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1	Changes: A Love Story more books like this by AMA Ata Aidoo add to wishlist "Changes" is a spirited and poignant story about Esi, an independent woman who leaves her husband, Oko, because he intrudes on her time and personal space. Confronted with the difficulty of finding love and companionship on acceptable terms, Esi meets Ali and falls in love, but she must decide if she is willing to make the changes necessary for a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Wife of the Gods: An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery more books like this by Kwei J Quartey add to wishlist Lyrical and captivating, Kwei Quartey's debut novel brings to life the majesty and charm of Ghana-from the capital city of Accra to a small community where long-buried secrets are about to rise to the surface. In a shady grove outside the small town of Ketanu, a young woman-a promising med student-has been found dead under suspicious ... see all copies from $9.77! new only from $13.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route more books like this by Saidiya Hartman add to wishlist An original, thought-provoking meditation on the corrosive legacy of slavery from the 16th century to the present.--Elizabeth Schmidt, "The New York Times." see all copies from $2.60! new only from $4.92! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Our Sister Killjoy more books like this by Ama Ata Aidoo add to wishlist Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sisse. She comes to Europe, to a land of toering mountains and low grey skies and tries to make sense of it all. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home? Ghanian writer Ama Ata Aidoo's brilliantly conceived prose poem is by ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $13.47! \| SVS
5	I Will Not Eat Stone: A Women's History of Colonial Asante more books like this by Jean Marie Allman, Victoria B Tashjian add to wishlist Focusing on conjugal production and reproduction in colonial Asante, this text seeks to understand how broader social and economic factors - cash cropping, trade, monetization of the economy, British rule and Christian missions - recast the terms of domestic struggle and how ordinary men and women negotiated an ever-shifting landscape. By centring ... see all copies from $24.09! new only from $37.47!
6	African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and the Shame more books like this by Anne C Bailey add to wishlist "The first history of the Atlantic slave trade culled from the memories of those Africans left behind . . . it will forever alter our understanding of the Middle Passage." --Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Yo' Mama's Disfunktional! The story of the Atlantic slave trade has largely been filtered through the eyes and records of white Europeans, but ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.25! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born more books like this by Ayi Kwei Armah add to wishlist The central story in this book tells of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $60.72! \| first editions
8	Kofi & His Magic more books like this by Dr. Maya Angelou add to wishlist A young boy named Kofi introduces readers to life in the West African town of Bonwire. Kofi uses his magic, (his imagination) to take himself and readers on a journey to northern Africa, to his school, to a festival, and to the ocean. Illustrated with color photographs. see all copies from $5.07! new only from $189.21! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Fall of the Asante Empire: The Hundred-Year War for Africa's Gold Coast more books like this by Robert B Edgerton add to wishlist The story of the 100-year war from the Asante point of view, illuminating the story of an entire African civilization whose history has been almost completely effaced. It provides a corrective to the one-sided view of native African societies as weak targets for colonial oppression. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.54! \| first editions \| SVS
10	No Sweetness Here and Other Stories more books like this by Ama Ata Aidoo add to wishlist Stories about men and women set in West Africa during the transition from colony to independent state. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $13.34! \| SVS
11 view cover	Sosu's Call more books like this by Meshack Asare add to wishlist When a young disabled boy saves his village by crawling through a fierce storm to retrieve a talking drum, he is rewarded for his heroics with a long-awaited wheelchair. This African tale, originally published in Ghana in 1997, features watercolor illustrations. Winner of the 1999 UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.45! \| SVS
12	The beautyful ones are not yet born : a novel more books like this by Ayi Kwei Armah add to wishlist see all copies from $2.59! first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Two Thousand Seasons more books like this by Ayi Kwei Armah add to wishlist A young group inexorably rebels against the forces destroying Africa. By the author of "Fragments" and "The Healers". see all copies from $19.17! new only from $34.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Kente Colors more books like this by Deborah Newton Chocolate, John Ward, MIn (Illustrator) add to wishlist A celebration of the traditional kente cloth made by the people of West Africa and popular all over the world. Via a rhyming text, readers will learn the special meanings of the colors and patterns of the kente while the illustrations depict how it is used and worn in Ghana. An afterword explains the kente's symbolism. Colorful paintings ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.14! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in Africa and Beyond more books like this by Ekow Eshun, Chris Ofili (Illustrator) add to wishlist At the age of 33, Ekow Eshun--born in London to African-born parents--embarks for Ghana in search of his roots. He uncovers a long-held secret about his lineage that will compel him to question everything he knows about himself and about where he comes from. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.70! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity more books like this by Doran H Ross add to wishlist Kente is not only the best known of all African textiles, it is also one of the most admired of all fabrics worldwide. Originating among the Asante peoples of Ghana and the Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo, this brilliantly colored and intricately patterned strip-woven cloth was traditionally associated with royalty. Over time, however, it has come ... see all copies from $12.21! new only from $25.28! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Ananse's Feast: An Ashanti Tale more books like this by T Mollel add to wishlist Clever Ananse the spider tricks Akye the turtle out of his food. Determined to get his revenge, Akye attempts to outwit Ananse. Color illustrations accompany this retelling of a Ghanaian folktale. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	Korle Meets the Sea: A Sociolinguistic History of Accra more books like this by Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu add to wishlist Ghana has played a key role in African/Western relations since medieval times. For this reason and others, Ghana has evolved into a linguistic quilt that contains forty-four indigenous languages and several exotic ones, of which most Ghanaians speak at least two. Using Accra, Ghana's capital, as a microcosm, Dakubu conducts a linguistic, ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Speaking for the Chief: Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal Oratory more books like this by Kwesi Yankah add to wishlist "...an unprecedented opportunity to understand West African oratory from the point of view of a native Akan speaker who is also a gifted linguist and ethnographer...[Yankah] shows with elegance the connections between verbal strategies and the cultural organization of West African social systems." - Alessandro Duranti. Among the Akan of Ghana and ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $5.98!
20 view cover	Watch and Pray: A Portrait of Fante Village Life in Transition more books like this by Nancy Lundgren add to wishlist The matrilineal Fante are members of one of the most populous ethnic groups in Ghana, the Akan. They are the dominant group in the Cape Coast area and have a long history in the region. They are Fanti speakers, but also speak the national language, which is English. This case study provides an intimate look at the Fante, who now reside in towns ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $31.97! \| first editions
21	Ghana in Transition more books like this by David E Apter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Hustling Is Not Stealing: Stories of an African Bar Girl more books like this by John Miller Chernoff add to wishlist The author has recorded and then edited down the words of Hawa, a bar girl in Africa--first in Ghana, then Togo, then Upper Volga (Burkino Faso). A woman with a hunger for experience, Hawa is also a shrewd manipulator who knows how to survive in a world where women have traditionally been repressed and exploited. see all copies from $11.25! new only from $19.47! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth more books like this by Margaret Musgrove, Julia Cairns add to wishlist This picture book version of an Ashanti tale explains how a spider taught two men how to weave the traditional Kente cloth. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text and an afterword explains the cultural significance of Kente cloth. see all copies from $8.55!
24 view cover	The Seasons of Beento Blackbird more books like this by Akosua Busia (Read by) add to wishlist The charismatic bestselling writer Solomon Wilberforce has neatly compartmentalized his life, spending part of the year in the Caribbean where he was born, part in New York where he was raised, and part in Ghana with his young and innocent lover. When his father dies, and he must attend the funeral, the different parts of his life converge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Ghana more books like this by Lucile Davis add to wishlist An introduction to the geography, history, natural resources, culture, and people of the west African country of Ghana. see all copies from $4.94! new only from $11.70! \| SVS

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