Africa
• Phyllis Martin
• Patrick O'Meara
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1995 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
African history and prehistory, popular culture, art and economics with dozens of maps, photographs and drawings. We especially liked the chapter on the contemporary map of Africa. It's all here. Pick and choose those areas that interest you. It's the most popular introductory text for undergraduate African studies courses in North America -- refreshingly free of cant and completely revised in 1995 to reflect changes in African politics.
(AFR07, $26.00) |
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Africa
• Michael Lewis
• John Reader
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
• COMING IN
An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent). Organized geographically, it's the companion volume to an eight-hour television series by PBS and National Geographic.
(AFR111, $50.00) |
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Africa North and West Map
• Michelin
2011 •
MAP
A fine map of the north and parts of western Africa, 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. One Side. 40x57 inches.
(AFR34, $11.95) |
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African Art, An Introduction
• Frank Willett
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
A concise, well illustrated overview of the art and culture of Africa, portraying the range of spectacular art produced throughout the ages.
(AFR18, $21.95) |
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African Vodun: Art, Psychology and Power
• Susanne Preston Blier
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 476 PAGES
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, $52.50) |
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African Wildlife
• James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •
1999 •
PLASTIC CARD
A laminated foldout guide illustrating almost 150 species of African animals. This pocket guide is designed for quick reference in the field.
(AFR109, $5.95) |
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The Africans
• David Lamb
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1987 •
PAPER
• 371 PAGES
In these 17 well written essays, news correspondent Lamb ranges throughout Africa, creating an insightful portrait of the land and especially its people. This now-classic book is a wide-ranging political and social survey of the continent, banned in a number of countries -- and as interesting today as when it was first published in 1984.
(AFR22, $19.95) |
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The Art of Crossing Cultures
• Craig Storti
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2007 •
PAPER
• 153 PAGES
The author, a former Peace Corps trainer, discusses culture shock, common mistakes made by expats and the overall process of adapting to a culture in this down-to-earth, scholarly book. Short excerpts from writers on the experience of travel are interspersed throughout the book, including unforgettable commentary by Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Francis Noel Coward and C.S. Lewis.
(GEN136, $24.95) |
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Black Gold of the Sun, Searching for Home in Africa And Beyond
• Ekow Eshun
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2007 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
At the age of 33, Eshun -- born in London to African-born parents -- travelled to Ghana in search of his roots. The resulting narrative is both a portrait of a nation and the story of a search for home.
(WAF109, $13.95) |
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The Cruelest Journey, Six Hundred Miles to Timbuktu
• Kira Salak
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
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 •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES
• COMING IN
This book is 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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Culture Smart! Ghana
• Ian Utley
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(WAF126, $9.95) |
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Drink, Power and Cultural Change
• Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1996 •
PAPER
• 189 PAGES
A social history of the role of alcohol in Ghana from 1800 though the colonial period to recent times.
(WAF140, $33.75) |
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A Field Guide to the Birds of The Gambia and Senegal
• Clive Barlow
• Tim Wacher
• Tony Disley
FIELD GUIDE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
A guide to 660 species of birds of Senegal and the Gambia, featuring 48 color plates and short descriptions on the facing pages. With several paragraphs about each species with its description, song, habitat, status and distribution.
(WAF03, $45.00) |
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From Slavery to Freedom, A History of African Americans
• John Hope Franklin
HISTORY •
2000 •
HARD COVER
• 742 PAGES
A classic history of the African American experience from ancient West African civilizations to the civil rights struggles of the 20th century. First published in 1947, and now in its eighth edition, this book has set the standard for comprehensive studies of the changing roles of Africans in the United States.
(USA39, $75.00) |
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
• Alexander McCall Smith
LITERATURE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES
McCall Smith brings together a collection of often hilarious, often bizarre folktales which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe. In addition to the tales from his previous collection, Children of Wax, the best-selling author includes seven new tales from Botswana. In an interesting twist on a writer's creation, the title character of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency provides an introduction.
(AFR141, $22.00) |
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A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa
• Nik Borrow
• Ron Demey
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 816 PAGES
A comprehensive handbook -- and guide -- to the birds of Central and Western Africa from Senegal to Chad and the Congo, featuring 142 original color plates by Nik Borrow. With 1,100 detailed, full color distribution maps.
(WAF59, $115.00) |
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
FIELD GUIDE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 476 PAGES
• COMING IN
An authoritative, beautifully illustrated guide. It features identification, classification and species information for all known African mammals, including many newly discovered species. Written by one of the foremost authorities on African mammals, this concise guide provides full information on identification, distribution, ecology and conservation status on more than 1,100 species. It includes 480 outstanding color illustrations by the author and 280 maps.
(AFR32, $49.50) |
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Lonely Planet West Africa
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 904 PAGES
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. The bulk of the book is devoted to individual countries.
(WAF10, $33.99) |
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Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest, How Conservation Strategies are Failing in West Africa
• John F. Oakes
NATURAL HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 338 PAGES
A survey of national parks and conservation throughout West Africa. Oakes, who has worked on conservation projects in Africa and India, uses West Africa as a case study to argue against the prevailing notion that wildlife is best protected through small-scale community development. Of primary interest to conservationists, it also offers an interesting theoretical perspective for travelers to the region.
(WAF11, $28.95) |
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The Narrow Path
• Francis Selormey
LITERATURE •
1990 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
• COMING IN
The tale of coming of age in Ghana during British colonial rule in the 1920s. Selormey, though his main character Kofi, remembers his family and childhood in Ghana in a fishing village on the Gold Coast. The novel is described as a Ghanaian David Copperfield.
(WAF81, $11.95) |
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New News Out of Africa, Uncovering Africa's Renaissance
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault
HISTORY •
2007 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
A PBS correspondant addresses the current state of affairs in South Africa, Rwanda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Angola and Sierra Leone, incorporating his own experiences and the continent's troubled and tangled history.
(AFR203, $14.95) |
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The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation
• James L. Newman
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1997 •
PAPER
• 252 PAGES
An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology. With 50 maps.
(AFR140, $26.00) |
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Rough Guide West Africa
• Jim Hudgens
• Richard Trillo
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 1312 PAGES
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 everything from the volcanoes on the Cape Verde Islands to Mali's Dogon country to the national parks of Ghana and Nigeria.
(WAF38, $34.99) |
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Sacred Sites and the Colonial Encounter
• Sandra E. Greene
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 200 PAGES
Greene examines German and British impositions on the spiritual practices of the Anlo people of Ghana during colonialism and the ways their community has resisted European influence and retained some of their customs. A scholarly study based on Greene's field research.
(WAF150, $19.95) |
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The Scramble for Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
HISTORY •
1992 •
PAPER
• 738 PAGES
Absorbing and meticulously researched, this in-depth history of the Victorian land grab in Africa includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities who overran the continent.
(AFR26, $23.99) |
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Survival Kit for Overseas Living
• L. Robert Kohls
GUIDEBOOK •
2001 •
PAPER
• 165 PAGES
A handbook for Americans planning to live abroad. An intercultural classic orginally published in 1979 and now in its fourth edition. Organized in 22 short chapters, Kohl poses a series of problems, issues, and situations commonly encountered by American's abroad, including cultural baggage, stereotypes, and common complaints of American expats and their host nationals.
(GEN137, $19.95) |
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The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
• Arthur Japin
• Ina Rilke
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
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, $16.00) |
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