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Memoirs by Ahmed Kathrada Publisher Comments A fascinating book about a modest man who experienced a momentous life with a forward by Nelson Mandela.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $7.48 Used - Trade Paper 
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In the Footsteps of MR. Kurtz : Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo (01 Edition) by Michela Wrong Publisher Comments Known as "the Leopard," the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake -- seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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 the pages of the books she read, I knew I was not alone in my skepticism. And yet, when I caught sight of the waving arms of an... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir by Toyin Falola Publisher Comments "Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information. It is a matter of some interest, that the only... (read more) List Price $29.75 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mameluke or Slave Dynasty of Egypt 1260-1517 A.D. by William Muir Synopsis Alert to the implications of Egyptian politics to the world of the Middle Ages, Muir offers a detailed look at the rule of the slave-soldier caste known as the Mamelukes who ruled Egypt from 1260 to 1517. Each ruler of the Bahrite and Circassian... (read more) List Price $119.50 Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden Publisher Comments After a lifetimes close observation of the continent, one of the worlds finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. In captivating prose, Dowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Desmond Tutu: Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography by John Allen Publisher Comments Written by a distinguished journalist and longtime associate of Desmond Tutu, this definitive biography captures the flavor and details of Tutu’s life while shedding light on the struggles and triumphs of modern society. Drawing on personal... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt by Nina Burleigh Publisher Comments Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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God Grew Tired of Us: a Memoir (08 Edition) by John Bul Dau Publisher Comments "Lost Boy" John Bul Daus harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoir and featured in an award-winning documentary film of the same name... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Islands of Intensive Agriculture in Eastern Africa (Eastern African Studies) by Mats Widgren Publisher Comments ISLANDS OF INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE are areas of local cultivation surrounded by low-density livestock herders or extensive cultivators. Along the line of the East Africa Rift Valley, and in the highlands on either side, communities of considerable... (read more) List Price $56.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Catalogue General of Egyptian Antiquities in the Cairo Museum: Nos. 17037-17091, 7127-7219: Anthropoid Clay Coffins by Lisa Sabbahy Publisher Comments This catalogue is a documentation of the clay coffins in the Egyptian Museum. While these coffins have been in the museum for decades, many of them have never been registered.... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Notes from the Middle World by Breyten Breytenbach Publisher Comments Praise for Breyten Breytenbach's Return to Paradise: "This wonderful book . . . is written with a wild heart and an unrelenting eye, and is fueled by the sort of rage that produces great literature."—The Washington Post What is the place of the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Safirka: An American Envoy by Peter Bridges Publisher Comments Peter S. Bridges's service as American ambassador to Somalia capped his three decades as a career officer in the American Foreign Service. Safirka, a frank description of his experiences in Somalia and elsewhere, offers pointed assessments of American... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $6.48 Used - Hardcover
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The State Vs. Nelson Mandela: The Trial That Changed South Africa by Joel Joffe Publisher Comments On 11 July 1963, police raided Lilisleaf farm at Rivonia near Johannesburg, arresting alleged members of the high command of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Together with the already imprisoned Nelson Mandela... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels Publisher Comments The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy has the sweetness and quirkiness of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri Publisher Comments "An inspiring account of turning tragedy into hope for others." -President Jimmy Carter Can one person really make a difference in the world? Twesigye Jackson Kaguri overcame tremendous odds as he followed his dream to build a school for AIDS orphans in... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Africa's Discovery of Europe 1450-1850 by David Northrup Publisher Comments What did Africans think of the first Europeans they saw? Why did some Africans seek political and religious alliances with Europeans? How successful were African traders in acquiring what they wanted from Europeans in the new Atlantic trade? Africa's... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria's Transition from Authoritarianism by William B Quandt Publisher Comments In the Arab world as elsewhere, authoritarian regimes have come under pressure for change. Citing Algeria as example, political scientist William B. Quandt looks at both the erosion of the authoritarian model and the difficulties of making a transition... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Diary from a South African Pri by Tshenuwani Farisani Publisher Comments This is Tshenuwani Simon Farisani's harrowing account of the suffering inflicted on a single human being by the brutalities of apartheid. Farisani shows us the terror of torture, the fear of death, and the eventual victory of faith.Here is a man of God... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Free at Last?: U.S. Policy Toward Africa and the End of the Cold War by Michael Clough Publisher Comments Whereas my husband, Enoch Darling, has at sundry times used me in so improper and cruel a manner, as to destroy my happiness and endanger my life, and whereas he has not provided for me as a husband ought, but expended his time and money unadvisedly, at... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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