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  Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm

  by Lauren St. John

  This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . . In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild, beautiful farm and game reserve set on the banks of a slowflowing river. The house has been the scene of a horrific attack by guerrillas, and when Lauren's family settles... (more)
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  A Man of the People

  by Chinua Achebe

  By the renowned author of Things Fall Apart , this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds.
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  Anthills of the Savannah

  by Chinua Achebe

  Using the conflict between the city and tribal villages, the ravages of the great African drought, and Third World politics as a compelling backdrop, Achebe weaves a potent drama of modern Africa.
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  The Heart of a Woman (Oprah's Book Club)

  by Maya Angelou

  In The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to go to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers. Not since her childhood has she lived in an almost black environment, and she is surprised at the obsession her new friends have with the white world around them. She stays for a while with John and Grace Killens and begins to read her writing at the... (more)
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  A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

  by Ishmael Beah

  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.... (more)
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  African Politics and Society: A Mosaic in Transformation

  by Peter J. Schraeder

  AFRICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY: A MOSAIC IN TRANSFORMATION is the first single-authored textbook to examine continuity and change in African politics and society from the pre-colonial era to the present. It fills the needs of those with little prior knowledge while balancing this background information with thorough analysis for those already familiar with the subject. An emphasis has been placed on making sense of... (more)
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  The Catastrophist

  by Ronan Bennett

  Short-listed for the Whitbread Novel Award, The Catastrophist is a haunting novel set in the politically charged landscape of the Belgian Congo just before independence. At its heart is the passion between novelist James Gillespie and the fiery idealistic journalist Inès, whom he follows to Africa as their affair begins to fray. They are as unlike as lovers can be; he is willfully apolitical and desperate for... (more)
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  John Perkins Economic Hitman: Book 2

  The Secret History of the American Empire

  Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption

  by John Perkins

  A riveting exposé of international corruption—and what we can do about it, from the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man , which spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man , John Perkins detailed his former role as an "economic hit man" in the international corporate skullduggery of a de facto American Empire. This... (more)
• I speak of freedom;: A statement of African idealogyKwame Nkrumah

  

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  I speak of freedom;: A statement of African idealogy

  by Kwame Nkrumah

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  Glimmers of Hope: A Memoir of Zambia

  by Mark Burke

  The true story of a London schoolteacher, who, tired of the rat race and brooding over a failed relationship, uproots and volunteers to teach in rural Africa for two years. Sent to the Republic of Zambia with a remit to teach maths, HIV and Gender awareness, he finds both hope in unusual places, and corruption where he least expects. This memoir is both a recollection of his more vivid memories of eastern... (more)