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Africa
• Michael Lewis
• John Reader
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader; organized geographically.
(AFR111, $50.00)
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Africa
• Phyllis Martin
• Patrick O'Meara
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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African history and prehistory, popular culture, art and economics; It's all here in the most popular introductory text for undergraduate African studies courses in North America. With maps, photographs and drawings.
(AFR07, $19.95)
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Africa North and West Map 741
• Michelin
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A fine regional map covering Senegal, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and their neighbors as well as all the Mediterranean-bordering countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
(AFR34, $11.95)
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Africa, A Biography of the Continent
• John Reader
• HISTORY
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With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a lively and masterful tale of the continent from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa.
(AFR49, $18.95)
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African Art, An Introduction
• Frank Willett
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A concise, well illustrated overview of the art and culture of Africa. An excellent introduction, this compact book portrays the range of spectacular art produced in Africa through the ages.
(AFR18, $18.95)
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African Silences
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this narrative of Equatorial Africa, Matthiessen recounts several trips to The Gambia, Senegal, Zaire and the Congo Basin in search of rhinos, elephants and other endangered wildlife.
(WAF36, $13.00)
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African Vodun: Art, Psychology and Power
• Susanne Preston Blier
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A detailed study of West African vodun traditions, particularly in Togo and Benin. Blier compares the psychological and visual elements of Vodun with related voodoo traditions of Haiti and New Orleans.
(WAF74, $45.00)
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African Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A laminated fold-out guide.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat and Camel
• Jeffrey Tayler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The eye-opening account of an American journalist's trek across the Sahel, the southern region of the Sahara Desert, which encompasses Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, Chad and Senegal.
(WAF83, $25.00)
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Birds of Western and Central Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklist
• Ber Van Perlo
• FIELD GUIDE
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An admirably compact, comprehensive guide to 1,500 species throughout Western and Central Africa featuring 109 color plates by Ber Van Perlo.
(WAF02, $29.95)
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The Black Man's Burden, Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State
• Basil Davidson
• HISTORY
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An evocative work that traces the origins of Africa's independence movement, placing the continent's current political instability in a historical perspective.
(AFR92, $15.00)
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Bradt Guide Mali
• Ross Velton
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, detailed guide to traveling in Mali in the British series, strong on practical information.
(WAF16, $21.95)
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Bradt Guide Nigeria
• Lizzie Williams
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed overview of Nigeria, its history, wildlife, culture and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it includes maps, town plans, and lots of practical travel information.
(WAF84, $29.99)
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Bradt Guide Nigeria
• Lizzie Williams
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed overview of Nigeria, its history, wildlife, culture and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it includes maps, town plans, and lots of practical travel information.
(WAF84, $29.99)
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Bradt Guide Sudan
• Paul Clammer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, noted for publishing travel guides to remote and little-visited destinations.
(AFR152, $21.95)
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Congo Map
• IGN
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(WAF04, $16.95)
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The Cruelest Journey, Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu
• Kira Salak
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Adventurer Kira Salak's account of her journeys on the Niger River and her record-breaking 600-mile solo kayaking trip to Timbuktu.
(WAF75, $26.00)
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Cultural Atlas of Africa
• Jocelyn Murray
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays.
(AFR47, $50.00)
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Dancing Skeletons, Life and Death in West Africa
• Katherine Dettwyler
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This detailed account of life in Mali by a cultural anthropologist won the Margaret Mead Award in 1995.
(WAF14, $16.95)
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Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape
• Ann Hugon
• EXPLORATION
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others are featured in a series of journal excerpts.
(AFR03, $12.95)
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A Field Guide to the Birds of The Gambia and Senegal
• Clive Barlow
• Tim Wacher
• Tony Disley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to 660 species of birds of Senegal and the Gambia, featuring 48 color plates and short descriptions on the facing pages.
(WAF03, $42.00)
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From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans
• John Hope Franklin
• HISTORY
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A classic history of the African American experience.
(USA39, $75.00)
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
• Alexander McCall Smith
• LITERATURE
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McCall Smith brings together folktales, often hilarious or bizarre, which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe.
(AFR141, $22.00)
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God's Bits of Wood
• Sembene Ousmane
• Francis Price
• LITERATURE
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A story of conflict between colonial powers and West African rail workers, set in the late 1940s, written by Senegal's foremost novelist and filmmaker.
