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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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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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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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Budgor, Mindy Warrior Princess: My Quest To Become The First Female Maasai Warrior Skirt! 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1020991. ISBN #0762786035 / 9780762786039. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Budgor, Mindy Warrior Princess: My Quest To Become The First Female Maasai Warrior Skirt! 2013 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1020991. ISBN #0762786035 / 9780762786039. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Only the combination of cultural curiosity, passion, fearlessness and a set of Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck could lead a sane human being to buy a one-way ticket to Nairobi and face probable death in an effort to become the world s first female Maasai warrior. Warrior Princess is the funny and inspirational memoir of Mindy Budgor, a young entrepreneur tired of having a job to have a job, who decides to make changes in her life. While waiting for her Business School applications to go through, she decides to volunteer in Africa, building schools and hospitals in the Maasai Mara. While living and working with the Maasai, Mindy talks to the chief and asks him why there are no women warriors. The chief responds simply and derisively: because women are not strong enough or brave enough. Mindy immediately realizes her calling and thus begins her amazing adventure to become the first female Maasai warrior. As a result of this training and advocacy, the Maasai in Loita, Kenya are leading the charge to change tribal law to allow women to become Maasai warriors. Mindy as a tribe member is ready to return to stand with her fellow warriors against whatever opposition they might face be it lions, or elephants, or Western influence.
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Carlin, John Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation Penguin Press HC, The 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1001689. ISBN #1594201749 / 9781594201745. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Carlin, John Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation Penguin Press HC, The 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1001689. ISBN #1594201749 / 9781594201745. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1985, Nelson Mandela, then in prison for twenty-three years, set about winning over the fiercest proponents of apartheid, from his jailers to the head of South Africa s military. First he earned his freedom and then he won the presidency in the nation s first free election in 1994. But he knew that South Africa was still dangerously divided by almost fifty years of apartheid. If he couldn t unite his country in a visceral, emotional way and fast it would collapse into chaos. He would need all the charisma and strategic acumen he had honed during half a century of activism, and he d need a cause all South Africans could share. Mandela picked one of the more farfetched causes imaginable the national rugby team, the Springboks, who would host the sport s World Cup in 1995. Against the giants of the sport, the Springboks chances of victory were remote. But their chances of capturing the hearts of most South Africans seemed remoter still, as they had long been the embodiment of white supremacist rule. During apartheid, the all-white Springboks and their fans had belted out racist fight songs, and blacks would come to Springbok matches to cheer for whatever team was playing against them. Yet Mandela believed that the Springboks could embody and engage the new South Africa. And the Springboks themselves embraced the scheme. Soon South African TV would carry images of the team singing Nkosi Sikelele Afrika, the longtime anthem of black resistance to apartheid. As their surprising string of victories lengthened, their home-field advantage grew exponentially. South Africans of every color and political stripe found themselves falling for the team. When the Springboks took to the field for the championship match against New Zealand s heavily favored squad, Mandela sat in his presidential box wearing a Springbok jersey while sixty-two-thousand fans, mostly white, chanted Nelson Nelson Millions more gathered around their TV sets, whether in dusty black townships or leafy white suburbs, to urge their team toward victory. The Springboks won a nail-biter that day, defying the oddsmakers and capping Mandela s miraculous ten-year-long effort to bring forty-three million South Africans together in an enduring bond. John Carlin, a former South Africa bureau chief for the London Independent , offers a singular portrait of the greatest statesman of our time in action, blending the volatile cocktail of race, sport, and politics to intoxicating effect. He draws on extensive interviews with Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and dozens of other South Africans caught up in Mandela s momentous campaign, and the Springboks unlikely triumph. As he makes stirringly clear, their championship transcended the mere thrill of victory to erase ancient hatreds and make a nation whole.
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Carr, Rosamond Halsey; Halsey, Ann Howard Land Of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1120102. ISBN #0670887803 / 9780670887804. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Carr, Rosamond Halsey; Halsey, Ann Howard Land Of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1120102. ISBN #0670887803 / 9780670887804. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A latter-day Out of Africa recalls its author's fifty years in the continent's most beautiful and most tormented nation When Rosamond Halsey Carr first arrived in Africa, she didn't realize she would spend the rest of her life there. As a young fashion illustrator living in New York City in the 1940s, she seemed the least likely candidate for such a life of adventure. But marriage to a hunter-explorer took her to what was then the Belgian Congo, and divorce left her determined to stay on, in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation. In the ensuing half century she witnessed the decline and fall of colonialism, the wars for independence, the loss of her friend Dian Fossey and the relentless clashes of the Hutus and Tutsis. And, finally, 1994's horrific genocide--of which she provides a personal, first-hand account that is unparalleled and underscores her continued devotion to the country by her decision to care for more than one hundred of its orphaned children. Land of a Thousand Hills unfolds against the backdrop of Rwanda's history from the royal Tutsi dynasty to the present, a landscape whose magic is aptly evoked. It is the epic story of a woman alone in an exotic land, struggling to survive untold hardships only to emerge with an extraordinary love for her adopted country and its people.
