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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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Island of the Blessed the Secrets of Egy Island of the Blessed the Secrets of Egy
by Harry Thurston

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Canadians leading an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Western Desert are at the forefront of an amazing scientific detective story as they uncover 400,000 years of human history and examine the fragile balance between humankind and our environment... (read more)

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When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race
by Judith Stone

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Drawing on a wealth of research, including extensive interviews, this is the true story of Sandra Laing, a woman whose life was torn apart by prejudice in South Africa and healed by love.... (read more)

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African Studies Series #107: Honour in African History African Studies Series #107: Honour in African History
by John Iliffe

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In Africa today, inherited conceptions of "honor" can obstruct democracy, inspire resistance to tyranny, and motivate the defense of dignity in the face of AIDS. This account of the role of "honor" in African history from the fourteenth century to the... (read more)

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Emmas War Love Betrayal & Death in The Emmas War Love Betrayal & Death in The
by Deborah Scroggins

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A disturbing story of love, corruption and the dangerous politics of aid in the Sudan. Recieved rave reviews in hardback. The film rights have been sold, and will star Nicole Kidman as Emma. "A painstaking and loving portrait of this remarkable woman... (read more)

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Warrior Herdsmen: The Absorbing Chronicle of an Expedition to the Tribesmen of Northern Uganda Warrior Herdsmen: The Absorbing Chronicle of an Expedition to the Tribesmen of Northern Uganda
by Elizabeth M Thomas

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The Dodoth- a tall, handsome people of the northern trip of Uganda- are a tribe transition. They are proud, often cruel, warrior herdsmen whose oldest members live just as they did hundreds of years ago, but whose younger members sometimes learn to read... (read more)

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Rural Settlement Structure and African Development Rural Settlement Structure and African Development
by Marilyn Silberfein

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This book draws on the perspectives of geography and anthropology to provide a thorough examination of the role played by settlement patterns and processes in rural development in Africa. In particular, the contributors evaluate the way people arrange... (read more)

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White Witch Doctor: A Surgeon's Life in Apartheid South Africa White Witch Doctor: A Surgeon's Life in Apartheid South Africa
by John Hunt

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Dr. John Hunt has written a powerful true story of life and death, hope and despair in Apartheid South Africa. It details Dr. Hunt's fight to save his beloved country during a violent time of social unrest and political upheaval.... (read more)

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Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in Africa and Beyond Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in Africa and Beyond
by Ekow Eshun

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At the age of 33, Ekow Eshun--born in London to African-born parents--embarks for Ghana in search of his roots. He uncovers a long-held secret about his lineage that will compel him to question everything he knows about himself and about where he comes... (read more)

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Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa Casting with a Fragile Thread: A Story of Sisters and Africa
by Wendy Kann

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In this poignant, lyric memoir, a sister’s tragic death prompts a woman’s unbidden journey into her turbulent African past A comfortable suburban housewife with three children living in Connecticut, Wendy Kann thought she had put her volatile... (read more)

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Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa
by Bruce Berman

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The Politics Of Identity And Ethnicity Will Remain a fundamental characteristic of African modernity. For this reason, historians and anthropologists have joined political scientists in a discussion about the ways in which democracy can develop in... (read more)

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The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
by Daniel Liebowitz

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Traces the nineteenth-century, three-year African expedition of Henry Morton Stanley, a journey that was launched with the official intention of rescuing jihad victim lieutenant Emin Pasha of the southern Sudan, in an account that reveals Stanley's... (read more)

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Egypt Unexpected: 1001 Days in Photographs Egypt Unexpected: 1001 Days in Photographs
by Silvia Dogliani

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A book of extraordinary photographs of the 'other side' of... (read more)

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University of Chicago Geography Research Paper #244: The Steamer Parish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier University of Chicago Geography Research Paper #244: The Steamer Parish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine on an African Frontier
by Charles M Good

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In the mid-1800s, a group of High Anglicans formed the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA). Inspired by Dr. David Livingstone, they felt a special calling to bring the Church, education, and medical care to rural Africans. To deliver services... (read more)

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The Advance of African Capital: The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise The Advance of African Capital: The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise
by Tom Forrest

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The Advance of African Capital provides the most detailed and extensive account of medium- and large-scale African business yet published. Up-to-date and comprehensive, it examines the growth of private enterprise in Nigeria, giving profiles of the... (read more)

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A Complicated War: The Harrowing of Mozambique (Perspectives on South Africa) A Complicated War: The Harrowing of Mozambique (Perspectives on South Africa)
by William Finnegan

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Powerful, instructive, and full of humanity, this book challenges the current understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique--a naturally rich country--into the world's poorest nation. Before going to Mozambique, William Finnegan saw the war, like... (read more)

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Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century Hausa Women in the Twentieth Century
by Catherine Coles

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The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, with populations in Nigeria, Niger, and Ghana. Their long history of city-states and Islamic caliphates, their complex trading economies, and their cultural traditions have attracted the attention... (read more)

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South Africa: A Botched Civilization?: Racial Conflict & Identity in Selected South African Novels South Africa: A Botched Civilization?: Racial Conflict & Identity in Selected South African Novels
by Jane Davis

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South Africa: A Botched Civilization? examines how South African novelists, both Black and white, portray the impact of racial conflict on the identities of both the oppressed and the oppressor. This book gives an in-depth analysis of several major... (read more)

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Essential Histories #56: The Zulu War 1879 Essential Histories #56: The Zulu War 1879
by Ian Knight

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The Zulu War of 1879 remains one of the best known British colonial wars and included two battles whose names reverberate through history. At Isandlwana the Zulus inflicted a crushing defeat on the British; the gallant British defence at Rorke's Drift... (read more)

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Africa's Discovery of Europe: 1450-1850 Africa's Discovery of Europe: 1450-1850
by David Northrup

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What did Africans think of the first Europeans they saw? Why did some Africans seek political and religious alliances with Europeans? How successful were African traders in acquiring what they wanted from Europeans in the new Atlantic trade? Africa's... (read more)

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