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Abraham, W.E. Mind Of Africa University of Chicago Press 1963 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or751814. ISBN #0226000869 / 9780226000862. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Akeley, Mary L. Jobe Restless Jungle hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or970288. (keywords: African Expedtion, Autobiography) (filed under: Africa ) *
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Alverson, Marianne Under African Sun Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx) 1987 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Faded Spine. Book #or925597. ISBN #0226016234 / 9780226016238. (filed under: Africa ) *
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American Heritage Horizon History Of Africa hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088245. ISBN #0070303428 / 9780070303423. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Asante, Molefi Kete; Asante, Kariamu Welsh African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity Africa World Press 1989 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or979274. ISBN #0865431345 / 9780865431348. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Asante, Molefi Kete; Asante, Kariamu Welsh African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity Africa World Press 1989 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or979274. ISBN #0865431345 / 9780865431348. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Africa, according to the contributors to this anthology, is one cultural river with numerous tributaries articulated by their specific responses to history and the environment. They concentrate on the similarities in behavior, perceptions, and technologies of African culture that tie those tributaries together. The fourteen original essays by leading scholars of African studies are organized in four general divisions which consider the ethno-cultural motif, the artistic tradition, concepts of cultural value, and cultural continua.
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Atwood, Melinda Jambo, Mama: Memories of Africa Cypress House 2001 Hard Cover. Second Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or503480. ISBN #1879384388 / 9781879384385. (keywords: KENYA SOCIAL LIFE CUSTOMS AFRICA) (filed under: Africa ) *
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Baker, Richard St. Barbe I Planted Trees Lutterworth Press Hard Cover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or607920. (keywords: AFRICA) (filed under: Africa ) *
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Balandier, Georges Sociology of Black Africa, The: Social Dynamics in Central Africa Praeger Publishers 1970 Hard Cover. Clean pages and boards; DJ clean with some tearing along the edges and old price sticker on front panel.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or554740. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Barboza, Steven Door Of No Return: The Legend Of Goree Island 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or992816. ISBN #0525651888 / 9780525651888. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Barboza, Steven Door Of No Return: The Legend Of Goree Island 1994 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or992816. ISBN #0525651888 / 9780525651888. (filed under: Africa ) *
Chronicles the tragic history of Gore a7e Island, off the coast of Senegal in Africa, a place that had once marked a holding place for captured Africans who awaited transport to the New World as slaves.
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Barcott, Rye It Happened On The Way To War: A Marine's Path To Peace Bloomsbury 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or993091. ISBN #1608194310 / 9781608194315. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Barcott, Rye It Happened On The Way To War: A Marine's Path To Peace Bloomsbury 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or993091. ISBN #1608194310 / 9781608194315. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 2000, Rye Barcott was a student on an ROTC scholarship when he first visited the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. He wanted to understand the ethnic violence he expected to face in uniform. Once there, Barcott befriended a widowed nurse and a community organizer, and together they built Carolina for Kibera CFK , an NGO that breaks cycles of violence and develops young leaders in one of Africa's largest slums. Barcott continued his work with CFK while leading Marines in Iraq, Bosnia, and the Horn of Africa. He waged peace while fighting war, and struggled to compartmentalize the experiences and resist darker forces. It Happened on the Way to War is a true story about the powerful melding of military and humanitarian service. It's a story of what America's role in the world could be. Praise for It Happened on the Way to War : "Riveting. A beautifully written memoir that reads like a novel and reveals fundamental truths about good, evil, and our common humanity."-Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone "A tremendous story of the power of friendship, love, and the transforming grace of God." -Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Novel Peace Prize laureate
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Barker, Jonathan The Politics of Agriculture in Tropical Africa Sage Publications 1984 Hard Cover. Hinges shaken, dj slightly discolored. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or514468. ISBN #0803922957 / 9780803922952. (keywords: AGRICULTURE STATE AFRICA TECHNOLOGY ANIMAL) (filed under: Africa ) *
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Barthorp, Michael Zulu War: A Pictorial History Blandford Press 1991 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or839540. ISBN #0713714697 / 9780713714692. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Barthorp, Michael Zulu War: A Pictorial History Blandford Press 1991 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or839540. ISBN #0713714697 / 9780713714692. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This book depicts the scenes and protagonists of the Zulu War exactly as they appeared to those who took part a hundred years ago. Michael Barthorp, a distinguished military historian and former Regular Army Officer, in an exhaustive study of the Zulu War, has researched over 150 photographs and contemporary illustrations from museums and private collections, both in Britain and South Africa, many of which have never been published before. These are complemented by a text which explains the background and causes of the war, the opposing forces and plans, and the course of the campaign, from its disastrous beginning until the final overthrow of the most feared tribe in Africa.
