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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
by Martin Dugard

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With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David... (read more)

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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon

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A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was... (read more)

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Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club) Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail (Oprah's Book Club)
by Malika Oufkir

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The adopted daughter of the king of Morocco, whose father was arrested and executed for a 1972 attempt to assassinate the king, tells the story of how she, her mother, and her five siblings endured years of imprisonment in a desert penal colony. This... (read more)

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Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe
by Andrew Meldrum

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Where We Have Hope is the gripping memoir of a young American journalist. In 1980, Andrew Meldrum arrived in a Zimbabwe flush with new independence, and he fell in love with the country and its optimism. But over the twenty years he lived there, Meldrum... (read more)

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In Our Village: Kambi YA Simba Through the Eyes of Its Youth In Our Village: Kambi YA Simba Through the Eyes of Its Youth
by Students At Awet Sec

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The Tanzanian village of Kambi ya Simba, near the famed Serengeti, couldn't be poorer. In this extraordinary book, village youth capture the richness of life there in photographs and essays.... (read more)

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Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam
by Mary Anne Weaver

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For centuries Egypt has been a citadel of Islamic learning and thought, and since the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1979, it has been of immense strategic importance to American interests in the Middle East. But Egypt is also a country... (read more)

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New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance
by Charla Hunter Gault

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For twenty years an acclaimed correspondent on PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and the winner of two Emmys and two Peabody Awards (for her coverage of Africa), Charlayne Hunter-Gault here offers a fresh and surprisingly optimistic assessment of... (read more)

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One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe One Woman's Jihad: Nana Asma'u, Scholar and Scribe
by Beverly Mack

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The daughter of the spiritual and political leader of the Sokoto community, Nana Asma'u (1793-1864) was a poet, teacher, and role model for Muslim women. She was a scholar of Islam and a key advisor to her father as he waged a jihad to bring Islam to the... (read more)

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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
by Rian Malan

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A classic of literary nonfiction, My Traitor's Heart has been acclaimed as a masterpiece by readers around the world. Rian Malan is an Afrikaner, scion of a centuries-old clan and relative of the architect of apartheid, who fled South Africa after coming... (read more)

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The Sinai: A Physical Geography The Sinai: A Physical Geography
by Ned Greenwood

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One of the world's oldest crossroads, the Sinai joins the great continental land masses of Africa and Eurasia. Its physical geography of rugged mountain peaks, desert plains, and sea coasts was formed by the collision of the two continental plates, while... (read more)

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Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
by Mawi Asgedom

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This acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare. Mawi followed his father's advice to "treat people . . . as though they were angels sent from... (read more)

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The Highest Stage of White Supremacy The Highest Stage of White Supremacy
by John Whitson Cell

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An original and exciting work of comparative history, this book analyzes the origins of segregation as a specific stage in the evolution of white supremacy in South Africa and the American South. Unlike scholars who have attributed twentieth-century... (read more)

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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
by Aminatta Forna

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As a child Aminatta Forna witnessed the upheavals of postcolonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of exile in Britain, and the terrible consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny. Mohamed Forna was a man of unimpeachable... (read more)

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The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa
by Adam Roberts

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Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country roughly the size of the state of Maryland. Humid, jungle covered, and rife with unpleasant diseases, natives call it Devil Island. Its president in 2004, Obiang Nguema, had been accused of cannibalism, belief in... (read more)

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Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa
by Patraigh Omalley

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The inside story of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement is told through the experiences of one of its unsung heroes: freedom fighter Mac Maharaj.... (read more)

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Season in Paradise (Harvest Book) Season in Paradise (Harvest Book)
by Breyten Breytenbach

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Breytenbach's first visit to South Africa, after thirteen years in exile, is more than just a dazzling travelogue. He is searching for a "paradise" that coincides with the geography, mysticism, and mythologies of Africa, but in reality his homeland is an... (read more)

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A Common Purpose A Common Purpose
by Andrea Durbach

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The details surrounding the case lead us to question our own prejudices and assumptions: the fact that al twenty-five were involved in the riot that led to the death of the policeman, does that make all twenty-five guilty? Those some of the accused... (read more)

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Baba of Karo: A Woman of the Muslim Hausa Baba of Karo: A Woman of the Muslim Hausa
by Mary F Smith

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First published in 1954 and now reissued with a new foreword by Hilda Kuper, this autobiography of a shrewd, humorous and courageous personality remains a classic in the field of African studies and a uniquely valuable account of a Muslim society in West... (read more)

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Egypt Vs. Greece and the American Academy Egypt Vs. Greece and the American Academy
by Molefi Kete Asante

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Debating the development of civilization in Egypt and Greece, this collection of essays explores European misconceptions of African history. Featuring contributions from some of the top scholars in African American studies, this book analyzes the... (read more)

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Dear Exile: The Story of a Friendship Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean (Vintage Departures) Dear Exile: The Story of a Friendship Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean (Vintage Departures)
by Hilary Liftin

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A funny and moving story told through the letters of two women nurturing a friendship as they are separated by distance, experience, and time. <BR>Close friends and former college roommates, Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery promised to write when... (read more)

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