The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
by Daoud Hari


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"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... (read more)

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Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
by Fatima Marnissi


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”I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco...” So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi weaves her own memories with the dreams... (read more)

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Wonders of the African World
by Henry Louis Gates


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The Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series Wonders of the African World is an exuberant, visually stunning journey across Africa and through the history of its glorious but forgotten civilizations. Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and... (read more)

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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
by Mark Mathabane


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The Classic Story of Life in Apartheid South Africa Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage... (read more)

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An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography
by Paul Rusesabagina and Tom Zoellner


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The riveting life story of Paul Rusesabagina — the man whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda. As his country was being torn apart by violence during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina — the "Oskar Schindler... (read more)

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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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Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders
by Jason Carter


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A land of tension and segregation, relatively unchanged since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison nearly a decade ago, South Africa is a country fraught with deep racial divides. While white citizens enjoy lifestyles similar to Westerners, black... (read more)

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I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
by Michela Wrong


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Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The dogged determination that secured victory against Ethiopia, its giant neighbor, is woven into the national... (read more)

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Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic
by Jonny Steinberg


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At the age of twenty-nine, Sizwe Magadla is among the most handsome, well-educated, and richest of the men in his poverty-stricken village. Dr. Hermann Reuter, a son of old South West African stock, wants to show the world that if you provide decent... (read more)

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To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa
by Pat Shipman


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In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Szász stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer, was... (read more)

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Cairo: A Cultural History (Citiscapes)
by Andrew Beattie


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Cairo is a city of extremes. On its chaotic streets BMWs driven by businessmen in suits compete for space with donkey carts laden with farm produce. In its mosques the wealthy and destitute pray side by side. The largest metropolis in Africa since the... (read more)

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


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The inside story of South Africas anti-apartheid movement, told through the experiences of one of its unsung heroes, with an introduction by Nelson Mandela A South African of Indian descent, Mac Maharaj was a potent force in the Communist Party and... (read more)

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The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness
by Wole Soyinka


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When Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka's The Open Sore of a Continent appeared in 1996, it received rave reviews in the national media. Now comes Soyinka's powerful sequel to that fearless and passionate book, The Burden of Memory. Where Open Sore offered a... (read more)

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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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The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
by Charles Pearson


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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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My Battle of Algiers: A Memoir
by Ted Morgan


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In My Battle of Algiers, an eminent historian and biographer recounts his own experiences in the savage Algerian War, an event all too reminiscent of America's present difficulties in Iraq. Ted Morgan recalls a war that we would do well not to forget. A... (read more)

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Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey
by Fergal Keane


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Fergal Keane was the reporter for the BBC's "Panorama" television documentary on Rwanda. This book, by Keane, is an account of the history of the country, including the colonial period, and an analysis of what led to one of the greatest human tragedies... (read more)

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The Battlefield: Algeria, 1988-2002: Studies in a Broken Polity
by Hugh Roberts


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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-388) and index.... (read more)

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