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The Conquest of Morocco by Douglas Porch Publisher Comments The Conquest of Morocco tells the story of France's last great colonial adventure. At the turn of the twentieth century, Morocco was a nation yet to emerge from the Middle Ages, ruled by local warlords and riven by religious fanaticism. But in the mad... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope by Luke Reynolds Publisher Comments Life's changes. They happen every day. Some large, some small. A few are very personal. Others impact the world. Dedicated to the People of Darfur: Writings on Fear, Risk, and Hope includes original and inspiring essays that celebrate the glories gained... (read more) Your price: $23.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin Publisher Comments Traces how the author routinely traveled between his Manhattan home to Zimbabwe to check on his aging parents, visits during which he witnessed the African region's dramatic descent into a social and political turmoil that eventually revealed to the... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan Publisher Comments Here is truth-telling at its most exemplary and courageous. The remorseless exercise of a reporter's anguished conscience gives us a South Africa we thought we knew all about: but we knew nothing. --John le Carre My Traitor's Heart is an astonishing work... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $13.31 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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False Papers by André Aciman Publisher Comments Essays on memory by the author of Our of Egypt We remember not because we have something we wish to go back to, nor because memories are all we have. We remember because memory is our most intimate, most familiar gesture. Most people are convinced I love... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Walk with Us and Listen: Political Reconciliation in Africa by Charles Villa-Vicencio Publisher Comments Effective peace agreements are rarely accomplished by idealists. The process of moving from situations of entrenched oppression, armed conflict, open warfare, and mass atrocities toward peace and reconciliation requires a series of small steps and... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town by Lesley A. Sharp Publisher Comments This finely drawn portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers, a group heretofore seen as having little power. These women, Leslie Sharp argues, are far from powerless among the peasants... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $26.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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First Kill Your Family: Child Soldiers of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army by Peter Eichstaedt Publisher Comments “Richard Opio has neither the look of a cold-blooded killer nor the heart of one. Yet as his mother and father lay on the ground with their hands tied, Richard used the blunt end of an ax to crush their skulls. He was ordered to do this by a unit... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $17.71 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Brief History of Egypt by Arthur Goldschmidt Publisher Comments Introduces readers to the dramatic events, notable people, and special customs and traditions that have shaped many of the world's countries, with each volume covering a specific country and offering a concise history of the struggles and triumphs of the... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price: $43.93 Google eBooks - Electronic
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In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture by Kwame Anthony Appiah Publisher Comments The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $20.30 Google eBooks - Electronic
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China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa by Serge Michel Publisher Comments In this book, the authors argue that China is a great business partner, where others only see chaos, the Chinese see opportunities. Traveling from Beijing to Khartoum, Algiers to Brazzaville, the authors aim to tell the story of China’s economic... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $16.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Traveller's History of North Africa by Barnaby Rogerson Publisher Comments Provides a history of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya, from their earliest beginnings through the twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $12.76 Your price: $11.32 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Rwanda Means the Universe: A Native's Memoir of Blood and Bloodlines by Louise Mushikiwabo Publisher Comments A poignant first-person account of the Rwanda genocide of 1994 describes how the author, a resident of the U.S. at the time, lost most of the members of her family over the course of a week, in a sobering memoir that also describes her family's cultural... (read more) Your price: $6.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuściński Publisher Comments A first-hand account by a Polish journalist of the chaos, pain, and confusion of the colonial and civil war in Angola during the mid-1970s chronicles the author's discovery of a bizarre and deadly war within the war for national independence. Reprint.... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Exporting American Dreams by Mary L. Dudziak Publisher Comments Mary Dudziak's "Exporting American Dreams" tells the little-known story of Thurgood Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the early 1960s. Not long after he led the legal team in "Brown v. Board of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Spellbound: Inside West Africa's Witch Camps by Karen Palmer Publisher Comments As I attempted to digest stories of spiritual cannibalism, of curses that could cost a student her eyesight or ignite... (read more) Your price: $16.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Darfur: A 21st Century Genocide by Gérard Prunier Publisher Comments Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide explains what lies behind the conflict in Western Sudan, how it came about, why it is should not be oversimplified, and why it is so relevant to the future of Africa. As the world watches, governments decide if, when, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $15.93 Google eBooks - Electronic
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War of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist by Benjamin Pogrund Publisher Comments An embattled journalist through three decades of apartheid, the author recalls his work with the Rand Daily Mail, including his own arrest for covering abuse in the white-ruled prison system. Tour.... (read more) List Price $21.56 Your price: $19.13 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Wonga Coup by Adam Roberts Publisher Comments A real life version of THE DOGS OF WAR in which a band of mercenaries plots to over throw a venal government of the newly oil-rich nation of Equatorial... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History by George M. Fredrickson Publisher Comments In this first comparative history of race relations in the United States and South Africa, George M. Fredrickson uncovers parallels and differences in the origin and expression of white supremacy in the two countries.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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