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In this classic tale of adventure, a young American sea captain named James Riley, shipwrecked off the western coast of North Africa in 1815, was captured by a band of nomadic Arabs and sold into slavery. Thus begins an epic adventure of survival and a quest for freedom that takes him across the Sahara desert.

The first part of this audiobook will explore Greek heroes, what they were like and what they accomplished. Furthermore, the audiobook will tackle Greek religion, and the gods and goddesses which establish the backdrop against which Greek legends were formed. We will also take a close look at the myths of Greek monsters. Listen to this audiobook now and discover captivating stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Mortals.

And do you want to travel to South Africa and get around like a pro? Then this is the audiobook for you. Learn Afrikaans: A Complete Phrase Compilation for Traveling to South Africa is designed for absolute beginner learners and travelers. You learn the must-know travel phrases, survival phrases, vocab and cultural insights to make your trip to South Africa a breeze. All were hand-picked by our team of Afrikaans teachers and experts.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, financial inclusion has rapidly increased recently. This is primarily due to the development of innovative business models like agent banking and digital financial services. However, around three-fourths of the adult Sub-Saharan African population does not have a bank account at a formal financial institution (World Bank, 2014). Only a little over 30 percent of adults were recorded to have a bank account in 2014, which went up by 6 percent from 2011 (IFC, 2020).

1879 was a year of bloody conflict on the African continent. Cetsywayo, the Zulu chieftain, had wielded his armies with precision and care, defeating and driving his enemies before him. This courageous force finally butted heads with the British on the sweeping plains of Africa, inflicting grievous losses on the empire’s red coats. This book covers the conflict and the major political and military events that took place. Written the year after the war came to an end, the author weaves a compelling narrative that’s hard to put down.

Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any listener.

Machen Sie sich manchmal Gedanken darüber, was ein gutes Leben ausmacht? Seien Sie dabei in einer Gesprächsrunde aus Mitgliedern des Spotlight-Teams und deren Sicht auf diese uralte Frage. Ebenfalls in dieser Spotlight Audio Ausgabe 12/2023: Eine Reise von den pulsierenden Straßen in Cape Town zum malerischen Cape Winelands und in das atemberaubende Kap-Florenreich. In English at Work erfahren Sie, wie Sie in beruflichen Telefonaten eine fröhliche und optimistische Ausstrahlung vermitteln.

In Business Spotlight Audio 05/2023 für Mai hören Sie Artikel und Interviews aus der Welt des Business-Englisch. Mit Übungen verbessern Sie Ihre sprachlichen und kommunikativen Kompetenzen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Afrika, u.a. mit Beiträgen über die reichste Frau Nigerias, Kleinunternehmen in Uganda, dem einzigen Kino in Benin, Afrikas erster Beauftragter für die Folgen extremer Hitze. In "Business Skills" erfahren Sie, wie Sie das Gegenteil Ihres Strebens erreichen, nämlich kein guter, sondern ein schrecklicher Vorgesetzter zu werden.

Südafrika hat eine faszinierende und turbulente Geschichte. In der Ausgabe 14/2020 von Spotlight Audio geht es um die Ära, die zur Entstehung der heutigen Nation führte. Bald ist Weihnachten, und für diese besondere Zeit des Jahres hören Sie ein Gedicht von einem der größten zeitgenössischen Dichter Großbritanniens. Kennen Sie das Gefühl, wenn einem beim Plaudern auf Englisch die richtigen Worte und Formulierungen nicht einfallen? In English at Work finden Sie zahlreiche Tipps, wie Sie die Konversation auf Englisch in Gang halten können.

Im September geht es im Reiseteil von Spotlight Audio in die Wildnis Südafrikas. Lernen Sie neue Vokabeln aus dem Bereich Tiere und Natur...

Africa, a continent teeming with diversity, culture, and history, has long been a destination for explorers seeking knowledge and enlightenment. While often portrayed through the lens of its natural wonders and political struggles, Africa has also been a crucible for intellectual exploration.

Nigerian novelist and professor Chinua Achebe was acutely conscious that Western views of Africa were inevitably the views of a culture that assumed itself superior. When confronted by what it took to be an inferior culture, the West identified itself as better - materially, intellectually, even spiritually. Achebe believed that even as original and subtle a work as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness - a novel seen by many as a criticism of colonialism and one that Achebe admired stylistically - reflected these assumptions.