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My Son's StoryMy Son's StoryThe Lying DaysThe Lying DaysDe Ijzeren WetDe Ijzeren WetTrial of Dedan KimathiTrial of Dedan KimathiCry the Beloved CountryCry the Beloved Country


Cry, the Beloved CountryCry, the Beloved CountryJuly's People - My Son's Story - Jump -July's People - My Son's Story - Jump -CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRYCRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRYLife & Times of Michael K 1ST EditionLife & Times of Michael K 1ST EditionGeschichten und Lieder der Afrikaner (Märchen der Welt) (German Edition)Geschichten und Lieder der Afrikaner (Märchen der Welt) (German Edition)
Erleben Sie die schönsten Märchen und Sagen aus aller Welt in dieser einzigartigen...


Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster (School of American Research Advanced Seminar)Catastrophe and Culture: The Anthropology of Disaster (School of American Research Advanced Seminar)
At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has...
Daphnis and Chloe (Classical Texts)Daphnis and Chloe (Classical Texts)
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This edition of Daphnis and Chloe, the best known of the Greek romances, provides the first...
Exploring African Life and Literature: Novel Guides to Promote Socially Responsive LearningExploring African Life and Literature: Novel Guides to Promote Socially Responsive Learning
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In today's interconnected and global society, socially responsive learning is an integral...
The Finger of God: Sermons on Faith and ResponsibiltyThe Finger of God: Sermons on Faith and Responsibilty
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Achebe, Head, Marechera: On Power and Change in AfricaAchebe, Head, Marechera: On Power and Change in Africa
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Man Died: Prison Notes of Wole SoyinkaMan Died: Prison Notes of Wole Soyinka
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This is the story of Soyinka's 27 month period of imprisonment at the hands of the Nigerian...
Afrikaanse verklarende musiekwoordeboek (Afrikaans Edition)Afrikaanse verklarende musiekwoordeboek (Afrikaans Edition)Outside life's feast: Short storiesOutside life's feast: Short storiesSouth African Album (Mantis Editions of Southern Af)South African Album (Mantis Editions of Southern Af)
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The Artful EggThe Artful Egg

Poems of Black AfricaPoems of Black AfricaAfrikaanse verse: 'n bloemlesing (Afrikaans Edition)Afrikaanse verse: 'n bloemlesing (Afrikaans Edition)Vlerkdans (Afrikaans Edition)Vlerkdans (Afrikaans Edition)Die keer toe ek my naam vergeet het (Afrikaans Edition)Die keer toe ek my naam vergeet het (Afrikaans Edition)WartWart

Cyber Reader: Critical Writings for the Digital EraCyber Reader: Critical Writings for the Digital Era
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Cyber_Reader compiled and edited by Neil Spiller is an impressive and erudite anthology of texts...
Marriage of Secrets (Windsor Selections)Marriage of Secrets (Windsor Selections)
Liza Andrews had met Alex Chatrier on a grey , windswept English moor. Before long though, he...
The Collected Edition of Roger Dorsinville's Postcolonial Literary Criticism in Africa: 1982-1986 (Caribbean Studies)The Collected Edition of Roger Dorsinville's Postcolonial Literary Criticism in Africa: 1982-1986 (Caribbean Studies)
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The contribution of this collection to scholarship is fourfold: it contributes to the expansion...
Living Out LoudLiving Out Loud
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If you come from a privileged upbringing, "work" from home on your computer...
Informe del Viaje al Congo (Spanish Edition)Informe del Viaje al Congo (Spanish Edition)
En 1903 el consul britanico de origen irlandes Roger Casement viaja al Congo con la mision de...

Emperor of the sea, and other stories (Fontana modern novels)Emperor of the sea, and other stories (Fontana modern novels)
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LinksLinks
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Gripping, provocative, and revelatory, Links is a novel that will stand as a classic of modern...
Oxford Bookworms Library: The Bride Price: Level 5: 1,800 Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 5)Oxford Bookworms Library: The Bride Price: Level 5: 1,800 Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 5)
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This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops...
Chasing the Wind (Southern African Writing)Chasing the Wind (Southern African Writing)
A teenage girl is determined to learn more about the father who abandoned her. It is set in...
Apartheid and the Archbishop: Geoffrey ClaytonApartheid and the Archbishop: Geoffrey Clayton

The African Quest for Freedom and Identity: Cameroonian Writing and the National ExperienceThe African Quest for Freedom and Identity: Cameroonian Writing and the National Experience
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Independence generated the promise of a better future for the ethnically diverse populations of...
Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood MemoirDreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir
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Ngugi's latest publication Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir is a treasure-house...
Sunday HangmanSunday HangmanHunters Dream (Mactracks S.)Hunters Dream (Mactracks S.)
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Mactracks is a series of fiction and non-fiction books for children and teenagers learning...
Informe del Viaje al Congo (Spanish Edition)Informe del Viaje al Congo (Spanish Edition)
En 1903 el consul britanico de origen irlandes Roger Casement viaja al Congo con la mision de...

