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FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO GIBRALTAR
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African Notebook
• Albert Schweitzer
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2002 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
First published in English in 1939, this short book captures the flavor of Schweitzer's early days at Lambarene, Gabon.
(CAF41, $19.95) |
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Cape Town and Region Map
• National Geographic
MAP
On one side is a detailed street plan of Cape Town; on the reverse are three regional maps of increasing detail: the "Garden Route" (scale 1:3,000,000), local region (scale 1:650,000), the Peninsula (scale 1:140,000). Two Sides. 20x26 inches.
(SAF161, $11.95) |
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Changes, A Love Story
• Ama Ata Aidoo
LITERATURE •
1993 •
PAPER
• 196 PAGES
A novel from the remarkable Ama Ata Aidoo. The protagonist Esi Sekyi confronts traditional values in marriage, love, careers, and family in contemporary Ghana. Esi's life is in several ways a symbol of the modern woman-- she is educated, has a career, and is financially independent from her husband-- yet she finds that her gender imposes a limit on her freedom. Aidoo creates a moving portrait of womens' lives in Africa and the problems that are all too familiar in almost every culture.
(WAF35, $15.95) |
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The Covenant
• James Michener
LITERATURE •
1987 •
PAPER
• 1238 PAGES
Stretching over the course of hundreds of years, this is a classic Michener saga of war, adventure, politics and love. The story follows several generations of characters (pioneers, scoundrels, missionaries, etc.) as they give birth to the mighty Zulu nation.
(SAF85, $8.99) |
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God's Bits of Wood
• Sembene Ousmane
• Francis Price
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 245 PAGES
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, Sembene Ousmane, it concerns a strike along the Dakar-Niger railway and the tragic consequences that result.
(WAF22, $15.95) |
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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa
• Robert O. Collins
• James M. Burns
HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
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, $31.99) |
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Kaffir Boy, The True Story a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
• Mark Mathabane
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1998 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
The affecting memoir of a young South African athlete under Apartheid. Mathabane escaped the fate of many poor, black youth of the time through a tennis scholarship to an American university.
(SAF158, $15.95) |
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Life & Times of Michael K
• J.M. Coetzee
LITERATURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 184 PAGES
Coetzee sets this short, hallucinatory novel, the powerful tale of a troubled boy, in South Africa in the midst of civil war.
(SAF17, $14.00) |
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A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
• Ishmael Beah
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2008 •
PAPER
• 229 PAGES
A human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army.
(WAF130, $12.00) |
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Rough Guide Music West African Gold
• Rough Guide World Music
MUSIC •
2006 •
AUDIO CD
Subtitled "The big beat of West Africa, Joyous Sounds from a Golden Era, this authoritative compilation showcases the music produced in sub-Saharan West Africa from the late 1950s to the early 1980s, including bands such as Bembeya Jazz, the music of Salif Keita and Dexter Johnson & the International Band and Orchestra Baobab.
(WAF100, $14.95) |
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Sahara
• Michael Palin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 272 PAGES
In this endearing romp, the peripatetic Palin crosses the Sahara, depicting the desert's diverse cultures and rich history with characteristic wit.
(NAF63, $16.95) |
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Things Fall Apart
• Chinua Achebe
LITERATURE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 209 PAGES
This is a fascinating and tragic portrait of an Igbo man confronting his inner turmoil, juxtaposed with the introduction of colonialism which leads to a rapid social disintegration amongst the tribe. This 1958 classic is especially commendable for its rich and balanced portrayal of pre-colonial tribal life -- a depiction which is anything but idealistic.
(WAF56, $11.95) |
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Wanderings in West Africa
• Richard Francis Burton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 624 PAGES
Intrepid explorer, Islamacist and translator of the Kama Sutra, Burton's interests took him throughout Africa and the Arab world. This account, originally published in 1861, results from his 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 and inland, rich in ethnographic and cultural detail. Two volumes, bound as one, this book also includes a detailed, black-and-white line map of West Africa.
(WAF12, $19.95) |
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