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1	Half of a Yellow Sun more books like this by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie add to wishlist From the award-winning author of "Purple Hibiscus" comes this masterly, haunting new novel, in which Adichie recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier more books like this by Ishmael Beah add to wishlist This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood more books like this by Helene Cooper (Read by) add to wishlist A haunting memoir of a war-torn childhood in Liberia, a deeply personal story and an examination of a violent and divided country. see all copies from $5.95! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Burning Shore more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist 'Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous membrane in the back of its throat, saw the spurt of scarlet blood, and then the lion locked its jaws on the stave and with a toss of its flying mane ripped it out of her hands and sent it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale more books like this by Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator) add to wishlist African folk tale which begins with a mosquito teasing an iguana whose panic becomes contagious. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| first editions \| SVS
6	This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President more books like this by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf add to wishlist On January 16, 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated into office as the President of the Republic of Liberia. After fourteen years of civil conflict and brutal violence, during which the economy and physical landscape of Liberia had been destroyed, President Sirleaf's election marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock more books like this by Eric A Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) add to wishlist Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson. see all copies from $2.08! new only from $5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	No Longer at Ease more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist 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 $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa more books like this by Gerald McDermott (Illustrator) add to wishlist Although Zomo the rabbit is very clever, he longs for something more: he wants to be wise. However, when he asks the Sky God to grant him wisdom, the Sky God informs him that wisdom can't be given, it must be earned. So, following the Sky God's instructions, Zomo sets out to earn wisdom by bringing Him the scales of Big Fish, the milk of Wild Cow, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Rose more books like this by Martin Cruz Smith add to wishlist In 19th-century England, Bishop Hannay, a manipulative charmer, retains Jonathan Blair to find his daughter's fiance, a curate who has "gone missing" in the coal-mining town of Wigan. Blair soon discovers that Wigan is a town as dark and sooty as the mines in its bowels. The residents are full of the misdirected passion, secrets, and resentment ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	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
12 view cover	Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the Worlds Most Precious Stones more books like this by Greg Campbell add to wishlist Journalist Greg Campbell leads the reader down the international diamond trail of brutality, horror, and profit - providing an on-the-ground and in-the-mines story of global consequence. First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $7.09! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Oroonoko more books like this by Aphra Behn, Professor Janet Todd (Notes by) add to wishlist Aphra Behn (1640-1689), the first Englishwoman to earn a living with her pen, wrote this combination of memoir, narrative, and biography to tell the story of a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. see all copies from $3.19! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears more books like this by Verna Aardema add to wishlist Boldly colored illustrations accompany this retelling of the West African legend that explains the annoying habit of mosquitoes. When a mosquito tells a ridiculous story to an iguana, the iguana gets so fed up with the mosquito's lies that he puts two sticks in his ears so he can block out the sound of the mosquito's voice. Unfortunately, this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	How to Play Djembe: West African Rhythms for Beginners more books like this by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby, Joh Camara add to wishlist "This book is a complete, step-by-step, user friendly course on how to play djembe. Right from the start, in addition to learning how to make all the basic strokes, you'll be learning interlocking parts for some of the most popular West African rhythms; Kuku, Djole, Kassa, Madan, Suku, Sunguru Bani and Thiba. After working through only a few ... see all copies from $9.68! new only from $17.81! \| SVS
16 view cover	Anansi Goes Fishing more books like this by Eric A Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) add to wishlist Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti more books like this by Gerald McDermott add to wishlist A picture-book version of an Ashanti tale that tells how the moon came to be in the sky. When Anansi the spider goes on a journey, he soon finds himself in grave danger. Luckily, all six of his sons are able to help him and he is soon rescued. Now Anansi wants to reward the son who saved his life, but which one of his six children deserves the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo more books like this by Clea Koff add to wishlist Published ten years after the genocide in Rwanda, "The Bone Woman" is a riveting account by a forensic anthropologist sent on missions by the UN War Crimes Tribunal. As she recounts the details of her work, the hellish working conditions, the bureaucracy, and the heartbreak of survivors, Koff imbues her story with a sense of hope, humanity, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Death Comes as the End more books like this by Agatha Christie add to wishlist Ancient Egypt is the setting for the mystery that features a widow who returns to her father's home, only to find danger awaiting her every move. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.52! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Altar of My Soul: The Living Traditions of Santeria more books like this by Marta Moreno Vega add to wishlist As an Afro-Puerto Rican child in the New York barrio, Marta Moreno Vega paid little heed to the Catholic-style images with foreign names her parents turned to in times of trouble. But as an adult, in search of a religion that would reflect her cultural heritage, Marta was led to the Way of the Saints. "The Altar of My Soul" lays before readers an ... see all copies from $3.15! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Icarus Girl more books like this by Helen Oyeyemi add to wishlist Written when the author, Helen Oyeyemi, was 18, THE ICARUS GIRL is about young Jess Harrison, who has a Nigerian mother and a British father. Jess is bright and unhappy, feeling torn between two worlds, but she finds some solace in the invention of an imaginary friend named TillyTilly--who turns out to be a very bad influence. This extraordinary ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Mali more books like this by Ross Velton add to wishlist Mali's capital, Timbuktu, became a twin town of Hay-on-Wye in February 2007; both are famous for their festivals, but that's where the family likeness ends. In Mali you may float past hippopotami whilst sailing down the River Niger, greet 300 herdsmen atop brilliant white camels, or stand on an escarpment looking out over the mystical cliff ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.21! \| SVS
23 view cover	I Lost My Tooth in Africa more books like this by Penda Diakite, Baba Wague Diakite (Illustrator) add to wishlist Inspired by her little sister when they returned to America from visiting their family in Mali, West Africa, Penda Diakit joins forces with her Coretta Scott King Honor-winning father for this story about a special treat brought to one little girl by the African tooth fairy. Full color. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $7.59! \| 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 Hunter, the Hammer, and Heaven more books like this by Robert Young Pelton add to wishlist Pelton's extraordinary journeys have taken him to the most dangerous places in the world. Here he documents three of the most enigmatic and terrifying places he has been. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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