Cultural Region/African
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The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
$24.99 Add to cartA sweeping history the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people.
Africa has been cov- Author: Meredith, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1610396359
- Language: English
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A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing: A Memoir Across Three Continents
$19.99 Add to cartA poetic coming-of-age memoir that probes the legacies and myths of family, race, and religion–from Nigeria to England to America
Mary-Alice Daniel’s family moved from West Africa to England when she
- Author: Daniel, Mary-Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 62960059
- Language: English
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Saka Saka: South of the Sahara – Adventures in African Cooking
$35.00 Add to cartChef Anto Cocagne and Photographer Aline Princet take us on a unique food journey and introduce us to the best recipes from Gabon, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, and Ethiopia.
Chef Anto Cocagn- Author: Cocagne, Anto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1623718554
- Language: English
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Old Love Skin: Voices From Contemporary Africa
$15.95 Add to cartThis highly imaginative and inventive collection of poems by fifty-two African poets writing from thirty countries across the continent, offers powerful poems that do not flinch from exploring experie
- Author: Mukana Press
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: September 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0578397153
- Language: English
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Enebla: Recipes from an Ethiopian Kitchen
$35.00 Read moreThis debut collection of 65+ recipes, vivid photography and family anecdotes is an accessible, authentic introduction to Ethiopian cuisine. Learn to make injera, wot stews, hearty tibs, and more.
Grow
- Author: Moges, Luladey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 173
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1771513624
- Language: English
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Juneteenth: The Story Behind the Celebration
$29.95 Add to cartJuneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery. Observances from coast to coast have turned this event into part of the national conversation about race, slavery, and how
- Author: Cotham, Edward, Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: June 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1649670079
- Language: English
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Morocco – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
$16.99 Add to cartDon’t just see the sights–get to know the people.
Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country’s rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisi- Series: Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- Author: York, Jillian C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1787023044
- Language: English
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The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa
$28.95 Add to cartNeil Peart’s travel memoir of thoughts, observations, and experiences as he cycles through West Africa reveals the subtle, yet powerful writing style that has made him one of rock’s greatest lyricists… [more below]
- Author: Peart, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: October 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1550226673
- Language: English
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Descendants of Fire & Water
$32.99 Add to cartWhat would the world be like if Africa had never been colonized–and if the transatlantic slave trade had never happened?
The only daughter among five brothers, Essien was raised in a village where wo… [more below]
- Series: Essien of Alkebulan #1
- Author: Anofienem, Didi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1684429900
- Language: English
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Study Guide to Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
$12.95 Add to cartA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, regarded as one of literature’s first counter narratives. As a classic novel writ… [more below]
- Series: Bright Notes
- Author: Intelligent Education
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: February 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1645420620
- Language: English
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African Religions
$12.99 Add to cartWhat are African religions? African Religions: A Very Short Introduction answers this question by examining primarily indigenous religious traditions on the African continent, as well as exploring Chr… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Olupona, Jacob K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0199790582
- Language: English
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Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
$21.99 Add to cart“Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account.” —Kirkus Review
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0061702625
- Language: English
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The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals: Second Edition
$27.95 Read moreThe fully updated second edition of the leading field guide for African safaris, providing unmatched coverage of all the continent’s land mammals in a handy, portable volume
Originally published in 20- Series: Princeton Pocket Guides #17
- Author: Kingdon, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 0691203520
- Language: English
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Descendants of Fire & Water
$16.99 Add to cartIn the thrilling first book in the powerful new Essien of Alkebulan fantasy series, Didi Anofienem builds a rich and never-before-seen world fueled by ancestral magic, African folklore, and gods roami… [more below]
- Series: Essien of Alkebulan #1
- Author: Anofienem, Didi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1684429919
- Language: English
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Origin Africa: A Natural History
$39.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
Origin Africa is a unique introduction to the natural history and evolution of the most misr- Author: Kingdon, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0691228531
- Language: English
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Feast: Food of the Islamic World: A James Beard Award Winning Cookbook
$60.00 Read moreWINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED COOKBOOK OF SPRING 2018 BY BON APPETIT, FOOD & WINE, EPICURIOUS, TASTING TABLE, ESQUIRE, GLOBE & MAIL, and PU
- Author: Helou, Anissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 0062363034
- Language: English
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Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad
$19.99 Read moreA powerful investigation into a grisly political murder and the authoritarian regime behind it: Do Not Disturb upends the narrative that Rwanda sold the world after one of the deadliest genocides of t… [more below]
- Author: Wrong, Michela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1541703219
- Language: English
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Between Good and Evil: The Stolen Girls of Boko Haram
$29.99 Read moreA NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“This work is important and astonishing, but it is also a riveting read.” –Louise Penny, author of A World of Curiosities and the Inspector Gamache novels
Behind the Beautiful For
- Author: Fung, Mellissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 144345608X
- Language: English
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Origins of the Syma Species
$17.95 Add to cartWinner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Tares Oburumu’s collection is a brief history of where he came from: Syma, a neg
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Oburumu, Tares
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1496237021
- Language: English
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Introduction to African Civilizations
$17.95 Add to cartTimely, relevant, and illuminating, this essential book by respected cultural historian, teacher, and author John G. Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches … [more below]
- Author: Jackson, John G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0806521899
- Language: English