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Bascom, Tim Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026425. ISBN #0618658696 / 9780618658695. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Bascom, Tim Chameleon Days: An American Boyhood in Ethiopia 2006 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026425. ISBN #0618658696 / 9780618658695. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1964, at the age of three, Tim Bascom is thrust into a world of eucalyptus trees and stampeding baboons when his family moves from the Midwest to Ethiopia. The unflinchingly observant narrator of this memoir reveals his missionary parents struggles in a sometimes hostile country. Sent reluctantly to boarding school in the capital, young Tim finds that beyond the gates enclosing that peculiar, isolated world, conflict roils Ethiopian society. When secret riot drills at school are followed with an attack by rampaging students near his parents' mission station, Tim witnesses the disintegration of his family s African idyll as Haile Selassie s empire begins to crumble. Like Alexandra Fuller s Don t Let s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Chameleon Days chronicles social upheaval through the keen yet naive eyes of a child. Bascom offers readers a fascinating glimpse of missionary life, much as Barbara Kingsolver did in The Poisonwood Bible.
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Bascom, Wiliam R. (Edited By); Herkovits, Melville J. (Edited By) Continuity And Change in African Cultures University of Chicago Press 1958 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or751836. ISBN #0226038807 / 9780226038803. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Bass, Thomas A. Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa Houghton Mifflin (T) 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or702113. ISBN #0395415020 / 9780395415023. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Bass, Thomas A. Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africa Houghton Mifflin (T) 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or702113. ISBN #0395415020 / 9780395415023. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Originally published in 1990, this book tells of Thomas Bass's two-year journey across Africa, from Timbuktu to the Zambezi River, during which he spent most of his time in the company of scientists. In the course of his travels, he met a Cambridge-educated Kenyan-biologist trying to link the African spirit world with Western scientific methods, a Nigerian virologist fighting a losing battle to vaccinate the children of his country, and many other. Here, his challenging tales dispel the many stereotypes about Africa.
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Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Sarah Crichton Books 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1060320. ISBN #0374105235 / 9780374105235. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Sarah Crichton Books 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1060320. ISBN #0374105235 / 9780374105235. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I smile a little. "You should tell us about it sometime." "Yes, sometime." This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone , Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty. div
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Beah, Ishmael Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of a Boy Soldier 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108744. ISBN #0374105235 / 9780374105235. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Beah, Ishmael Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of a Boy Soldier 2007 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1108744. ISBN #0374105235 / 9780374105235. (filed under: Africa ) *
stock image, actual book may vary My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I smile a little. "You should tell us about it sometime." "Yes, sometime." This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone , Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty. div
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Beard, Peter Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa Knopf 2004 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight lean to spine. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or772460. ISBN #0679426590 / 9780679426592. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Beard, Peter Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa Knopf 2004 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight lean to spine. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or772460. ISBN #0679426590 / 9780679426592. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary From adventurer, explorer, photographer, writer, pied piper Peter Beard eleven irresistible tales, told to his daughter in his tented encampment at Hog Ranch, Kenya, about life, about living, about Africa. He writes of the East African hills he came to know so well over four decades, where time slows to infinity in a great bottomless, bottle green underwater world . . . about Nairobi in the 1950s, still a quaint, eccentric pioneer town, full of characters of all stripes and tribes, where rhinoceros roamed the streets and local residents went to the movies in pajamas. He writes of the camp he built twelve miles outside of Nairobi so that he would never be off safari, a forty-acre patch of bush called Hog Ranch abutting Karen Blixen s plantation , named for the families of warthogs who wandered into camp, a camp populated with waterbuck, suni, dik-diks, leopard, giraffe, and occasionally lion and buffalo. In Big Pig at Hog Ranch, Beard tells the story of Thaka translation from the Kikuyu: handsome stud , Hog Ranch s number-one, fearsome, 300-pound warthog, who came into camp and dropped to the ground happy for a vigorous tummy rub, and who one night, lying in his favorite position, munching on corn and barbeque chicken, was encroached upon by a bristly haired, wild-looking boar hog. All three hundred pounds of Thaka exploded straight at the hairy intruder, the two brutish, bony heads crashing together thundering through the camp and Peter witnessed the unleashed power the bullish strength of the wild pig . . . In Roping Rhino, Beard tells of his first job in Africa, rounding up and relocating rhinos for the Kenya Game Department with his cohort and neighbor, a weather-beaten native of Old Kenya who thrived on danger and refused to bathe and of the enormous silver-backed rhino bull that became their Moby Dick . . . He writes of his quest to photograph overpopulated and habitat-destroying elephants for Life magazine on the eve of Kenya s independence . . . of his close encounter with the legendary man-eating lions of Starvo descendants of the famed beasts rumored to be immune to bullets, who in the late nineteenth century halted the construction of the Mombasa railroad, devouring railroad workers and snatching sleeping passengers from their Pullman berths in the dead of night to make a meal of them , who charged the author, coming in slow motion, like a bullet train erupting out of a tunnel, soundless, like an ancient force. He tells of his round-the-clock adventure tracking and studying crocodiles with a game warden biologist at Lake Rudolf, a tale that begins with one crewmember being grabbed from behind by a ten-foot crocodile and another doing battle with an almost prehistoric monster fish a 200-pound Great Nile perch . . . and he writes of the final wildlife encounter that ended his safari days, an incident that proved Karen Blixen s motto: Be bold, be bold . . . be not too bold. Zara s Tales confirms to our constant surprise and delight that nothing out of
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