Cultural Region/African
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Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky: An African Folktale
$9.99 Add to cartSun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.
- Author: Lent, Blair
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 26
- Publish Date: April 30 1990
- ISBN10: 0395539633
- Language: English
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Nigeria
$22.95 Add to cartNigeria – A world of wonder and beauty
Whether a child wants to know more about their cultural roots and ethnic origins, or they are simply curious about discovering a country rich with natural resourc
- Author: Makanda, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1739936566
- Language: English
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No God Like the Mother
$16.00 Add to cartWinner of the Oregon Book Award for Fiction.
Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher’s No God Like the Mother follows characters in transition, through tribulation and hope. Set around the world–the bustling- Author: Ajose-Fisher, Kesha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1942436556
- Language: English
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The Heart of Redness
$19.00 Add to cartA startling novel by the leading writer of the new South Africa
In The Heart of Redness — shortlisted for the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize — Zakes Mda sets a story of South African village- Author: Mda, Zakes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 277
- Publish Date: August 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312421745
- Language: English
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The Couscous Chronicles: Stories of Food, Love, and Donkeys from a Life Between Cultures
$19.00 Read moreAzzedine Downes moves between cultures, places, and time in this wryly comedic, at times mysterious, and always curious memoir of a lifelong nomad.
The best strategy was to drink tea, smile, and enjoy
- Author: Downes, Azzedine T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1633310752
- Language: English
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The Sheltering Sky
$14.99 Add to cartThis 50th anniversary edition of The Sheltering Sky, one of the great novels of the 20th century, features an original review of the book by Tennessee Williams. Stands head and shoulders above most ot… [more below]
- Author: Bowles, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: September 20 2005
- ISBN10: 006083482X
- Language: English
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Africana: An Encyclopedia of an Amazing Continent
$30.00 Add to cartDiscover the incredible history and diversity of the African continent in all its splendor with this stunningly illustrated and fact-filled encyclopedia.
This fascinating and beautiful book is divided
- Series: Epic Continents
- Author: Alabi, Mayowa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0711269807
- Language: English
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Congo: The Epic History of a People
$24.00 Add to cartFrom the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu’s brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo:
- Author: Van Reybrouck, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: February 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0062200127
- Language: English
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Black Panther: : The Battle for Wakanda
$5.99 Add to cartThere is a crisis in Wakanda.
The sacred Mound is being attacked by an evil cult and Wakandans are growing angry with their new king, T’Challa, aka the Super Hero Black Panther. So it’s bad timing whe… [more below]- Series: Mighty Marvel Chapter Book
- Author: Snider, Brandon T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1368020143
- Language: English
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Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari
$19.95 Add to cartNo other book can give you the feel of Africa like this one can.
- Author: Ruark, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: August 26 2002
- ISBN10: 1571572635
- Language: English
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Factology: Ancient Egypt: Open Up a World of Information!
$19.99 Add to cartFactology: Ancient Egypt is a fact-packed
introduction to this iconic time in history, presented in maps, timelines,
diagrams and statistics.Did you know that the pyramids of Giza were once
covered in- Series: Factology
- Author: Button Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1787081311
- Language: English
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I Am You: A Book about Ubuntu
$17.99 Add to cartWe may be different, but our hearts beat the same.
In southern Africa, there is a belief called ubuntu–the idea that we are all connected. No matter where we’re from or who we are, a person is a perso
- Author: Moahloli, Refiloe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 154203566X
- Language: English
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
$32.50 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy–from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and De… [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0385543107
- Language: English
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Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
$21.99 Add to cart“I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”–Roxane Gay,
- Author: Ogunyemi, Omolola Ijeoma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0063117061
- Language: English
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The Ugly Five
$18.99 Add to cartA charming new picture book from the bestselling creators of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom
Meet Wildebeest, Warthog, Spotted Hyena, Lappet-Faced Vulture, and Marabou Stork. On the African savanna… [more below]
- Author: Donaldson, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1338249533
- Language: English
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Adamalui: A Survivor’s Journey from Civil Wars in Africa to Life in America
$29.99 Add to cartAwarded author and survivor of the Sierra Leonean and Liberian civil wars, Joseph Kaifala recounts his journey to America with literary finesse and sincere recollection.
- Author: Kaifala, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1681626845
- Language: English
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Mummies and Pyramids: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning
$7.99 Add to cartThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the … [more below]
- Series: Magic Tree House (R) Fact Tracker #3
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 27 2001
- ISBN10: 0375802983
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Movie Tie-In Edition): Young Readers Edition
$9.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
W- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1984816128
- Language: English
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Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family
$18.99 Read moreThis beautifully illustrated story connects past and present as a girl bakes a chocolate cake with her father and learns about her grandfather harvesting cacao beans in West Africa.
Chocolate is the p- Author: Zunon, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1681196409
- Language: English
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African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent
$34.95 Add to cartThe traditional, handcrafted textiles of Africa are sumptuous, intricate, and steeped in cultural significance. Region by region, African Textiles covers, as no other volume has, the handmade textiles… [more below]
- Author: Gillow, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0500292213
- Language: English
