The King Incorporated, Leopold the Second and the Congo  •  Neal Ascherson HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 310 PAGES • COMING IN A riveting account of the King's remarkably brutal rule of the Congo -- and evil business ventures. In this eye-opening history, Ascherson looks at the king's turn-of-the-century colonial enterprise in the Congo and the enslavement (and murder) of the Congolese people. Originally published in 1963. (AFR113, $14.95)
Nomads of Niger  •  Carol Beckwith  •  Marion Van Offelen CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1993 •  HARD COVER  • 224 PAGES • COMING IN Carol Beckwith has made a name for herself photographing the peoples of Africa. For this extended photographic essay, she 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. Marion Van Offelen provides the text accompanying Beckwith's marvelous photos. (WAF52, $29.98)