Cultural Region/Central Africa
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
$24.99 Add to cartThe renowned British primatologist continues the “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly).
In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote
- Author: Goodall, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 07, 2010
- ISBN10: 0547336950
- Language: English
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Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
$18.95 Add to cartErnesto Che Guevara’s diary of his revolutionary struggle in Congo alongside Cuban guerrillas.
In April 1965, Che Guevara set out clandestinely from Havana to Congo to head a force of some 200 veteran- Series: The Che Guevara Library
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 164421072X
- Language: English
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Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II
$41.00 Add to cartIn the 1940s, the brightest minds of the United States and Nazi Germany raced to West Africa with a single mission: to secure the essential ingredient of the atomic bomb — and to make sure nobody saw… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 09 2016
- ISBN10: 1610396545
- Language: English
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Congo: The Epic History of a People
$24.00 Add to cartFrom the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu’s brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo:
- Author: Van Reybrouck, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: February 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0062200127
- Language: English
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I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
$19.99 Read moreDiscover the true story of how environmentalist Farmer Tantoh is transforming the landscape in his home country of Cameroon.
When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his i- Author: Paul, Baptiste
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1512449148
- Language: English
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
$17.99 Read moreMichel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the od… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Chikwanine, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1771381264
- Language: English
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Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army’s Forgotten Battle
$16.99 Read moreThe Irish soldier has never been a stranger to fighting the enemy with the odds stacked against him. The notion of charging into adversity has been a cherished part of Ireland’s military history. In S
- Author: Power, Declan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 20 2016
- ISBN10: 1504758722
- Language: English
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In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
$20.00 Read moreThe Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stan
- Author: Daughton, J. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1324050357
- Language: English
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No One Loved Gorillas More
$30.00 Read morePresents a collection of letters written by Dian Fossey that captures her spirit, activism, setbacks, and triumphs during the eighteen years she spent studying and preserving mountain gorillas.
- Author: Author Tbd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 05 2005
- ISBN10: 0792293444
- Language: English
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The Blue Nile
$17.99 Add to cartIn the first half of the nineteenth century, only a small handful of Westerners had ventured into the regions watered by the Nile River on its long journey from Lake Tana in Abyssinia to the Mediterra
- Author: Moorehead, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 17 2000
- ISBN10: 0060956402
- Language: English
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American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa
$30.00 Read moreThis biography of “African explorer” Richard Dorsey Mohun, written by one of his descendants, reveals how American greed and state power helped shape the new imperial order in Africa.
Richard Dorsey- Author: Mohun, Arwen P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0226828190
- Language: English
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He Leads: Mountain Gorilla, the Gentle Giant
$17.99 Read moreHe is the king. He leads his family, his troop.
The majestic mountain gorillas live in family
His silver back shows his age and experience.
He guides them through thick forests and steep mountains.- Author: Smalls, June
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1641706481
- Language: English
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
$17.99 Read moreMichel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the od… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Chikwanine, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1771381264
- Language: English
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No Greater Love: How My Family Survived the Genocide in Rwanda
$19.95 Add to cartDuring 100 days in Spring 1994, Rwanda’s descent into terror took an estimated 800,000 lives. The fastest-moving genocide in modern times was horrifying for its intimacy: Killers and victims were neig
- Author: Seminega, Tharcisse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1937188035
- Language: English
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The Rwanda Poems: Voices and Visions from the Genocide
$18.95 Add to cartThe only book of poetry to date devoted to the Rwanda genocide and published in this country, this is a work of nonfictional poetry, a cousin in genre to the nonfictional novel. It is based not only o
- Author: Kaufman, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1630450812
- Language: English
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Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria: Congo
$18.95 Read moreEn abril de 1965, el Che Guevara se marcha de La Habana al Congo para dirigir a 200 veteranos cubanos que asisten al movimiento de liberación africana contra los colonialistas belgas, cuatro años desp
- Series: The Che Guevara Library
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1644211408
- Language: Spanish
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African History & Hoodoo: Connect to The Ancient Spirit of Africa and Explore The Timeline, Culture, Roots, Spells, & More From The World’s Rich
$22.99 Add to cartExplore The World of African History, Mythology & Hoodoo
Journey through centuries of fascinating figures, kingdoms and events that have shaped Africa and learn all about the mystical world of Hoodoo
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- Author: Brought Alive, History
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: June 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1088168663
- Language: English
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Daughters of Arraweelo: Stories of Somali Women
$17.95 Add to cartSomali women tell their stories, sharing experiences of love, war, displacement, family, identity, and everyday life.
After civil war broke out in Somalia in 1991, thousands of families fled the count
- Author: Adan, Ayaan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1681341824
- Language: English
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The Antelope’s Strategy
$20.00 Add to cartOne hot May morning in 2003, a crowd of Hutus who had participated in the genocidal killings of April 1994 in Rwanda filed out of prison and into the sunshine, singing hallelujahs, their freedom grant
- Author: Hatzfeld, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 02 2010
- ISBN10: 0312429371
- Language: English
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Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes (Revised and Updated Edition)
$17.95 Read moreA tragic story of the British empire run amok and the plunder of great works of art
A Prospect Best Book of 2021 ‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd ‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT ‘Compelling.- Author: Phillips, Barnaby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0861543130
- Language: English
