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Africa in the Age of Biology
Wilmot James

This paper was presented as the first annual John Gerhart Memorial Lecture at the conference of the Africa Genome Initiative held in Cairo in March 2004. In Africa in the Age of Biology, Dr James discusses Africa's long history of scientific, technological and mathematical enterprise, from tokens of the very earliest counting by humans to the sum of knowledge brought to bear in the construction of the pyramids.



210mm x 148mm
24pp
R 55.00
ISBN: 0-7969-2073-7
2004
An African Peace Process
Mandela, South Africa and Burundi
Kristina A Bentley; Roger Southall

This monograph outlines the origins and nature of the conflict in Burundi. It discusses the problems of establishing democracy in a region where ethnic conflict has occasioned genocide, traces the peace process in detail and assesses the prospects for the future.

210mm x 148mm
240pp
R 120.00
ISBN: 0-7969-2090-7
2005
The Architect and the Scaffold
Evolution and education in South Africa
Wilmot James; Lynne Wilson (eds.)

This publication brings together papers presented at the Colloquium on Science and Evolution in June 2002. Experts, curriculum developers, book publishers, teachers and religious scholars give their views on the moral, ethical, social, religious, educational and scientific implications of teaching evolution in South African schools.

230mm x 168mm
176pp
R 175.00
ISBN: 0-7969-2003-6
2002
Assessing the Costs of a Rural PMTCT Pilot Site in the Eastern Cape
Chris Desmond; Gerard Boyce

Mother-to-child transmission is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15. This report presents the results of research conducted at a pilot site in the Eastern Cape into the use of resources associated with the implementation of a PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child transmission) programme.

280mm x 210mm
32pp
R 70.00
ISBN: 0-7969-2063-X
2004
An Audit of HIV/AIDS Policies
In Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
Nompumelelo Zungu-Dirwayi; Olive Shisana; Eric Udjo; Thabang Mosala; John Seager (eds.)

This comprehensive research study is one of the first to scientifically review and make recommendations on  HIV/AIDS policy, legislation, financing and programme implementation in the six Southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

280mm x 210mm
100pp
R 80.00
ISBN: 0-7969-2066-4
2004