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Informationen zum Autor Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an Extraordinary Professor of Political Science, University of Pretoria. He has received over 30 lifetime career awards and 24 honorary doctorates. Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi is a historian of African History, with specialization in Africa's social and cultural history in the early nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. He is coauthor of Culture and Customs of Libya . Klappentext Ideal for high school students and undergraduates, this volume explores contemporary life and culture in Libya.Libya is one of Africa's largest nations, but its topography is dominated by a huge southern desert with some of the hottest temperatures recorded anywhere in the world. Culture and Customs of Libya explores the daily lives of the 90 million men, women, and children who struggle to get by in this authoritarian state, where only a fraction of the land is arable and 90 percent of the people live in less than 10 percent of the area, primarily along the Mediterranean coast.In this comprehensive overview of modern Libyan life, readers can explore topics such as religion, contemporary literature, media, art, housing, music, and dance. They will learn about education and employment and will see how traditions and customs of the past-including those from Libya's long domination by the Ottoman Empire and 40 years as an Italian colony-are kept alive or have evolved to fit into today's modern age. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series ForewordPrefaceChronology 1 Introduction 2 Religions and Worldview 3 Literature and Media 4 Art and Architecture/Housing 5 Cuisine and Traditional Dress 6 Gender Roles, Marriage, and Family 7 Social Customs and Lifestyle 8 Music and Dance GlossaryBibliographyIndex...
