Literary
Lovers' Quarrels
Tonya Smith s book is an ambitious, encompassing sweep of imagination; a highly individually technological fantasy that is multilayered and textured. She uses the power of the human creative imagination coupled with a command of language to metaphor the human...
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LOVING SIMONE
This is the story of a young woman who explores questions about her marriage, her sexuality and herself.From the outside, Simone has the perfect life and family. However, the inside tells of a different story.After ten years of being the...
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LUST (SEVEN DEADLY SINS)
s lust a sin?Tiffanie has lived a sheltered life in a very strict household with her pastor grandfather and her grandmother in Washington, D.C. But when she meets Damon, she falls for the successful entertainment businessman despite his history as...
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MAKEDA
Makeda Gee Florida Harris March is a proud matriarch, the anchor and emotional bellwether who holds together a hard-working African American family living in 1950s Richmond, Virginia. Lost in shadow is Makeda’s grandson Gray, who begins escaping into the magical...
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MAMA FLORA'S FAMILY
She vowed to find a better world for her children. Even if she had to make it herself.A sweeping epic of contemporary history by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alex Haley, this magnificent novel weaves an unforgettable story of one family, three generations,...
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LILITH'S BROOD
Presented for the first time in one volume with an introduction by Joan Slonczewski, Ph.D., Lilith's Brood is a profoundly evocative, sensual -- and disturbing -- epic of human transformation.Lilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her...
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LITERARY SUDANS: An Anthology of Literature from Sudan and South Sudan,
This anthology of literatures from Sudan and South Sudan will one day be appreciated as essential to our understanding of these people's rich history. A wonderful gift to be remembered for its timeliness. --NURUDDIN FARAH Author of the Return to...
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LITERATURE, THE VISUAL ARTS AND GLOBALIZATION IN AFRICA AND ITS DIASPORA (COMING SOON)
Papers selected from the Annual Meeting of the African Literature Association, 2009 in Burlington. Product details Publisher : Africa Research and Publications; UK ed. edition (July 21, 2011) Language : English ISBN-10 : 1592218105 ISBN-13 : 978-1592218103 Item Weight : 12.8 ounces Dimensions : 5.47 x...
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LITTLE GREEN
When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, Devil in a Blue Dress—a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright—he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers (including future president...
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LITTLE SCARLET
Just after devastating riots tear through Los Angeles in 1965, the police turn up on Easy Rawlins's doorstep. Easy expects the worst - but they've come for his to ask for his help.A man was wrenched from his car by...
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LIVING ON A HORIZON: THE WRITINGS OF BESSIE HEAD (COMING SOON)
Bessie Head s writing illustrates a rich fusion of styles, subjects and philosophical and literary influences. Living on a Horizon explores this range by drawing both on postcolonial and feminist theories and on the variety of cultural references that Head...
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LOADED VEHICLES: STUDIES IN AFRICAN LITERATURE
The essays gathered here explore the contribution of little magazines to the development of distinctive literary culture, by calling attention to unusual examples of small-scale publishing, and by scrutinizing stylistic innovations in pamphlets and newspapers aimed at a mass audience....
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LOKOTOWN AND OTHER STORIES (COMING SOON)
When People of the City was first published in 1954, it was immediately acclaimed as the first major novel in English by a West African to be widely read throughout the English-speaking world. It tells of the story of a...
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LONG DRUMS AND CANONS
Lindfors, Bernth
Product details
Publisher : Africa World Pr; 1st edition (March 1, 1995)
Language : English
Paperback : 188 pages
ISBN-10 : 0865434379
ISBN-13 : 978-0865434370
Item Weight : 11.3 ounces
Dimensions : 6.25 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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LONG WAY DOWN: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Will’s older brother, Shawn, has been shot.Dead.Will feels a sadness so great, he can’t explain it. But in his neighborhood, there are THE RULES:No. 1: Crying.Don’t.No matter what.No. 2: SnitchingDon’t.No matter what.No. 3: RevengeDo.No matter what.But bullets miss. You can...
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LOST DAUGHTERS
When her new husband Mel and her daughter Lorretta, an aspiring model, run off together, claiming they are in love, Maureen Montgomery must confront her tragic past to find the strength to overcome this devastating betrayal and make a new...
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LET THAT BE THE REASON
A true to life story of a female hustler, who gets caught up in the street game. She take you through it all with her mind on one thing and one thing on her min "money." Product details Publisher...
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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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Life After Death: A Novel
Winter Santiaga hit time served. Still stunning, still pretty, still bold, still loves her father more than any man in the world, still got her hustle and high fashion flow. She’s eager to pay back her enemies, rebuild her father’s...
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LIFE AND WORK OF K. NKRUMAH
This unique book about the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana from 1960 to 1966, grew out of a symposium organized by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, which he founded. All of the contributors are Ghanaian...
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