzerland - and generally proving that you don't have to be a student, aesthete or one-eyed skate-boarder to experience the thrill and excitement of exploring the world.
Author : William Bryant Mumford
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Harry Gamble
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2021-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 149622597X
Harry Gamble examines the controversies of political and educational reform in French West Africa from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Author : Ibrahima Diallo
Publisher :
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2018-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781527514164
This book is comprehensive study of the geopolitical, geolinguistic, and geostrategic challenges facing France and the French language in post-independence Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that, in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa, Frances reputation and image are significantly damaged. France has been accused of neo-colonial behaviour because of its repeated political and military interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign countries, its support of unpopular governments, and its stranglehold over the finances, economies and resources of Francophone sub-Saharan Africa. The book also highlights that the challenges faced by the French language in the region are complex because of the significant use of African languages and the growing attraction of English. Using Senegal as a case study to examine language use, attitudes, and languages education in this region, the book shows that the Senegalese people, like most Francophone sub-Saharan Africans, are strongly attached to their own languages, they are loyal to the French language, and they admire the English language. This text will be of interest to scholars in French and Francophone studies, applied linguists, African studies, and policy studies.
Author : Emmanuel N. Kwofie
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Applied linguistics
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Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 20,67 MB
Release :
Category :
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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers
Page : 2162 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1496424719
The Africa Study Bible brings together 350 contributors from over 50 countries, providing a unique African perspective. It's an all-in-one course in biblical content, theology, history, and culture, with special attention to the African context. Each feature was planned by African leaders to help readers grow strong in Jesus Christ by providing understanding and instruction on how to live a good and righteous life--Publisher.
Author : Emmanuel N. Kwofie
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Bilingualism
ISBN :