Cultural Region/African
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Who Built the Stable?: A Nativity Poem
$19.99 Add to cartWho built the stable where Jesus lay? Multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan has a very good idea in this beautiful and moving new layer to the nativity story.
The boy looked in the inf- Author: Bryan, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 1442409347
- Language: English
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I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover the true story of how environmentalist Farmer Tantoh is transforming the landscape in his home country of Cameroon.
When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his i- Author: Paul, Baptiste
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1512449148
- Language: English
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Gizo-Gizo!: A Tale from the Zongo Lagoon
$15.95 Read moreWinner of the 2017 Children’s Africana Book Award for Best Book, Young Readers
Gizo-Gizo the spider is a lazy, selfish fellow. So when he starts a gold mine that pollutes the Zongo Lagoon and makes
- Author: Williamson, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 03 2018
- ISBN10: 159298665X
- Language: English
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The Groundings with My Brothers
$19.95 Read more“I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together.” – Walter Rodney
In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney e- Author: Rodney, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1788731158
- Language: English
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Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina
$12.99 Add to cartThe extraordinary memoir of an orphan who danced her way from war-torn Sierra Leone to ballet stardom, most recently appearing in Beyonce’s Lemonade and as a principal in a major American dance compan… [more below]
- Author: Deprince, Michaela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 19 2016
- ISBN10: 0385755147
- Language: English
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My Two Blankets
$17.99 Add to cartCartwheel moves to a new country with her auntie, and everything is strange: the animals, the plants–even the wind. An old blanket gives Cartwheel comfort when she’s sad–and a new blanket just might… [more below]
- Author: Kobald, Irena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0544432282
- Language: English
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Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War
$17.99 Read moreMichel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the od… [more below]
- Series: CitizenKid
- Author: Chikwanine, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1771381264
- Language: English
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Wild Wings
$8.99 Add to cartThis “vividly imagined and well-written novel” (Booklist, starred review) tells a gripping story about a boy from Scotland and a girl from West Africa who join together to save a migrating Osprey–and… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Gill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 12 2012
- ISBN10: 1442414464
- Language: English
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Small Mercies
$15.95 Add to cartA 2022 Skipping Stones Honor Awardee
Mercy lives in mode
Named a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews
2021 Outstanding International Books List, United States Board on Books for Young People- Author: Krone, Bridget
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1946395161
- Language: English
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Pinduli
$9.99 Add to cart“Cannon fans will lap it up.” —Kirkus Reviews Pinduli’s mama has always told her that she’s the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don’t think so. Why else would they make her feel s… [more below]
- Author: Cannon, Janell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1328740501
- Language: English
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Favorite African Folktales
$13.95 Add to cartMandela, a Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected these thirty-two tales with the specific hope that Africa’s oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, be perpetuated by future generations and be app… [more below]
- Author: Mandela, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0393326241
- Language: English
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Handa’s Surprise Big Book: Read and Share
$27.99 Add to cart“In the best pantomime spirit, readers long to tell Handa what’s happening just behind her.” — The Guardian (U.K.)
Handa puts seven delicious fruits in a basket to take to her friend, Akeyo. Which fr- Series: Reading and Math Together
- Author: Browne, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 08 2011
- ISBN10: 0763653853
- Language: English
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The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God; Introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$35.00 Add to cartHere, collected for the first time in Everyman’s Library, are the three internationally acclaimed classic novels that comprise what has come to be known as Chinua Achebe’s “African Trilogy”–with an i… [more below]
- Series: Everyman’s Library Classics & Contemporary Classics
- Author: Achebe, Chinua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: January 05 2010
- ISBN10: 0307592707
- Language: English
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David Livingstone: African Trailblazer
$11.99 Read moreWith the heart of an explorer and the passion of an evangelist, David Livingstone mapped vast, unexplored areas of Africa, sharing the gospel with whomever he encountered. His stamina, perseverance, a… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Janet, Benge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1576581535
- Language: English
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Bound to Violence
$19.99 Read moreThis critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious … [more below]
- Author: Ouologuem, Yambo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1635423589
- Language: English
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Ring-Tailed Lemur Princesses: Rulers of the Troop
$31.32 Read moreScreech! A female ring-tailed lemur screams loudly. It is a warning for an intruder to stay away. Females lead ring-tailed lemur troops. They hunt, defend their territories, and care for young. Take a… [more below]
- Series: Queens of the Animal Universe
- Author: Jaycox, Jaclyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1666343064
- Language: English
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Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
$50.00 Read moreThe first book to feature Jacob Lawrence’s Nigeria series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa’s place as a global center of modernist art and culture
This revelatory book shines a- Author: Gant, Kimberli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0300263171
- Language: English
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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters
$18.99 Add to cartA Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller
“A fascinating look” (Esquire) inside the world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of
- Author: Ramos, Jason A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0062319639
- Language: English
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Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Stories, Their Lives
$34.95 Read moreMorocco: Ancient cities, adobe fortresses of centuries past, fertile plains of wheat and olives, carpets of wildflowers, endless deserts, wild mountains, and isolated rural villages. And of course, th… [more below]
- Author: Coca, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0999051717
- Language: English
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You’ve Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar
$16.95 Read moreIn this electric debut essay collection, a Myanmar millennial playfully challenges us to examine the knots and complications of immigration status, eating habits, Western feminism in an Asian home, an… [more below]
- Author: War, Pyae Moe Thet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222008
- Language: English
