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FUNU: The Unfinished Saga of East Timor
Book by Ramos-Horta, Jose
Product details
Publisher : Red Sea Pr (June 1, 1986)
Language : English
Paperback : 207 pages
ISBN-10 : 0932415156
ISBN-13 : 978-0932415158
Item Weight : 10.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
$18.95
KUMSAA BOROO: Jiruufi Jireenya/ Life and Times
This book presents the life and times of Reverend Kumsa Boro and a selection of his lifetime collection of Oromo folklore and cultural songs, compiled, organized, and edited by his children. Rev. Kumsa's life spans a tumultuous century of Oromo...
$39.99
FREEDOM OF THE WRITER: And Other Selected Literary and Cultural Essays (written in the Tigrinya language) (COMING SOON)
In this richly researched and lucidly written collection of essays, The Freedom of the Writer and Other Selected Literary and Cultural Essays, Ghirmai Negash provides solid analysis and information on some of the salient aspects of Eritrean literature and culture....
$19.95
Argobba: Speech Varieties
Argobba belongs to the South Ethio-Semitic language group and is considered to be in critical endangerment. It has at least four speech varieties which are grouped in this book as North Argobba (NA) and South Argobba (SA). This book is...
$39.95
Jewish Identity Among the Igbo of Nigeria: Israel's "Lost Tribe" and the Question of Belonging in the Jewish State
Among the 20 to 30 Million Igbo people in Nigeria, there s a widespread belief that the Igbo originated in ancient Israel. Recently a number of Igbo Jewish communites have been established in Nigeria. Although some Igbo have made their...
$29.95
COMMON GROUND: A Comparison of the Ideas of Consciousness in the Writings of Howard W. Thurman and Huey P. Newton
This study examines the idea of consciousness as a phenomenal reality in the writings of Howard W. Thurman and Huey P. Newton. The purpose was to determine if there was confluence in the relationship between their usage of consciousness as...
$24.95
Fascist Italian Brutality in Ethiopia, 1935-1937: An Eyewitness Account
This is an eyewitness account of the war crimes of fascist Italy committed on Ethiopia from 1935-1937. The account is by Dr. Sáska László (1890 1978), a Hungarian physician who lived with his wife, Mojzsis Mária, in Ethiopia between 1933...
$19.54
Hirut and Hailu and Other Short Stories
"The stories of Teodros Kiros hover on the edge of personal and political agendas. His characters are bound by tradition that they do not accept, trapped between the desire to leave beautiful, parched Ethiopia for a cultivated life in Europe...
$17.36
ESCAPE FROM NIGERIA: A Memoir of Faith, Love and War
Escape from Nigeria: A Memoir of Faith, Love and War chronicles the life of Angelina Ihejirika, a young mother who struggled to protect the six small children her husband had left her with while attending a university overseas, just before the Nigerian-Biafran War erupted...
$24.95
Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (2007) (COMING SOON)
Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (2007)
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ASIN : B00ZATLH3K
Publisher : Anchor, 2007 (January 1, 1800)
Item Weight : 12.6 ounces
$50.00
Calico Girl (HB)
“Nolen’s tender story of the Wilcomb family’s losses and aspirations will resonate. At once heartbreaking and uplifting, a gentle, lyrical story of a determined Black girl’s journey toward freedom during the Civil War.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Jerdine Nolen’s Calico Girl waves fabrics of...
$18.99
Calico Girl (PB)
“Nolen’s tender story of the Wilcomb family’s losses and aspirations will resonate. At once heartbreaking and uplifting, a gentle, lyrical story of a determined Black girl’s journey toward freedom during the Civil War.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“Jerdine Nolen’s Calico Girl waves fabrics of...
$8.99
CITY KID: A WRITER'S MEMOIR OF GHETTO LIFE AND POST-SOUL SUCCESS
Traces the author's rise from a youth spent in Brooklyn's Brownsville housing project to a Grammy Award winner and two-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, in an account that describes his early family life, the pop culture that inspired...
$25.95
MAKE IT PLAIN: STANDING UP AND SPEAKING OUT
Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition -- storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking -- to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power...
$16.99
MICHELLE OBAMA: FIRST LADY OF HOPE
There is no one quite like her. Michelle Obama. This is the first book to tell the astonishing story of a woman whose intellect, verbal flair, and poise are certain to make her one of the most influential First Ladies...
$14.95
BLACK BOY
Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. When Black Boy exploded onto the literary...
$18.99
MAYA ANGELOU: A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION
Beautifully designed and featuring over 150 sepia portraits, family photographs, and letters from the life of one of the world’s most beloved and admired artists, this moving biography will appeal to all fans of the poet laureate, phenomenal bestselling author,...
$30.00
GIL SCOTT-HERON: PIECES OF A MAN (COMING SOON)
Excellent Book. Product details ASIN : B00JTIRUSE Publisher : St. Martin's Press (November 11, 2014) Publication date : November 11, 2014 Language : English File size : 919 KB Text-to-Speech : Enabled Screen Reader : Supported Enhanced typesetting : Enabled X-Ray : Not Enabled Word Wise : Enabled Print length...
$83.44
MADIBA A TO Z: THE MANY FACES OF NELSON MANDELA
From the makers of the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, a completely unique biography and thematic telling of the story of Nelson Mandela. This book, which provided key source material for the film, is an unexpurgated collection of the views and...
$35.00
HIGH PRICE: A NEUROSCIENTIST'S JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY THAT CHALLENGES EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT DRUGS AND SOCIETY
High Price is the harrowing and inspiring memoir of neuroscientist Carl Hart, a man who grew up in one of Miami’s toughest neighborhoods and, determined to make a difference as an adult, tirelessly applies his scientific training to help save real...
$16.99