Emperor of the sea, and other stories (Fontana modern novels)Emperor of the sea, and other stories (Fontana modern novels)
Best Price: $86.75
LinksLinks
Best Price: $3.99
Gripping, provocative, and revelatory, Links is a novel that will stand as a classic of modern...
Oxford Bookworms Library: The Bride Price: Level 5: 1,800 Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 5)Oxford Bookworms Library: The Bride Price: Level 5: 1,800 Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 5)
Best Price: $7.89
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops...
Chasing the Wind (Southern African Writing)Chasing the Wind (Southern African Writing)
A teenage girl is determined to learn more about the father who abandoned her. It is set in...
Apartheid and the Archbishop: Geoffrey ClaytonApartheid and the Archbishop: Geoffrey Clayton

The African Quest for Freedom and Identity: Cameroonian Writing and the National ExperienceThe African Quest for Freedom and Identity: Cameroonian Writing and the National Experience
Best Price: $10.00
Independence generated the promise of a better future for the ethnically diverse populations of...
Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood MemoirDreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir
Best Price: $4.00
Ngugi's latest publication Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir is a treasure-house...
Sunday HangmanSunday HangmanHunters Dream (Mactracks S.)Hunters Dream (Mactracks S.)
Best Price: $10.68
Mactracks is a series of fiction and non-fiction books for children and teenagers learning...
The Writing of Wole SoyinkaThe Writing of Wole Soyinka
Includes sections on Wole Soyinka's autobiographical work Ake, some of his plays, some...

Bessie Head: Thunder Behind Her Ears - Her Life and Writings (Studies in African Literature)Bessie Head: Thunder Behind Her Ears - Her Life and Writings (Studies in African Literature)
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This biography details the life of Bessie Head - a life which echoes so many of the aspects of...
Decolonization and Independence in Kenya, 1940-93 (Eastern African Studies)Decolonization and Independence in Kenya, 1940-93 (Eastern African Studies)
In this text, a group of Kenyan historians provide an analysis of the history of the 30 years...
Africa's Urban PastAfrica's Urban Past
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Towns and cities have been arenas around which societies have organized themselves: as centres...
Archaeology AfricaArchaeology Africa
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Martin Hall explains how archaeologists find sites, design an excavation, date finds, and write...
The Search for Africa: A History in the MakingThe Search for Africa: A History in the Making
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These essays and articles, written between 1953 and 1993, explore the development of an African...

The Seed is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985The Seed is Mine: The Life of Kas Maine, a South African Sharecropper, 1894-1985
Based on interviews with Kas Maine, this text recreates the life of a man who struggled to...
Butterflies and Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries and Systems of Knowledge in South-East AfricaButterflies and Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries and Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa
The Swiss missionaries played a primary role in explaining Africa to the literate world in the...
Pride of Men: Ironworking in 19th-Century West Central Africa (Social History of Africa)Pride of Men: Ironworking in 19th-Century West Central Africa (Social History of Africa)
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Integrating material on culture and social history, Kriger provides detailed descriptions of the...
Anthropology in the Margins of the State: Comparative EthnographiesAnthropology in the Margins of the State: Comparative Ethnographies
The form and reach of the modern state are changing radically under the pressure of...
We-men: An anthology of men writing on womenWe-men: An anthology of men writing on women

Juventud (Spanish Edition)Juventud (Spanish Edition)
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Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South AfricaWaiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa
This was an excellent book, very good. I see lots of other people from Kingston enjoyed this...
The trials of Brother Jero,: And The strong breed; two playsThe trials of Brother Jero,: And The strong breed; two playsKolera kolej: A novelKolera kolej: A novel
The work has been described by Abiola Irele, the eminent Professor of African literature, thus:...
The Christian approach to racial problems in the modern world (A Christian action pamphlet)The Christian approach to racial problems in the modern world (A Christian action pamphlet)

