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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)
List Price $14.00
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Used - Trade Paper
Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad (Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity)
by Marnia Lazreg
Review
The premise of this book is excellent. Lazreg seeks to link the extensive use of torture to the demise of empire by means of two case studies, France in Algeria and the United States in Iraq. Her analysis is a theoretical psychohistory in which she uses... ( read more)
List Price $38.50
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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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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda
by Philip Gourevitch
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An unforgettable firsthand account of a people's response to genocide and what it tells us about humanity, this remarkable book chronicles what has happened in Rwanda and neighboring states since 1994.... ( read more)
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Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
by Jen Marlowe and Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro
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In February, 2003, the Sudanese Liberation Army in Darfur (the western region of Sudan) after years of oppression took up arms against the Sudanese government. The government and allied militias answered the rebellion with mass murder, rape and the... ( read more)
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Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War
by Mouloud Feraoun
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Mouloud Feraoun was assassinated by a right wing French terrorist group, the Organisation Armee Secrete, just three days before the official cease-fire ended Algeria's eight-year battle for independence from France. However, not even the gunmen of the... ( read more)
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New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance (W.E.B. Du Bois Institute)
by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
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Hunter gault attempts to answer the question, "What is Africa to Me?"as she explores the transforamtion of post-apartheid South Africa and the continent as a whole as it struggles towards democracy and towards a more stable position within global... ( read more)
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Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
by Fergal Keane
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An award-winning journalist goes beyond the headlines to reveal the real story of Rwanda's devastating genocide. Fergal Keane recounts how ordinary people were caught in a nightmare of manipulation and massacre an encounter with unimaginable evil... ( read more)
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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
by Adam Hochschild
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Like the author's classic "King Leopold's Ghost," this new work abounds in atmosphere, high drama, and nuanced portraits of epic antislavery crusaders, heroes, and villains in Britain.... ( read more)
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A Year in Marrakesh
by Peter Mayne
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A hilarious account of living in the centre of Marrakesh's labyrinthine medina. New edition.... ( read more)
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Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans: A Framework for Public Action
by Kalanidhi Subbarao
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This title makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the many risks and vulnerability faced by orphans and the ameliorating role played by the actions of governments and donors.... ( read more)
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Liberia: The Violence of Democracy (Ethnography of Political Violence)
by Mary H Moran
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Liberia, a small West African country that has been wracked by violence and civil war since 1989, seems a paradoxical place in which to examine questions of democracy and popular participation. Yet Liberia is also the oldest republic in Africa, having... ( read more)
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African Ceremonies 2 Volumes
by Carol Beckwith
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Overflowing with nearly 850 magnificent photos, this two-volume work explores traditional African rites and rituals, from baby namings, initiations, and weddings to harvest blessings, healing exorcisms, and funerals. 45 maps.... ( read more)
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Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
by Alexandra Fuller
Powells.com Staff Pick
In Scribbling the Cat, Fuller forsakes the oblique approach of her bestselling debut, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, and tackles the Rhodesian War head-on. Visiting her parents in Zambia, she meets a veteran of the all-white Rhodesian Light Infantry... ( read more)
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The Lives of Beryl Markham
by Errol Trzevinski
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Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen's love story became the basis for the Oscar-winning film Out of Africa. Now, the author of Silence Will Speak reveals a twist in their relationship: Beryl Markham, one of the century's greatest free spirits, pursued Hatton... ( read more)
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In the Dust of Kilimanjaro, P
by David Western
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"Kilimanjaro slowly takes shape as the night sounds die, its glaciated peak tinged pink in the early light. A solitary wildebeest stares motionless as if mesmerized by the towering mass; a small caravan of giraffe drifts across the plain in solitary file,... ( read more)
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Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
by John Ghazvinian
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Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn’t seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the... ( read more)
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The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
by Charles Pearson
Synopsis
Henry Morton Stanley undertook the greatest African expedition of the 19th century to rescue Emin Pasha, last lieutenant of the martyred General Gordon and governor of the southern Sudan. Instead of ten months, the trip took three years and cost the... ( read more)
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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
by Romeo Dallaire
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For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect." When... ( read more)
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Freedom: The Story of My Second Life
by Malika Oufkir
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In her new book, Oufkir reveals what it is like to return to the world after 20 years of darkness. She writes candidly of her adjustment to modern life after her family escaped from the Moroccan jail where they were imprisoned for 21 years.... ( read more)
List Price $23.95
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Used - Hardcover
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