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A question of excellence : a century of African masters / Alex de Voogt.
- Title
- A question of excellence : a century of African masters / Alex de Voogt.
- Author
- Voogt, Alexander J. de.
- Publication
- Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2005.
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| Text | Request in advance | GV1312 .V66 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 299 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-281) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Scholarship and mastership, A.D. 700. The rise of chess and Islam ; Islam, chess, and rebellion ; Studies on sources -- A checkered history of victory, 1900 to 1950. Introduction of European draughts ; The rise of East African Bao ; Migration of West African Warri ; Experiments of the mind -- Style and substance, 1950 to 1990. Comparisons ; Elegance of Port-au-Prince ; Rallying speed from Dakar ; Treasures from stone town ; Bridgetown bravado.
- ISBN
- 1592212816 (hardcover)
- 1592212824 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2005005698
- OCLC
- 58546766
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library