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Childers, Sam Another Man's War: The True Story Of One Man's Battle To Save Children in The Sudan 2009 hardcover. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129092. ISBN #159555162X / 9781595551627. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Childers, Sam Another Man's War: The True Story Of One Man's Battle To Save Children in The Sudan 2009 hardcover. Signed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129092. ISBN #159555162X / 9781595551627. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The rise of Sam Childers from violent, drug-addicted biker to a man willing to risk everything to rescue the orphans and child soldiers of Sudan "All my life, from birth, it's been a fight. And it always seemed to be another man's war. I always seemed to be fighting for someone else. But it always came back to me. The Word says we're born into sin, and sin always comes back to war." - Sam Childers Sam Childers has always been a fighter. Born to a violent father and a mother of great faith, his life was a contradiction. With an affinity for drugs and women, the angry young man grew into a drug-dealing biker. But that was then. Nowadays Sam-along with the cadre of Sudanese soldiers he employs-spends his time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war, orphans and child-soldiers. His mission is simple: save the children, no matter the cost. Endorsements: "Another Man's War is about true terrorism . . . against more than 200,000 children in northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. Sam Childers-a fighter and a preacher some call him a mercenary -tirelessly leads a small militia into the jungle, daring to fight against a vicious army outnumbering him one thousand to one. One man can make a huge difference. Sam Childers certainly does." -- Peter Fonda, actor filmmaker, best known as star of Easy Rider "The Reverend Sam Childers has been a very close friend to the government of South Sudan for many years and is a trusted friend." -- President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan "The Reverend Sam Childers is a long time devoted friend to our government and his courageous work is supported by us." -- President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda "Sam Childers is one of those rare men who is willing to do literally whatever it takes to promote the message of Jesus Christ and save children from the tyranny of evil men." -- John Rich, lead singer and songwriter, Big Rich
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Collins, Douglas Tear For Somalia hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1131744. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Devlin, Larry Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone PublicAffairs 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082774. ISBN #1586484052 / 9781586484057. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Devlin, Larry Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone PublicAffairs 2007 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082774. ISBN #1586484052 / 9781586484057. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Larry Devlin arrived as the new chief of station for the CIA in the Congo five days after the country had declared its independence, the army had mutinied, and governmental authority had collapsed. As he crossed the Congo River in an almost empty ferry boat, all he could see were lines of people trying to travel the other way out of the Congo. Within his first two weeks he found himself on the wrong end of a revolver as militiamen played Russian-roulette, Congo style, with him. During his first year, the charismatic and reckless political leader, Patrice Lumumba, was murdered and Devlin was widely thought to have been entrusted with he was and to have carried out he didn't the assassination. Then he saved the life of Joseph Desire Mobutu, who carried out the military coup that presaged his own rise to political power. Devlin found himself at the heart of Africa, fighting for the future of perhaps the most strategically influential country on the continent, its borders shared with eight other nations. He met every significant political figure, from presidents to mercenaries, as he took the Cold War to one of the world's hottest zones. This is a classic political memoir from a master spy who lived in wildly dramatic times.
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Diagram Group Peoples of East Africa Facts on File 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070915. ISBN #0816034842 / 9780816034840. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Diagram Group Peoples of East Africa Facts on File 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1070915. ISBN #0816034842 / 9780816034840. (filed under: Africa ) *
Surveys the geography and history of East Africa, describes the history, society, beliefs, and arts of the various peoples who live there, and discusses human origins, Ethiopian Christianity, cash crops and tourism in the region, and local hairstyles.
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Duignan, Peter Handbook Of American Resources For African Studies hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1137875. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Falola, Toyin Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1080830. ISBN #0472031325 / 9780472031320. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Falola, Toyin Mouth Sweeter Than Salt: An African Memoir 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1080830. ISBN #0472031325 / 9780472031320. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information. It is a matter of some interest, that the only other volume A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt reminds one of is Ake , by Wole Soyinka. What is it about these Yorubas?" -Ama Ata Aidoo "A splendid coming-of-age story so full of vivid color and emotion, the words seem to dance off the page. But this is not only Falola's memoir; it is an account of a new nation coming into being and the tensions and negotiations that invariably occur between city and country, tradition and modernity, men and women, rich and poor. A truly beautiful book." -Robin D. G. Kelley "More than a personal memoir, this book is a rich minihistory of contemporary Nigeria recorded in delicious detail by a perceptive eyewitness who grew up at the crossroads of many cultures." -Bernth Lindfors "The reader is irresistibly drawn into Falola's world. The prose is lucid. There is humor. This work is sweet. Period." -Ngugi wa Thiongo'o A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt gathers the stories and reflections of the early years of Toyin Falola, the grand historian of Africa and one of the greatest sons of Ibadan, the notable Yoruba city-state in Nigeria. Redefining the autobiographical genre altogether, Falola miraculously weaves together personal, historical, and communal stories, along with political and cultural developments in the period immediately preceding and following Nigeria's independence, to give us a unique and enduring picture of the Yoruba in the mid-twentieth century. This is truly a literary memoir, told in language rich with proverbs, poetry, song, and humor. Falola's memoir is far more than the story of one man's childhood experiences; rather, he presents us with the riches of an entire culture and community-its history, traditions, pleasures, mysteries, household arrangements, forms of power, struggles, and transformations.
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Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock Street in Marrakech 1988 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1059666. ISBN #0881334049 / 9780881334043. (filed under: Africa ) *
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Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock Street in Marrakech 1988 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1059666. ISBN #0881334049 / 9780881334043. (filed under: Africa ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This is a reflexive account of an American woman and her family's unpredictable journey through the private and public worlds of a traditional Muslim city in the process of change. As a Western stranger in Marrakech, Fernea was met with suspicion and hostility. The story of the slow growth of trust and acceptance between the author and her Moroccan neighbors involves the reader in everyday activities, weddings, funerals, and women's rituals. Both the author and her friends are changed by the encounters that she describes. A Street in Marrakech is a crosscultural adventure, ethnographically sound, and written in an accessible style. Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Azoy, Buzkashi: Game and Power in Afghanistan, Third Edition ISBN 9781577667209 ; Brenneman, As Strong as the Mountains: A Kurdish Cultural Journey, Second Edition ISBN: 9781478629306 ; Jordan, The Making of a Modern Kingdom: Globalization and Change in Saudi Arabia ISBN 9781577667025 ; and Omidian, When Bamboo Bloom ISBN 9781577667001 .
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