(WAF22, $13.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa
• Nik Borrow
• Ron Demey
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive guide with illustrations of 1,282 species of the region.
(WAF59, $95.00)
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Hemingway in Africa, The Last Safari
• Christopher Ondaatje
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this illustrated account of travels in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, Christopher Ondaajte conjures Hemingway and his love for Africa.
(AFR139, $37.50)
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
• FIELD GUIDE
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A stunningly illustrated, comprehensive field guide to African mammals. This concise guide provides full information on more than 1,100 species. It includes 480 outstanding color illustrations by the author and 280 maps.
(AFR32, $47.50)
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Lonely Planet Gambia and Senegal
• David Else
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide to the Gambia and Senegal geared for independent travelers.
(WAF01, $23.99)
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Lonely Planet West Africa
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to all West Africa, this is the book to carry for travels from Mauritania to Niger, with both a good overview of culture and history and the usual Lonely Planet attention to practical travel information.
(WAF10, $31.99)
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Mango Elephants in the Sun, How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin
• Susan Herrera
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The engaging account of a Peace Corps volunteer in northern Cameroon.
(WAF20, $22.95)
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Middle Passage
• Charles Johnson
• LITERATURE
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Winner of the National Book Award, this historical novel, set in 1830, is the richly imagined tale of a recently freed slave in New Orleans who signs aboard a square-rigger bound for Africa.
(ATL02, $15.00)
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Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest, How Conservation Strategies are Failing in West Africa
• John F. Oakes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A survey of national parks and conservation throughout West Africa, of primary interest to conservationists. Oakes uses West Africa as a case study to argue against the prevailing notion that wildlife is best protected through small-scale community development.
(WAF11, $24.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A portable guide to the landforms, wild areas, mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa, featuring contributions by experts and almost 600 color photographs.
(AFR25, $23.95)
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Nigeria Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A shaded relief map of Nigeria.
(AFR39, $11.95)
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The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation
• James L. Newman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology.
(AFR140, $18.00)
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The Remarkable Baobab
• Thomas Pakenham
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A celebration of the tremendous, twisted baobabs of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The 60 large-format color photographs show that the Baobab is indeed remarkable.
(NAT71, $19.95)
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Roots
• Alex Haley
• LITERATURE
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AThe 30th anniversary edition of Alex Haley's epic story of Kunta Kinte and his descendents.
(WAF21, $15.95)
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Rough Guide West Africa
• Jim Hudgens
• Richard Trillo
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to all West Africa, including its history and culture. With its region-by-region descriptions, 172 maps and 12 pages of color photos, this guide covers from Mauritania south to Cameroon.
(WAF38, $34.99)
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The Scramble for Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
• HISTORY
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A well-written, meticulously researched history of the Victorian land grab in Africa. The book includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities that overran the continent.
(AFR26, $23.95)
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Segu
• Maryse Conde
• Barbara Bray
• LITERATURE
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An epic novel set in the West African kingdom of Bambara (old Mali) in 1797, exhaustive in its detail and thoroughly addicting. Conde transforms actual historical events into a full-blooded, lively tale.
(WAF17, $16.00)
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The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
• Arthur Japin
• Ina Rilke
• LITERATURE
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An acclaimed debut novel by a young Dutch writer, concerning the tragic fortunes of two Dutch-educated West African princes circa 1830, whose schooling renders them neither Dutch nor Ashanti.
(NTH45, $14.00)
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Viceroy of Ouidah
• Bruce Chatwin
• LITERATURE
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Set in the 19th-century court of Dahomey (Benin), this novel evokes in rich detail the rise to power of a wretched slave trader.
(WAF18, $13.00)
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Wanderings in West Africa
• Richard Francis Burton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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This account, originally published in 1861, results from a three-year stint in the British Foreign office in Fernando Po, an island off the coast of West Africa. It's a valuable first-hand account of short trips around the West African coast.
(WAF12, $19.95)
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West African Folktales
• Jack Berry
• Richard Spears
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of 123 unembellished tales, well-chosen and simply translated. It's a good introduction to the spirit of traditional cultures throughout West Africa.
(WAF13, $21.00)
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