Fiction
Let's Tell This Story Properly
How far does one have to travel to find home elsewhere? The stories in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s collection attempt to measure that distance. Centered around the lives of Ugandans in Britain, Let's Tell This Story Properly features characters both hyper-visible and unseen―they...
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Divination Conjure Style
In Divination Conjure Style Starr Casas shares the secrets of conjure-style divination that she learned at home and that, until very recently, were family secrets that were only transmitted orally. Traditional conjure is the domain of the poor and disenfranchised, living in...
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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...
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HAULING UP THE MORNING
Hauling Up the Morning (Izando la Manana)
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Publisher : The Red Sea Press (June 1, 1990)
Language : English, Spanish, Spanish
Paperback : 428 pages
ISBN-10 : 0932415601
ISBN-13 : 978-0932415608
Item Weight : 1.55 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.25 x 9 inches
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INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF ETHIOPIA
Climatic Factors Ethiopia on many counts was geographically well situated. Normally, the climate of the highlands with its bright sunshine yet gentle heat is salubrious and invigorating, and two annual rainy seasons do much to cleanse the country of infection....
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ADVENTURES OF TORTI: TALES FROM WEST AFRICA (HB) (COMING SOON)
The Adventures of Torti: Tales from West Africa (Awp Young Reader's Series) Product details Publisher : Africa World Pr (April 1, 1991) Language : English Hardcover : 66 pages ISBN-10 : 0865432228 ISBN-13 : 978-0865432222 Item Weight : 8.8 ounces Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 9...
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NEVER AGAIN
A novel depicting Biafran women and their importance in sustaining the society. Product details Publisher : Africa World Pr (April 1, 1992) Language : English Paperback : 86 pages ISBN-10 : 0865433194 ISBN-13 : 978-0865433199 Item Weight : 5.6 ounces Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.5 x 8.5...
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ADJUSTED LIVES (HB)
Adjusted Lives: Stories of Structural Adjustments
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Publisher : Africa World Pr; 0 edition (March 1, 1995)
Language : English
Hardcover : 114 pages
ISBN-10 : 0865434867
ISBN-13 : 978-0865434868
Item Weight : 11.2 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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ADJUSTED LIVES (PB)
Adjusted Lives is a completed short story cycle which is divided into three parts, each of which contains three stories. The nine stories altogether constituting the collection propose a unified thesis: the now infamous Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) is not...
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CHINUA ACHEBE: TEACHER OF LIGHT
Chinua Achebe is one of the worlds leading novelists, a writer who, according to Nadine Gordimer, "makes you laugh and then catches your breath in horror." Growing up in the cultural crossroads of colonial Nigeria, he lived and mediated in...
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HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DESPAIR: A NOVELIST'S CURES FOR AFRICA
This book examines Ayi Kwei Armahs five novels: The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Fragments (1969), Two Thousand Seasons (1973), The Healers (1973), and Osiris Rising (1995).Drawing on a thorough discussion of the five novels, the book probes...
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LAYLA AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN
Layla, An Egyptian Woman
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Publisher : Red Sea Pr (October 31, 2004)
Language : English
Paperback : 157 pages
ISBN-10 : 1569022216
ISBN-13 : 978-1569022214
Item Weight : 8.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.25 x 8 inches
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FROM OUR MOTHERS HEART
This collection of Bukusu folktales and proverbs provides a cultural heritage. The prologue includes a brief history and gender politics within the community. Earlier historical accounts draw heavily on oral narratives and legends. "Bukusu" is both a eulogist and descriptive...
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MYTH, HISTORY AND SOCIETY: THE COLLECTED WORKS OF ADIELE AFIGBO
The basic idea in this book is that Nigerian historians, indeed historians of Africa, have from the birth of the new African historiography seen and pursued historical studies and historical writing as part of the larger effort to create, consolidate...
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LOSS OF EMPIRE: LEGAL LYNCHING, VIGILANTISM, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
“Providing a detailed, scholarly connection among the institutionalization of lynching, capital punishment, the escalation of the imprisonment of Black youth, and the imprisonment of Black political activists, Loss of Empire presents an intellectual and political challenge to Black public intellectuals...
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CLOTHES OF NAKEDNESS
Into a poor, if jovial, world of a group of friends descends the intriguing and dapper Mystique Mysterious bearing attractive offers of a better life. Embracing him is to fall prey to his diabolical machinations; however, those that dare challenge...
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MINES OF HIS MIND: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WORKS OF TAYO OLAFIOYE
Owonibi This book contains a rich deposit of ideas and the consequent social commentary that arise in the complete works of Tayo Olafioye in prose, verse and critical formats. By associating Olafioye s work with a mine, the editors hope...
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CREOLE EXPERIMENT (A): UTOPIAN SPACE IN KAMAU BRATHWAITE'S "VIDEO STYLE" WORKS (COMING SOON)
Kamau Brathwaite s writing covers a whole range of creative expression. The most distinctive is his now well known Sycorax video style . Its experiment with different font sizes and layouts not only challenges the limits of the text but...
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CONSTRUCTING INCEST STORIES:BLACK WOMEN'S VOICES IN FACT AND FICTION
Constructing Incest Stories: Black Women s Voices in Fact and Fiction provides a highly original perspective on incest by an illuminating fusion of social science research and literary analysis. It provides a variety of truths about incest, as narrated both...
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EARLY WEST AFRICAN WRITERS: AMOS TUTUOLA CYPRIAN EKWENSI & AYI KWEI ARMAH
This book focuses on the first works produced by three talented West Africans who felt an urge to express themselves in print. These creative individuals were pioneers in a literary movement that gathered force and swept across Africa with remarkable...
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