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My Mercedes Is Not for Sale: From Amsterdam to Ouagadougou...an Auto-Misadventure Across the Sahara
by Jeroen Van Bergeijk Publisher Comments “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?” —Janis Joplin A journalist’s intrepid endeavor to sell his used car abroad results in a high-spirited and revealing look at West Africa. “Look, there’s my car,”...
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Mandela!: Struggle & Triumph
by David Turnley Publisher Comments Nelson Mandela, an icon of the international struggle for freedom and equality, whose importance rivals that of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, turns ninety in July 2008. Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison for his opposition to the...
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A History of Nigeria
by Toyin Falola Publisher Comments Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin...
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A History of Egypt: From Earliest Times to the Present
by Jason Thompson Publisher Comments A concise narrative of Egypt??'s long...
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A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
by Stephen Kinzer Publisher Comments The bestselling author of All the Shah's Men profiles one of the most successful revolutionaries of the modern era, telling the dramatic story of how he seized power in Rwanda and led this shattered country's astonishing recovery Paul Kagame grew up as a...
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Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo
by Jules Marchal Publisher Comments The definitive account of early twentieth-century exploitation in the world's only privately owned colony. In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British enterpreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the...
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The Translator Signed
by Daoud Hari Publisher Comments "I am the translator who has taken journalists into dangerous Darfur. It is my intention now to take you there in this book, if you have the courage to come with me." The young life of Daoud Hari-his friends call him David has been one of...
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Refugee Rights: Ethics, Advocacy, and Africa
by David Hollenbach Publisher Comments Of the over 33 million refugees and internally displaced people in the world today, a disproportionate percentage are found in Africa. Most have been driven from their homes by armed strife, displacing people into settings that fail to meet standards for...
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