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The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century
• Ross E. Dunn
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A modern historian's account of Ibn Battuta's travels in the medieval Islamic world. When Battuta left his native Morocco in 1325, he intended a pilgrimage to Mecca; however his travels ultimately took him as far as Mali in the west and Malaysia in the east, stopping in China, the Middle East, and Africa en route.
(AFR103, $21.95)
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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, $20.95)
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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, portraying the range of spectacular art produced throughout the ages.
(AFR18, $18.95)
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African Predators
• M.G.L. Mills
• Gus Mills
• Martin Harvey
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history of the giant cats and other predators of Africa.
(AFR114, $39.95)
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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, $48.00)
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African Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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The Africans
• David Lamb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In these 17 well-written essays, news correspondent Lamb ranges throughout Africa, creating an insightful portrait of the land and especially its people.
(AFR22, $14.95)
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Ake, the Years of Childhood
• Wole Soyinka
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A Nobel Prize-winning playwright, recalls his Yoruba childhood in Nigeria during World War II.
(WAF47, $14.95)
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Ancient Middle Niger, Urbanism and the Self-Organizing Landscape
• Roderick James McIntosh
• Rita P. Wright
• HISTORY
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A scholarly account of the ancient cities on the Middle Niger, which developed in the first millennium B.C.
(WAF94, $34.99)
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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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The Art of Crossing Cultures
• Craig Storti
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Tips for travelers adjusting to a new culture.
(GEN136, $21.95)
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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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Bogolan
• Victoria Rovine
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully illustrated survey of the transformation of bogolanfini (mudcloth) textiles in Mali from its traditional rural roots to contemporary symbol. With 24 color and 33 black-and-white photographs and maps.
(WAF62, $24.95)
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Bradt Guide Benin
• Stuart Butler
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the growing series by Bradt, noteworthy for its focus on culture, nature and responsible travel. The author includes sights and activities throughout the country.
(WAF91, $23.95)
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Bradt Guide Burkina Faso
• Katrina Manson
• James Knight
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, noted for publishing informative, insightful travel guides to remote and little-visited destinations.
(WAF92, $23.95)
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Bradt Guide Cape Verde Islands
• Aisling Irwin
• Colum Wilson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical travel guide to the Cape Verde islands, including its cultural and natural history.
(ATL07, $24.99)
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Bradt Guide Mali
• Ross Velton
• GUIDEBOOK
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This third edition of this excellent, travel-savvy guide covers the history, culture and attractions of Mali including its music and festivals.
(WAF16, $27.99)
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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 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, $25.99)
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Bradt Guide the Gambia
• Craig Emms
• Linda Barnett
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the British series, featuring a good overview of the country and its natural history, plenty of travel information, 21 maps and a scattering of color photographs.
(WAF90, $22.95)
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Butabu, Adobe Architecture of West Africa
• Suzanne Preston Blier
• James Morris
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A photographic survey of adobe buildings throughout West Africa, including the great mosque at Djenne (the largest mud building in the world), ordinary houses and huts, arches, domes, colonnades, grillwork and other architectural feats.
(WAF70, $50.00)
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The Camel and the Wheel
• Richard Bulliet
• HISTORY
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Bulliet draws on archaeology, art,anthropology and camel husbandry to explore the implications -- from the Middle Ages to the present -- of the dependence on the camel for transport in the Middle East.
(MDE96, $30.00)
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Captain Sir Richard Burton, A Biography
• Edward Rice
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A splendid, absorbing account of the Victorian explorer.
(AFR99, $27.50)
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The Commodore
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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The 17th in the series, With Aubrey back home in England and in battle off West Africa.
(WAF73, $13.95)
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Congo Map
• IGN
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A map of Brazzaville and the Congo (1:1,000,000.), which also shows portions of surrounding Gabon, Cameroon and ex-Zaire.
(WAF04, $17.95)
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Conversations with Ogotemmeli, An Introduction to Dogon Religious Ideas
• Marcel Griaule
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An account of the complex metaphysical beliefs and cosmology of the Dogon people of the upper Volta region.
(WAF44, $37.95)
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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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Dogon, Africa's People of the Cliffs
• Stephanie Hollyman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Hollyman's 125 intimate photographs capture the essence of the tightly knit, cooperative society of the Dogon of Mali, their traditional ways of life and distinctive architecture.
(WAF46, $49.50)
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Eating Apes
• Dale Peterson
• Karl Ammann
• Janet K. Museveni
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this powerful book, primatologist Peterson calls for a stop to the consumption of bush meat, especially chimps, bonos, and gorillas, in the forests of Central and Western Africa.
