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1	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust more books like this by Immaculee Ilibagiza add to wishlist Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee ... see all copies from $3.54! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories more books like this by Philip Gourevitch add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $3.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War more books like this by Mark Bowden add to wishlist 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
4	Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya more books like this by Caroline Elkins add to wishlist This account of the horrific treatment of Kikuyu people in a prison-camp system established by the British colonial rulers in 1950's Kenya lays bare a long-suppressed chapter in the history of atrocity. Harvard historian Caroline Elkins researched the extant official documents (many were destroyed in 1963 as the British departed from Kenya). She ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda more books like this by Romeo Dallaire, LT add to wishlist On the tenth anniversary of the date that UN peacekeepers landed in Rwanda, Random House Canada is proud to publish the unforgettable first-hand account of the genocide by the man who led the UN mission. Digging deep into shattering memories, General Dallaire has written a powerful story of betrayal, naïveté, racism and international ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation more books like this by Michela Wrong add to wishlist Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, the craggy African nation of Eritrea has weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. The way international power politics can play havoc with a country's destiny gives the story of Eritrea a resonance and a tragic dimension beyond imagining. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.82! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer more books like this by Tim Jeal add to wishlist "A magnificent new life . . . [and] a superb adventure story. . . . There have been many biographies of Stanley, but Jeal's is the most felicitous, the best informed, the most complete and readable and exhaustive, profiting from his access to an immense new trove of Stanley material." -- Paul Theroux, front page, "New York Times Book Review" Henry ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $11.76! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda more books like this by Romaeo Dallaire, Romeo Dallaire, LT, Samantha Power (Introduction by) add to wishlist For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect. " When Romo Dallaire was called on to serve as force commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and the Genocide in Rwanda more books like this by Mahmood Mamdani add to wishlist An African intellectual brings a great knowledge of history, politics, and geography to the issue of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Mamdani examines genocide as a category, and traces the Rwandan genocide to its sources in the colonial period and to post-colonial identity politics. He calls for reform through a politics informed by an awareness of ... see all copies from $17.55! new only from $20.31! \| SVS
10	Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire more books like this by David Anderson add to wishlist A riveting account of Britain's final bloody decade in Kenya, this book tells the story of the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau between 1952 and 1960. see all copies from $2.71! new only from $8.98! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower more books like this by Michela Wrong add to wishlist In January 2003, Kenya--seen as the most stable country in Africa--was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of its new president, Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination to end the corrupt practices that had tainted the ... see all copies from $15.50! new only from $15.50! \| SVS
12 view cover	How I Found Livingstone more books like this by Henry M. Stanley add to wishlist An extraordinary adventure became legendary with Henry Stanley's description of his search for David Livingstone, a missionary-explorer in Black Africa during the Victorian Era. Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was an uncommon man. Orphaned as a child, he was raised at an English institution, which he fled to go to United States. Here he ... see all copies from $4.14! new only from $4.14! \| SVS
13 view cover	Another Day of Life more books like this by Ryszard Kapuscinski, William R Brand (Translator), Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand (Translator) add to wishlist The chaos, pain, and confusion of the colonial and civil war in Angola are the subject of this powerful new book from the author of The Emporer. see all copies from $2.24! new only from $8.36! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A\History of Ethiopia more books like this by Harold G Marcus add to wishlist In this concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. This study demonstrates that there is more to Ethiopia's existence than colonial logic. It shows how geography, economics and culture have served to unite Ethiopians against fractionalization. For the updated ... see all copies from $4.70! new only from $16.70! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak more books like this by Jean Hatzfeld, Linda Coverdale (Translator), Susan Sontag (Preface by) add to wishlist A veteran foreign correspondent reports on the results of his interviews with nine Hutus who helped to kill 50,000 out of their 59,000 Tutsi neighbors. This testimony of the Rwanda horror reconsiders the foundation of human morality and ethics. see all copies from $3.21! new only from $4.61! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	I Dreamed of Africa more books like this by Kuki Gallmann add to wishlist The author, an Italian, moved to Kenya with her husband and son when she was 25, and had a daughter there. When her husband died, she carried on alone, managing a 90,000-acre ranch and creating a wildlife refuge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Kenya pioneers more books like this by Errol Trzebinski add to wishlist Drawing on interviews, diaries and letters, "The Kenya Pioneers" tells the story of the European colonization of the Kenya Highlands in the early 20th century. The author tells how the first white man, John Boyes, penetrated Kikuyuland, how Herzl almost succeeded in founding an African Zion on the Uasin Gishu Plateau, and later how the Boer ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda more books like this by Michael Barnett add to wishlist Why was the UN a bystander during the Rwandan genocide? Do its sins of omission leave it morally responsible for the hundreds of thousands of dead? Michael Barnett, who worked at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1993 to 1994, covered Rwanda for much of the genocide. Based on his first-hand experiences, archival work, and interviews with ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $14.06! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It more books like this by Stephen Kinzer add to wishlist "A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It" is the story of Paul Kagame, a refugee who, after a generation of exile, found his way home. Learn about President Kagame, who strives to make Rwanda the first middle-income country in Africa, in a single generation. In this adventurous tale, learn about Kagame's early fascination ... see all copies from $2.90! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda more books like this by Scott Straus add to wishlist see all copies from $13.96! new only from $14.78! \| SVS
21 view cover	Black hawk down more books like this by Mark Bowden add to wishlist Late in the afternoon of Sunday, 3 October 1993, 140 elite US soldiers abseiled from helicopters into a teeming market neighbourhood in the heart of the city of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord and return to base. It was supposed to take them about an hour. Instead, they were pinned down ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.44! \| first editions
22 view cover	Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 more books like this by Henry Morton Stanley add to wishlist Volume 1 of great explorer's classic account of explorations of lakes of Central Africa, perilous journey down unexplored Congo River. Incredible hardships, perseverance. 90 black-and-white illustrations. Map. see all copies from $5.65! new only from $10.22! \| SVS
23 view cover	History of Nigeria more books like this by Toyin Falola add to wishlist Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined in recent decades by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant official corruption and an ailing economy. Toyin Falola, a leading historian intimately acquainted with the region, and Matthew Heaton, who has ... see all copies from $13.94! new only from $13.94! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	African Slave Trade more books like this by Basil Davidson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.63! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Zanzibar Chest more books like this by Aiden Hartley, Aidan Hartley add to wishlist Hartley delivers a beautiful, sometimes harrowing memoir of intrepid young men cut down in their prime, of forbidden love and fatal consequences, and of family, history, and the collision of cultures that defined them both. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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