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Blue Clay People: Seasons on Africa's Fragile Edge

Blue Clay People: Seasons on Africa's Fragile Edge

William Powers

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Muddling Through in Madagascar

Muddling Through in Madagascar

Dervla Murphy

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The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it

The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it

COLLIER PAUL

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Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil

Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil

John Ghazvinian

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New Directions In African Education: Challenges And Possibilities

New Directions In African Education: Challenges And Possibilities

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Grasping Africa

Grasping Africa

Stephen Chan

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An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action In The Twenty-first Century

An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action In The Twenty-first Century

James Orbinski

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Where Soldiers Fear To Tread: A Relief Worker's Tale Of Survival

Where Soldiers Fear To Tread: A Relief Worker's Tale Of Survival

John Burnett

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Our Votes, Our Guns

Our Votes, Our Guns

Martin Meredith

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The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand

The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand

Fergus Fleming

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Heart of Darkness; An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism

Heart of Darkness; An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism

Joseph Conrad

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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel

The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel

Barbara Kingsolver

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Mine Boy

Mine Boy

Peter Abrahams

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Arrows Of Rain

Arrows Of Rain

Okey Ndibe

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Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Adam Hochschild

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Story of greed and colonialism in the Congo.

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The Wretched Of the Earth

The Wretched Of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

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Fanon's classic post-colonial handbook. Angry and authentic. Calculated and confined.

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South From The Limpopo

South From The Limpopo

Dervla Murphy

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Journeys in South Africa on a bicycle.

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Witches, Westerners, and HIV: AIDS and Cultures of Blame in Africa

Witches, Westerners, and HIV: AIDS and Cultures of Blame in Africa

Alexander Rodlach, Alexander

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A study of conspiracy and sorcery theories in relation to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Interesting but the full force of his research in blunted by his unnoticed biases and poor writing.

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Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

Alexandra Fuller

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The life of one girl growing up in the larger than life country of Rhodesia. Poignant, shocking and intimate.

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In Ethiopia with a Mule

In Ethiopia with a Mule

Dervla Murphy

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Imagine the untamed Ethiopian mountains, bandits, leopards and over 1000 miles of trekking and you have Murphy's book. She'll startle you with her nonchalance and blunt insight and charm you with her sense of adventure and untamed spirit.

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Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography Of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography Of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

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How better to see the history of modern South Africa then through the eyes of its most respected leader.

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Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure Of Humanity In Rwanda

Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure Of Humanity In Rwanda

Romeo Dallaire

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Among all the news articles, movies and books about the Rwandan genocide, this one stands out for the intimacy and personal frustration that Dallaire has with the event.

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A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa

A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa

Howard W. French

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More tragedy than hope, French's years in West Africa hold many tales of frustration.

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Blue Clay People: Seasons on Africa's Fragile Edge | William Powers

How Western Consumption Affects Africa

4 years ago

This is an absolutely devastating personal memoir as Powers struggles with how the West 'does' humanitarian work, how we preach economics and how our consuming practices affect the whole world - including the little known corner of Liberia. I could not put this book down as Powers is deeply personal and, despite never finding out all the answers, struggles honestly with the hardest questions. It's only one man's story but an important one to read. read review

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Reviewed: Muddling Through in Madagascar | Dervla Murphy

A Hazardous Adventure

4 years ago
Reviewed: The Bottom Billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it | COLLIER PAUL

Trying to Reach Middle Ground

4 years ago
Reviewed: Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil | John Ghazvinian

Informative and Entertaining

4 years ago

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