Cultural Region/West Africa
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Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World
$18.99 Read moreBrimming with rich, electrifying tales of the precious dye and its ancient heritage, Indigo is also the story of a personal quest: Catherine McKinley is the descendant of a clan of Scots who wore indi… [more below]
- Author: McKinley, Catherine E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 1608195880
- Language: English
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Sankofa
$26.00 Read moreA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“A beautiful exploration of the often complex parameters of freedom, prejudice, and individual sense of self. Chibundu Onuzo has written a capt- Author: Onuzo, Chibundu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1646220838
- Language: English
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Graceland
$23.99 Add to cartGraceland is a dazzling debut by a singular new talent
The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to ma- Author: Abani, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0312425287
- Language: English
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The Impatient
$18.99 Add to cart“Winner of the 2019 Orange Book Prize, The Impatients is a powerful novel about three women living in Cameroon who have grown impatient with the unrelenting oppression-patriarchy, polygamy, and the pe… [more below]
- Author: Amal, Djaili Amadou
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0063141647
- Language: English
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The Bad Immigrant
$16.95 Add to cartAn account of an immigrant family’s struggle and the lessons learned about diversity from the Wole Soyinka prize-winning author of Everything Good Will Come
Writing at the height of her powers, The Ba- Author: Atta, Sefi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718449
- Language: English
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Field Guide to Birds of Senegal and the Gambia: Second Edition
$38.00 Add to cartThis comprehensive and fully updated edition of Birds of Senegal and The Gambia is the ultimate guide for travellers and birdwatchers visiting one of Africa’s richest birdwatching regions.
The Gambia- Series: Helm Field Guides
- Author: Borrow, Nik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 139940220X
- Language: English
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A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
$26.00 Add to cartBy the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies o… [more below]
- Author: Green, Toby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 650
- Publish Date: March 05 2021
- ISBN10: 022678973X
- Language: English
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Illegal
$24.99 Read moreA powerfully moving, award-winning graphic novel that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants from New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl gra
- Author: Colfer, Eoin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 1492662143
- Language: English
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Dangerous Love
$18.99 Read moreFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road, a classic story of doomed love in a country trying to come to terms with its violent past.
An epic of daily life, Dangerous Love is one of Be- Author: Okri, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1635422663
- Language: English
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Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History
$46.67 Add to cartWinner, James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference, History, and Scholarship
A stunning work of popular history–the story of how a crop transformed the history of sla
Winner, Harriet Tubman Prize- Author: Lewis, Jori
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1620971569
- Language: English
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The Last Gift of the Master Artists
$29.99 Read moreThe Booker Prize-winning author, a child of the Nigerian Civil War, reinvents through the story of the Atlantic slave trade the beautiful soul and resilient culture of his country.
A boy and a girl me- Author: Okri, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1635422795
- Language: English
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Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth
$23.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR – The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, combining “elements of a murder mystery, a searing political satire and an… [more below]
- Author: Soyinka, Wole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0593314476
- Language: English
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Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting
$10.95 Add to cart- Author: Fu-Kiau, Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 41
- Publish Date: April 04 2000
- ISBN10: 1580730256
- Language: English
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Chicken in the Kitchen
$18.99 Read moreWhat would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door? Go and investigate, of course!
When Anyaugo follows a giant chicken into her kitchen one w
- Author: Okorafor, Nnedi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1911373153
- Language: English
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Catch That Goat!
$9.99 Read moreChase after a mischievous goat! Ayoka has been left in charge of the family goat — but within minutes the goat has vanished. This Nigerian market tale uses humour to impart a message about responsibi
- Author: Alakija, Polly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01, 2007
- ISBN10: 1846860571
- Language: English
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
$12.99 Add to cartInspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many. After his father died, Kojo had to quit school to help… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Milway, Katie Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1894786092
- Language: English
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Anansi and the Magic Stick
$8.99 Add to cartWhen the other animals laugh at his messy house, Anansi the Spider is embarrassed. He wants to fix the problem . . . as long as he doesn’t have to work too hard.
Stomping off in a huff, Anansi stumb- Series: Anansi the Trickster #4
- Author: Kimmel, Eric A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0823417638
- Language: English
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Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
$17.99 Read moreA classic trickster folktale told with humor and charm, this is a perfect read along book both parents and children will love.
When Anansi the Spider finds a strange moss-covered rock in the forest, h- Series: Anansi the Trickster #1
- Author: Kimmel, Eric A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1988
- ISBN10: 082340689X
- Language: English
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The Bite of Mango
$12.95 Read moreAs a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old M… [more below]
- Author: Kamara, Mariatu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 30 2008
- ISBN10: 1554511585
- Language: English
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One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference
$18.99 Read moreInspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many.
After his father died, Kojo had to quit school to he
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Milway, Katie Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1554530288
- Language: English