Florence in the river of temptationsFlorence in the river of temptationsTangle in sunshine (Harlequin romance)Tangle in sunshine (Harlequin romance)A Yankee's adventures in South AfricaA Yankee's adventures in South Africa
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,...
The Prophet of Zongo Street: StoriesThe Prophet of Zongo Street: Stories
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This pleasant collection of short stories has something for everyone, especially those who might...
Nicht zur Veröffentlichung.Nicht zur Veröffentlichung.
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Leben und Zeit des Michael K.Leben und Zeit des Michael K.
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Die endgÃ1/4ltige Safari.Die endgÃ1/4ltige Safari.Der Meister von Petersburg.Der Meister von Petersburg.
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African Diasporas: Afro-German Literature in the Context of the African American Experience (Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies)African Diasporas: Afro-German Literature in the Context of the African American Experience (Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies)
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Various Afro-German literary and cultural initiatives, arose as a response to the experience of...
Rosto negro: O contexto das literaturas africanas (Ensaio)Rosto negro: O contexto das literaturas africanas (Ensaio)

Sul far del giornoSul far del giornoEating by the flesh (Kraftgriots)Eating by the flesh (Kraftgriots)Tokunbo: A novelTokunbo: A novelSweet and Sour Milk (Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship)Sweet and Sour Milk (Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship)
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Sweet and Sour Milk was published in 1979, four years after Somalian anglophone writer Nuruddin...
None to Accompany MeNone to Accompany Me
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In an extraordinary period immediately before the first non-racial election and the beginning of...

LinksLinks
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In LINKS, a novel set in Somalia after the U.S. "peacekeeping" invasion,...
Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
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Linda Heywood has written a very fine study of a critical region of Angola. Her particular...
Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
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Science and Power in Colonial Mauritius examines, within the context of the history of sugarcane...
Sudan's Blood Memory: The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)Sudan's Blood Memory: The Legacy of War, Ethnicity, and Slavery in South Sudan (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
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Many societies worldwide possess oral histories and long memories, reaching back many centuries,...
Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal: The Murid Order (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal: The Murid Order (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
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The Murid order, founded in Senegal in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, grew into a...

Autobiography of an Ex-White Man: Learning a New Master Narrative for AmericaAutobiography of an Ex-White Man: Learning a New Master Narrative for America
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Autobiography of an Ex-White Man is an intensely personal meditation on the nature of America by...
African Literature: Overview and BibliographyAfrican Literature: Overview and Bibliography
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African literature, like the continent itself is enormous and diverse. East Africa's...
L'arme domestiqueL'arme domestiqueBlack African Literature in English: A Guide to Information Sources (Gale Information Guide Library. American Literature, English Literature, and)Black African Literature in English: A Guide to Information Sources (Gale Information Guide Library. American Literature, English Literature, and)Voices of Africa: Its Words and PeopleVoices of Africa: Its Words and People

Close SesameClose Sesame
Farah's landmark Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy is comprised...
Lugbara Religion: Ritual and Authority Among an East African People (Classics in African Anthropology)Lugbara Religion: Ritual and Authority Among an East African People (Classics in African Anthropology)
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This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of...
A History of Resistance in Namibia (Apartheid & society)A History of Resistance in Namibia (Apartheid & society)
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Documents resistance to the German conquest by the Herero and Nama peoples; the South African...
Islands of Intensive Agriculture in Eastern Africa: Past and Present (Eastern African Studies)Islands of Intensive Agriculture in Eastern Africa: Past and Present (Eastern African Studies)
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This book reveals complex agricultural methods and dynamic farming strategies which evolved long...
West African Challenge to Empire: Culture and History in the Volta-Bani Anticolonial War (Western African Studies)West African Challenge to Empire: Culture and History in the Volta-Bani Anticolonial War (Western African Studies)
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The anti-colonial war in the Volta and Bani region of West Africa in 1915-16 was one of the...

A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa (Eastern African Studies)A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa (Eastern African Studies)
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The Fourth Edition of this history shows the amazing continuity of Somali forms of social...
A History of the Excluded: Making Family a Refuge from State in Twentieth-century Tanzania (Eastern African Studies)A History of the Excluded: Making Family a Refuge from State in Twentieth-century Tanzania (Eastern African Studies)
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The twentieth-century history of Njombe, the Southern Highlands district of Tanzania, can aptly...
   
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