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1	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier more books like this by Ishmael Beah This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war, goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust more books like this by Immaculee Ilibagiza Her life ripped apart by the bloody genocide that broke out in Rwanda in 1994, Ilibagiza forged a profound and lasting relationship with God through prayer and discovered a love so strong she was able to seek out and forgive her family's killers. see all copies from $2.84! new only from $9.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood more books like this by Alexandra Fuller Raised in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian War (1971-1979), this memoirist expresses the violence of African politics and the African landscape from her perspective as a white citizen born in England. Insects, landmines, leopards, and terrorists imprint this coming-of-age story. A New York Times Notable Book of 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	King Leopolds' Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa more books like this by Adam Hochschild This book chronicles Belgian King Leopold II's conquest of the Congo Free State, a nation he colonized motivated by a desire for wealth and power. In the process, Leopold caused untold death, destruction, and despair, as well as the near obliteration of the country's natural resources. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $2.97! new only from $5.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela more books like this by Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The wretched of the earth more books like this by Frantz Fanon This canonical text on colonialism, history, and the role of violence in each has been influential world-wide--especially in Latin America, where it was required reading for revolutionary movements, and in the United States, where it was a major text for the Black Panther Party. It is also a standard text in universities. Jean Paul Sartre's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| first editions \| SVS
7	We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories more books like this by Philip Gourevitch A history of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in which longstanding enmity between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes resulted in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis and moderate Hutus by the extremist Hutu majority. Gourevitch contrasts horrific eyewitness accounts told by Rwandans with the muted responses of the rest of the world. He also assesses ... see all copies from $4.36! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 more books like this by Rick Atkinson In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Africa was to the ultimate victory of the Allied powers and to America's understanding of itself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.79! \| first editions \| SVS
9	When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa more books like this by Peter Godwin A brilliant memoir about a son's return to Africa to uncover the secrets of his family and his home. Bearing witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards, Godwin discovers why Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity and why his family chose to stay amidst the chaos. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $8.28! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War more books like this by Mark Bowden This book details the events leading up to one of the most intense battles involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. In October of 1993, helicopter operators of the U.S. Army Rangers brought 140 soldiers to Mogadishu, Somalia, to find and capture two men associated with a Somali warlord. The mission resulted in a tremendous exchange of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood more books like this by Fatima Marnissi, Fatema Mernissi, Fatima Mernissi ""I was born in a harem in 1940 in Fez, Morocco..." So begins Fatima Mernissi in this exotic and rich narrative of a childhood behind the iron gates of a domestic harem. In Dreams of Trespass, Mernissi" see all copies from $6.00! new only from $9.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail more books like this by Malika Oufkir, Michele Fitoussi In 1972, Oufkir's father attempted to overthrow Morrocco's King Hussan II. Her father was executed, but she and the rest of her family--mother and five siblings-- were imprisoned for 20 years in a series of quarters that declined in comfort. Finally, on the verge of starvation, they dug an escape tunnel, only to be recaptured and imprisoned once ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.19! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Out of Africa more books like this by Isak Dinesen OUT OF AFRICA is the classic account of the experiences of Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) in Kenya, where she managed a coffee plantation for 17 years, from 1914 to 1931, first with her difficult husband the Baron von Blixen and, after their divorce, by herself. One of the most popular books of the 20th century, it provides a vivid and lyrical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 more books like this by Alistair Horne The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. Above all, the war was ... see all copies from $8.76! new only from $11.01! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Forest People more books like this by Collin Turnbull, Colin M Turnbull - Colin M. Turnbull's best-selling, classic work - describes the author's experiences while living with the BaMbuti Pygmies, not as a clinical observer, but as their friend learning their customs and sharing their daily life. Turnbill conveys the lives and feelings of the BaMbuti whose existence centers on their intense love for their forest world ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.53! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Black skin white masks more books like this by Frantz Fanon Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and "Black Skin, White Masks" represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. A major influence on civil rights, anti ... see all copies from $7.20! new only from $7.74! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800 more books like this by John Thornton, Edmund Burke, III (Editor), Philip D Curtin (Editor) Focusing especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, in Europe, and in the New World, this book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the 15th through the 18th centuries. Author John Thornton examines the dynamics that made slaves so necessary to European colonizers. This new edition contains an ... see all copies from $8.24! new only from $8.24! \| first editions
18 view cover	No Longer at Ease more books like this by Chinua Achebe This early novel portrays the frustrations and disillusions of Obi Okonkwo, a young African educated abroad who tries to hold on to his traditional tribal culture when is encounters the corrupt ruling bureaucracy of his newly-independent country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.07! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Man-Eaters of Tsavo more books like this by J H Patterson Dive into one of the most harrowing episodes of man versus beast ever told. From the pen of the intrepid officer who risked his life many times over in an effort to stop the carnage, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo is a terrifying true-life tale in which men become the hunted. see all copies from $3.44! new only from $4.04! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The White Nile more books like this by Alan Moorehead In the first of two books about the daring exploration of the Nile River, Moorehead captures in thrilling detail the larger-than-life personalities of such noted explorers as Stanley, Livingstone, and Burton, in a "stirring, exciting, important, (and) endlessly fascinating" ("New York Herald") chronicle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa more books like this by Mark Mathabane Written with courage and conviction, Mark Mathbane's reveals the extraordinary memoir of growing up in a world under apartheid. B&W photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan more books like this by Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak Two brothers and their cousin--three of Sudan's Lost Boys--present a stunning literary survival story, hailed by the "Los Angeles Times" as a "moving, beautifully written account, by turns raw and tender." see all copies from $5.12! new only from $6.07! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Bill Bryson's African Diary more books like this by Bill Bryson Invited by CARE International, the author of "In a Sunburned Country" now visits Kenya and observes the many contrasts of Kenyan life, from the country's dramatic geography and famous game reserves to its postcolonial poverty and environmental problems. The author's earnings from this diary, as well as a portion of the profits, go to CARE. of ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	In the Company of Heroes more books like this by Michael J Durant, Steven Hartov Michael Durant was the Blackhawk helicoper pilot who was shot down and captured in Somalia in 1993 during Operation Restore Hope. Here he give his account of his capture and rescue, and the events that were written about in the book and film BLACKHAWK DOWN. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Emma's War: An Aid Worker, a Warlord, Radical Islam, and the Politics of Oil--A True Story of Love and Death in Sudan more books like this by Deborah Scroggins EMMA'S WAR tells the harrowing true story of a young woman, Emma McCune, who went to Africa to help the children of the Sudan and ended up marrying a local warlord, becoming part of the country's longest running civil war. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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