Africa
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Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali  Publisher Comments In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening...
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
by Peter Godwin Publisher Comments Hailed by reviewers as powerful,haunting and a tour de force of personal journalism,When A Crocodile Eats the Sun is the unforgettable story of one man's struggle to discover his past and come to terms with his present. Award winning author and...
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When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race
by Judith Stone Synopsis 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....
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All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo
by Bryan Mealer Publisher Comments A foreign correspondent’s gripping account of his experiences in Congo, told through the long scope of the country’s dark and brutal history. After covering a brutal war that claimed four million lives, journalist Bryan Mealer takes readers...
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Death in the Sahara: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre
by Michael Asher Publisher Comments Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the Sahara. In 1880, the French government ordered a surveying expedition for a railway that would bring the fabulous wealth of Timbuktu, in French Sudan,...
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Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa (Ohio Ris Global)
by William G Moseley Publisher Comments The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world’s major regions, is now increasingly...
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Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa
by Hans Silvester Publisher Comments An unprecedented series of images showing the Omo people's imaginative body decoration and embellishments. The scene of tribal conflicts and guerrilla incursions, Ethiopia's Omo Valley is also home to fascinating rites and traditions that have survived...
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The Rebels' Hour
by Lieve Joris Publisher Comments In The Rebels’ Hour, world renowned journalist Lieve Joris illuminates the dark heart of contemporary Congo through the prism of one lonely and complicated rebel leader who becomes a high ranking general in the Congolese army. When Assani, a young...
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Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
by John Ghazvinian Publisher Comments 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...
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Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution
by John R. Bradley Publisher Comments Five decades after Nasser and the Free Officers overthrew the British-backed monarchy in a dramatic coup d'état, the future of Egypt grows more uncertain by the day. John Bradley examines the junctions of Egyptian politics and society as they...
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Chief of Station, Congo (07 Edition)
by Devlin Publisher Comments Larry Devlin arrived as the new chief of station for the CIA in the Congo five days after the country had declared its independence, the army had mutinied, and governmental authority had collapsed. As he crossed the Congo River in an almost empty ferry...
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The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
by Brian Steidle Publisher Comments Former United States Marine Brian Steidle served for six months in Darfur as an unarmed military observer for the African Union. There he witnessed first-hand the ongoing genocide, and documented every day of his experience using email, audio journals...
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Morocco Flying High (Flying High)
by Antonio Attini Synopsis Morocco has always lured us with its exotic culture and untamed landscape. This volume takes readers on a magic carpet ride over thrilling and unexpected sights that we could never experience without the benefit of these exceptional aerial views. From...
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Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
by Robert Paarlberg Publisher Comments Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane tarmac narrows to rutted dirt, and the journey must continue on foot. The farmers...
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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival (Women Writing Africa)
by Fadumo Korn Publisher Comments "A moving, unsentimental, and informative account of the painful personal experience that inspired, and continues to fuel, [Fadumo Korn's] work."-Francine Prose, Peoplemagazine, starred critic's choice "This impassioned, beautifully written memoir is a...
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Becoming Somaliland: Reconstructing a Failed State (African Issues)
by Mark Bradbury
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