(AFR153, $17.95)
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Einstein and the Total Eclipse
• Peter Coles
• SCIENCE
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An account of the solar eclipse expedition that vindicated Einstein's theory of relativity. The success of the experiment immediately propelled Einstein onto the front pages of newspapers around the world.
(SCI28, $7.95)
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The Ends of the Earth, A Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An insightful, opinionated odyssey to some of the world's poorer and more troubled nations.
(WLD26, $16.00)
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The Famished Road
• Ben Okri
• LITERATURE
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The haunting, Booker Prize-winning novel set in a Yoruba village in modern Nigeria.
(WAF39, $15.95)
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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, $45.00)
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Flashman and the Tiger
• George MacDonald Fraser
• LITERATURE
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This 11th installment in The Flashman Papers (purportedly retrieved and not written by George Macdonald Fraser, a nice conceit), consists of three short adventures, which find our hero cavorting with Bismarck and Emperor Franz-Josef and the future Edward VI.
(WAF58, $14.95)
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Forbidden Sands, A Search in the Sahara
• Richard C. Trench
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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Equal parts travelogue and investigative report of the salt mines at Taoudenni, this classic account is also an illuminating cultural history of salt -- and of Mali itself.
(WAF51, $14.95)
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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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Genii of the River Niger
• Jean-Marie Gibbal
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An ethnography of the people south of Timbuktu, in the Lake Debo region, where water spirits play a vital role in folk traditions and culture.
(WAF86, $24.00)
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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, $17.44)
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The Golden Trade of the Moors
• E.W. Bovill
• HISTORY
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A lively scholarly history of over 1,000 years of trans-Saharan trade, originally published in 1968.
(NAF44, $24.95)
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A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa
• Nik Borrow
• Ron Demey
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive handbook and guide to the birds of Central and Western Africa from Senegal to Chad and the Congo, featuring 142 original color plates.
(WAF59, $110.00)
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Guinea Map
• IGN
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A colorful, French-produced map of the West African nation of Guinea at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(WAF87, $16.95)
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Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories
• Chinua Achebe
• Lynn Innes
• ANTHOLOGY
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A single-volume introduction to the vast literature of Africa, containing stories from the past 37 years.
(AFR10, $14.94)
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Historical Dictionary of Mali
• Pascal James Imperato
• REFERENCE
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A dictionary of people, places, and events in Malian history.
(WAF49, $100.00)
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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa
• Robert O. Collins
• James M. Burns
• HISTORY
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A clear, brief survey of the history and development of Africa, aimed at undergraduates and interested readers, organized thematically. With chapters on climate and geography, the rise of states and empires, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, the European conquest, and Africa in the 20th century.
(AFR174, $28.99)
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In Sorcery's Shadow
• Paul Stoller
• Cheryl Olkes
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An anthropologist's account of his time in Niger and his experiences with local sorcerers and traditional healers. It's an excellent introduction to the role of magic and its moral complications in African culture.
(WAF55, $20.00)
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It's a Jungle Up There, More Tales from the Treetops
• Margaret Lowman
• James Burgess
• Edward Burgess
• NATURAL HISTORY
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This engaging globe-skipping chronicle takes the tropical ecologist and her now-grown sons James and Edward to Samoa, West Africa, Peru, Panama, India and other great habitats.
(NAT92, $30.00)
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
• FIELD GUIDE
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This stunningly-illustrated, comprehensive field guide by a leading authority includes Kingdon's 480 exquisite color paintings.
(AFR32, $49.50)
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Leo Africanus
• Amin Maalouf
• LITERATURE
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A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.
(MED55, $16.95)
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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, with good overviews of culture, history and natural attractions.
(WAF01, $24.99)
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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, $33.99)
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Mali Map
• ITMB
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A fold-up map shown at a scale of 1:2,400,000.
(WAF43, $11.95)
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Mande Potters and Leatherworkers, Art and Heritage in West Africa
• Barbara Frank
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A nicely illustrated scholarly cultural history of Mande-speaking craftspeople in West Africa. Dispersed throughout Mali and West Africa, Mande potters and leatherworkers form a distinct social class, where women make ceramics and the men work in leather.
(WAF61, $27.95)
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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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Mauritania Map
• International Travel Maps
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A map of Mauritania, at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(WAF63, $11.95)
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Muslim Societies in African History
• David Robinson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Robinson, a leading scholar, presents a good overview of Islam within the context of African, especially West African, history.
