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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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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
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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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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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The World's Most Dangerous Place: Inside the Outlaw State of Somalia
by James Fergusson
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Although the war in Afghanistan is now in its endgame, the West’s struggle to eliminate the threat from Al Qaeda is far from over. A decade after 9/11, the war on terror has entered a new phase and, it would seem, a new territory. In early 2010, Al... (read more)

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Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa
by Mark Seal
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The Wretched of the Earth (New Translation)
by Frantz Fanon
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Notes From the Hyena's Belly
by Nega Mezlekia
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Winner of the Governor General's Award A Library Journal Best Book of 2001 Part autobiography and part social history, Notes from the Hyena's Belly offers an unforgettable portrait of Ethiopia, and of Africa, during the 1970s and '80s, an era of civil... (read more)

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Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
by Alexandra Fuller
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The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur
by Daoud Hari
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Global Visions, Local Landscapes: A Political Ecology of Conservation, Conflict, and Control in Northern Madagascar (Globalization and the Environment)
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Biko
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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Di: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers
by Romeo Dallaire
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