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Dan Auta: An African Tale
$18.95 Add to cartAn Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids
Kids 9 to 12 will laugh out loud while reading this adventurous graphic novel, which brings an African folk tale to life for a new audience.
When Sarra’s parents … [more below]
- Series: Aldana Libros
- Author: Ortega, José
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 177164771X
- Language: English
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African Tales: A Barefoot Collection
$16.99 Read moreThis anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and hero… [more below]
- Author: Mhlophe, Gcina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1782853596
- Language: English
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The Africa Cookbook: Tastes of a Continent
$20.00 Add to cartWith more than two hundred traditional and contemporary recipes, The Africa Cookbook is a unique window into the long culinary history of a diverse continent.
From the savory stews of the western sav- Author: Harris, Jessica B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 17 2010
- ISBN10: 1439193304
- Language: English
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African Proverbs and Wisdom
$15.00 Add to cartOver many centuries, African people have offered the world an abundance or proverbs, fables, riddles, songs, and poetry that have been passed down orally from generation to generation. Now African Pro… [more below]
- Series: Collection for Every Day of the Year, from More Than Forty A
- Author: Stewart, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 20 2005
- ISBN10: 0758202989
- Language: English
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In Gorgeous Display
$16.95 Add to cartOne of Book Riot’s Must-Have New Poetry for Fall 2023
The remarkable debut collection by a young Nigerian queer poet. “here / i am not his image / & i envy it / i shut my eyes against what is left /- Author: Okpara, Ugochukwu Damian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1531504604
- Language: English
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Force of Nature
$23.95 Add to cartWhat is divine feminine energy, and how can we channel it? Force of Nature explores this question through the lens of an African woman grappling with childhood, womanhood, cultural identity, and the s
- Author: Pessu, Odemi E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: May 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1636768369
- Language: English
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Ballet of Deception
$19.95 Add to cartThis gripping thriller follows the story of Amber Stone, who narrowly survives a brutal attack outside her workplace. As Amber works alongside a rookie detective to piece together the circumstances of
- Author: Vaughan, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887938851
- Language: English
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Keorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969-2018
$24.95 Add to cartKeorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa’s second poet laureate, was a political activist, teacher, and poet. He lived, wrote, and taught in the United States for a significant part of his life and collabo… [more below]
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Kgositsile, Keorapetse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149622115X
- Language: English
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Careless Seamstress
$17.95 Add to cartThis dazzling debut announces a not-so-new voice: that of the spoken-word poet Tjawangwa Dema. Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Dema’s collection, The Careless Seamstress, e… [more below]
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Dema, Tjawangwa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496214129
- Language: English
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Loving the Dying
$17.95 Add to cartLoving the Dying is a collection of poems on life’s different stages. Set against the backdrop of a conflicted society, Len Verwey looks at a person’s life from youth and growing up to aging and dying… [more below]
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Verwey, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496234685
- Language: English
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African Politics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfrica is a continent of 54 countries and over a billion people. However, despite the rich diversity of the African experience, it is striking that continuations and themes seem to be reflected across… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Taylor, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198806574
- Language: English
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Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons: Enchanting Dishes from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa
$29.99 Add to cartDiscover the delicious flavors of the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa in this book from bestselling cookery writer Diana Henry.
A culinary exploration of the Mediterranean, Middle East and- Author: Henry, Diana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 178325629X
- Language: English
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Africa’s Fashion Diaspora
$45.00 Add to cartOne of the first books to examine the wide breadth of the African Diaspora and its influence on international fashion.
Tracing the local and global impact of Black Diasporic designers, Africa’s Fashi- Author: Way, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300270739
- Language: English
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Reshaping the Field: Arts of the African Diasporas on Display: Exhibition Histories 13
$35.00 Read moreA critical anthology on the mediation of Blackness through pivotal historical art exhibitions
The 13th volume of Afterall Books’ Exhibition Histories series explores Black identity through key historic
- Author: Adusei-Poku, Nana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 3753302384
- Language: English
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God Lifted Me
$25.00 Add to cart“God Lifted Me” is written to give my Heavenly Father, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus Christ all the glory, honor, praise, and gratitude my soul can muster. The poems reflect personal healing, affirmation
- Author: Hanks, Mary Giles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218231866
- Language: English
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Crowded House
$20.00 Read moreLike a Viewfinder with overlapping reels, Safia Jama examines the way inherited trauma–her parents and brother fleeing military dictatorship in Somalia–can overlay the present day: “when my husband
- Author: Jama, Safia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1957372052
- Language: English
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It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower
$19.99 Add to cart“A fast-paced political thriller…. Wrong’s gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo’s courage and a cautionary tale.” —New York Times Book Review
“On one level, It’s Our Turn
- Author: Wrong, Michela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 08 2010
- ISBN10: 0061346594
- Language: English
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Wangechi Mutu: I Am Speaking, Are You Listening?
$45.00 Read moreBetween Afrofuturism, fantasy and postcolonialism: the most comprehensive monograph to date on the fantastical worlds of Wangechi Mutu
Wangechi Mutu takes viewers on journeys of material, psychological
- Author: Mutu, Wangechi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1636810055
- Language: English
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A Red Cherry on a White-Tiled Floor: Selected Poems
$17.00 Add to cartFirst American publication of Syrian poet Maram al-Massri, presented in a bilingual Arabic-English edition.
- Series: Lannan Literary Selections
- Author: Al-Massri, Maram
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: November 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1556592647
- Language: English
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99 Zulu Proverbs and Sayings: A Collection of Classic Zulu Expressions, Wise Sayings, and Advice
$9.95 Add to cart99 Zulu Proverbs and Sayings is a collection of classic and modern-day wisdoms from the Zulu people of South Africa. These sayings have been a guide to the various aspects of their daily life for gene
- Author: Wilson-Mnyandu, Desaray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1736525263
- Language: English