(ISL54, $25.99)
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Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest, How Conservation Strategies are Failing in West Africa
• John F. Oakes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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, $25.95)
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Niger Map
• IGN
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A good, full-color shaded relief map of Niger at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(AFR38, $16.95)
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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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Nine Hills to Nambonkaha, Two Years in the Heart of an African Village
• Sarah Erdman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An affectionate insightful account of two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cote d'Ivoire.
(WAF72, $15.00)
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Nomads of Niger
• Carol Beckwith
• Marion Van Offelen
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• OUT OF PRINT
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For this extended photographic essay, famed photographer traveled among the Wodaabe nomads of central Niger for a year and a half, giving her intimate access to the daily life of a family of cattle herders.
(WAF52, $29.98)
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Palace Sculptures of Abomey, History Told on Walls
• Francesca Pique
• Leslie Rainer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated survey and history of the sculptures and bas-reliefs at the Dahomey palace with 120 color photographs.
(WAF77, $29.95)
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The Peoples of the Middle Niger
• Roderick James McIntosh
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly study of the ancient inhabitants of the Niger floodplain, incorporating archaeological discoveries and oral traditions.
(WAF93, $74.95)
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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, $26.00)
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Riding the Demon, On the Road in West Africa
• Peter Chilson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Peter Chilson took to the road in Niger for this portrait of a turbulent and fascinating nation, where rickety bush taxis, packed to the gills with passengers, provide an eye-opening perspective on the nation.
(WAF54, $24.95)
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The River Where Blood Is Born
• Sandra Jackson-Opoku
• LITERATURE
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A complex, layered novel following the fate of several generations of women from 18th-century Africa to modern America and Barbados.
(WAF41, $23.00)
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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 Music Nigeria & Ghana
• Various Artists
• MUSIC
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A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Nigeria and Ghana. Includes the styles Highlife, Fuji, and Afrobeat.
(WAF97, $14.95)
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Rough Guide Music Youssou N'dour & Etoile de Dakar
• Youssou N'Dour
• MUSIC
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A guide to the music of the internationally acclaimed Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour and his band Etoile de Dakar. Youssou champions mbalax, the dance music of his Wolof people.
(WAF98, $14.95)
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Rough Guide to the Music of Senegal & Gambia
• Various Artists
• MUSIC
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A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of these West African nations. Includes the celebrated artists Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Cheikh Lo, Tata Dinding Jobarteh and Ifang Bondi.
(WAF96, $14.98)
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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, $23.99)
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The Seasons of Beento Blackbird
• Akosua Busia
• LITERATURE
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A provocative novel dissecting the issues of marriage and African identity by the daughter of a former Ghanaian prime minister.
(WAF42, $24.95)
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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 addictive. Conde transforms actual historical events into a full-blooded, lively tale.
(WAF17, $17.00)
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Senegal and The Gambia Map
• ITMB
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A colorful map of Senegal and The Gambia, at a scale of 1:800,000.
(WAF69, $11.95)
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Still Waters in Niger
• Kathleen Hill
• LITERATURE
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An atmospheric novel set in America and Niger. After living for in the United States for 17 years, an Irish-American woman returns to a small village in Niger where she had once lived with her husband and three daughters.
(WAF53, $15.95)
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Sundiata, An Epic of Old Mali
• D.T. Niane
• LITERATURE
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A splendid introduction to Mali's venerable oral traditions. Since the 13th century, Malian griots have told the story of Sundiata, the lion king, who first wrested his throne from a sorcerer, then united West Africa.
(WAF48, $16.00)
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Survival Kit for Overseas Living, For Americans Planning to Live and Work Abroad
• L. Robert Kohls
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handbook for Americans planning to live abroad.
(GEN137, $19.95)
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Things Fall Apart
• Chinua Achebe
• LITERATURE
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The 50th anniversary edition of Achebe's celebrated novel of the young village leader Okonkwo, set during in 19th-century Nigeria during the drama and disruption of colonialism,
(WAF56, $11.00)
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Togo Map
• IGN
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(AFR37, $16.95)
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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, $16.00)
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Wind, Sand and Stars
• Antoine de Saint Exupery
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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St. Exupery's luminous account of flying early postal routes over South America, Europe and the deserts of West Africa in the 1930s, including the classic tale of his crash in the Libyan desert.
(DES11, $13.95)
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Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon
• Makuchi
• Eloise A. Briere
• LITERATURE
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A collection of short stories from a native of Cameroon.
(CAF05, $16.95)
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A Zoo in My Luggage
• Gerald Durrell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Durrell's delightful memoir of his third trip to British Cameroon to collect animals for his new zoo back home in Jersey. The mission gets funnier in England as Durrell and his wife struggle to find a home for their menagerie.
(WAF78, $14.00)
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