Cultural Region/African
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Bound to Violence
$19.99 Read moreThis critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious … [more below]
- Author: Ouologuem, Yambo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1635423589
- Language: English
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Ring-Tailed Lemur Princesses: Rulers of the Troop
$31.32 Read moreScreech! A female ring-tailed lemur screams loudly. It is a warning for an intruder to stay away. Females lead ring-tailed lemur troops. They hunt, defend their territories, and care for young. Take a… [more below]
- Series: Queens of the Animal Universe
- Author: Jaycox, Jaclyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666343064
- Language: English
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Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
$50.00 Read moreThe first book to feature Jacob Lawrence’s Nigeria series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa’s place as a global center of modernist art and culture
This revelatory book shines a- Author: Gant, Kimberli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0300263171
- Language: English
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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters
$18.99 Add to cartA Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller
“A fascinating look” (Esquire) inside the world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of
- Author: Ramos, Jason A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0062319639
- Language: English
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Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Stories, Their Lives
$34.95 Read moreMorocco: Ancient cities, adobe fortresses of centuries past, fertile plains of wheat and olives, carpets of wildflowers, endless deserts, wild mountains, and isolated rural villages. And of course, th… [more below]
- Author: Coca, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0999051717
- Language: English
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You’ve Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar
$16.95 Read moreIn this electric debut essay collection, a Myanmar millennial playfully challenges us to examine the knots and complications of immigration status, eating habits, Western feminism in an Asian home, an… [more below]
- Author: War, Pyae Moe Thet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222008
- Language: English
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Fadya and the Song of the River: A Picture Book
$16.99 Read moreLaura Nsafou and Am駘ie-Anne Calmo’s picture book Fadya and the Song of the River is a vibrantly colorful illustrated tale celebrating creativity and serving your community.
Between the deserts of M- Author: Nsafou, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1849768242
- Language: English
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Living in . . . South Africa: Ready-To-Read Level 2
$4.99 Read moreDiscover what it’s like to grow up in South Africa with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read, part of a series all about kids just like you in countries around the world!
Dumela! My name- Series: Living In…
- Author: Perkins, Chloe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1481470922
- Language: English
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In the Time of the Drums
$11.95 Read moreMentu, an enslaved child, learns about the culture of his people from his grandmother, Twi in this Gullah folk tale of an insurrection at Teakettle Creek.
It used to be that huge ships often landed nea
- Author: Siegelson, Kim L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1620143097
- Language: English
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A Chameleon, a Boy, and a Quest: The Rwendigo Tales Book One
$16.99 Read moreA Chameleon, a Boy, and a Quest is the first book in the fictional series, The Rwendigo Tales. This adventure story is designed for eight-to fourteen-year-old youth and is written for children and tee
- Series: Rwendigo Tales #01
- Author: Myhre, J. A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1942572085
- Language: English
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Wanda
$17.95 Read moreAn empowering picture book from South Africa about a young girl who overcomes endless teasing
Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner 2021 Meet Wanda, with her beautiful head full of hair. She is brave an- Series: Wanda
- Author: Nontshokweni, Sihle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1623718643
- Language: English
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Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat
$29.95 Read moreA major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers
For decades, African nations have fought for the return of countless wor- Author: Savoy, Bénédicte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0691234736
- Language: English
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Hot and Fast BBQ on Your Traeger Grill: A Pitmaster’s Secrets on Doubling the Flavor in Half the Time
$22.99 Read moreJuicy, Tender BBQ From the Grill to the Table in Record Time
Award-winning pitmasters Ed and Noelle Randolph have perfected the hot and fast technique so you can spend less time grill-side while still- Author: Randolph, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1645675823
- Language: English
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African Textiles
$150.00 Read moreThe African continent is home to numerous outstanding textile traditions, many dating to antiquity and all playing a multifaceted role in their respective societies: these eye-catching fabrics proclai
- Author: Clarke, Duncan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0789214504
- Language: English
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Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #6: The African Safari Discovery
$6.99 Read moreFlat Stanley is taking over the world, one city at a time In this stupendous sixth installment in the renowned Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures chapter book series, the Lambchops look for answers
- Series: Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #6
- Author: Brown, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 21 2010
- ISBN10: 0061430005
- Language: English
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Circle Unbroken: A Story of a Basket and Its People
$10.99 Read moreAs she teaches her granddaughter to sew a traditional sweetgrass basket, a grandmother weaves a story, going back generations to her grandfather’s village in faraway Africa. There, as a boy, he learne
- Author: Raven, Margot Theis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0312376030
- Language: English
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My Rows and Piles of Coins
$18.99 Read more“I emptied my secret money box, arranged the coins in piles and the piles in rows . . .” The market is full of wonderful things, but Saruni is saving his precious coins for a red and blue bicycle. How
- Author: Mollel, Tololwa M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 23 1999
- ISBN10: 0395751861
- Language: English
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Hansel and Gretel
$18.99 Read moreCaldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witch’s cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hansel … [more below]
- Author: Isadora, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 02 2009
- ISBN10: 039925028X
- Language: English
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Fire on the Mountain
$8.99 Read moreChallenged by his master to spend a bitter-cold night alone in the mountains, Fire on the Mountain is about an Ethiopian boy who bets his future that he will succeed.
When his master refuses to recogn- Author: Kurtz, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0689818963
- Language: English
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The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria
$12.99 Read moreOn the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by the deadly terrorist group Boko Haram.
Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few mo- Author: Habila, Helon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: December 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0997126469
- Language: English
