Cultural Region/African
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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
$22.99 Add to cartThe Oxford History of Ancient Egypt uniquely covers 700,000 years of ancient Egypt, from c. 700,000 BC to AD 311. Following the story from the Egyptians’ prehistoric origins to their conquest by the P… [more below]
- Author: Shaw, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 525
- Publish Date: February 19 2004
- ISBN10: 0192804588
- Language: English
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Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales
$17.95 Add to cartIn these beloved stories we meet a Kenyan lion named Simba, a snake with seven heads, and tricksters from Zulu folklore; we hear the voices of the scheming hyena, and we learn from a Khoi fable how an… [more below]
- Author: Mandela, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0393329909
- Language: English
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Black Sands, the Seven Kingdoms, Volume 4
$19.99 Add to cartBlack Sands is the most popular independent book series in the black community and it is clear why.
In this exciting new volume, the secret of the ancients in Minoa has been revealed.
Ausar is now faced
- Series: Black Sands #4
- Author: Godoy, Manuel P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987909980
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Book of African Animals
$19.99 Add to cartJoin this amazing team to learn all about Africa’s unique wildlife, including lions, elephants, cheetahs, zebras, giraffes, hippos, gorillas, rhinos, and so many more!
With so many species showcased, … [more below]- Author: Joubert, Beverly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 142637187X
- Language: English
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Diamond Boy
$19.99 Add to cartMy father says that a journey should always change your life in some way. Well, when you have nothing, I suppose a journey promises everything.
“Diamonds for everyone.” That’s what fifteen-year-old P- Author: Williams, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0316320684
- Language: English
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The Day Gogo Went to Vote
$8.99 Add to cartIllustrated in rich pastels, this child’s-eye view of an important milestone in South African history allows young readers to experience every detail of this eventful day.
- Author: Sisulu, Elinor Batezat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0316702714
- Language: English
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A Labyrinth of Secrets
$19.99 Add to cartTo avoid an arranged marriage, Joanna Nel flees Cape Town, distancing herself from a shocking secret revealed by her mother,
Petra, and escaping from a dangerous man. But life in Durban presents its o
- Author: Hayward, Glynnis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: December 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1736332821
- Language: English
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The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World
$28.32 Add to cartThe landmark alternative history of the Cold War from the perspective of the Global South, reissued in paperback with a new introduction by the author
In this award-winning investigation into the over- Author: Prashad, Vijay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1620977621
- Language: English
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You Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland
$17.99 Read moreIn this powerfully written and beautifully illustrated picture book by award-winning author and illustrator team Carole Boston Weatherford and E. B. Lewis, Mother Africa addresses her offspring of all… [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1635923875
- Language: English
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Weird But True Knowitall: Ancient Egypt
$12.99 Add to cartPowerful pharaohs, deadly curses, beautiful queens, legendary cities, tombs filled with gold … you’ll know it all by the time you finish this smart and wacky book
Did you know that ancient Egyptian- Series: Weird But True
- Author: Flynn, Sarah Wassner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1426335458
- Language: English
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Precolonial Black Africa
$16.95 Add to cartThis comparison of the political and social systems of Europe and black Africa from antiquity to the formation of modern states demonstrates the black contribution to the development of Western civili… [more below]
- Author: Diop, Cheikh Anta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 1988
- ISBN10: 1556520883
- Language: English
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South Africa Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals in the South African Region
$8.95 Add to cartWith various world-renowned national parks and game reserves, as well as a dizzying species diversity, South Africa is widely considered the ultimate destination for observing and learning about Afric… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Naturalist Guide
- Author: Kavanagh, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: November 16 2017
- ISBN10: 1583559876
- Language: English
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Catch That Chicken!
$18.99 Read moreThe team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity.
Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speed- Author: Atinuke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1536212687
- Language: English
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Merry Christmas, Anna Hibiscus!
$7.99 Read moreWhen Anna leaves her family home in Africa to visit her Canadian grandmother, she discovers how resilient she can be in this fourth collection of stories from Atinuke’s beloved series.
Anna Hibiscus h- Series: Anna Hibiscus
- Author: Atinuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1536231223
- Language: English
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Black Sands, the Seven Kingdoms, Volume 3
$19.99 Add to cartBlack Sands is the most popular independent book series in the black community and it is clear why.
War has broken out in the Mediterranean as Sparta invades mainland Minoa.
Ausar realizes his original
- Series: Black Sands #3
- Author: Godoy, Manuel P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1737435837
- Language: English
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Exterminate All the Brutes: One Man’s Odyssey Into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide
$25.48 Add to cartNow part of the eponymous HBO docuseries written and directed by Raoul Peck, “Exterminate All the Brutes” is a brilliant intellectual history of Europe’s genocidal colonization of Africa–and the terr
- Author: Lindqvist, Sven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 09 2007
- ISBN10: 1565843592
- Language: English
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Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus!
$7.99 Read moreIt’s the dry, dusty winter season in Nigeria, and Anna Hibiscus is getting ready to visit her Canadian grandmother in the third adventure of Atinuke’s lively chapter-book series.
Anna Hibiscus can’t- Series: Anna Hibiscus
- Author: Atinuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 153622524X
- Language: English
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
$20.99 Add to cart“Exciting. . . part adventure story, part wildlife tale”–The Boston Globe
Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing t- Author: Owens, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0395680905
- Language: English
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Akata Witch
$18.99 Add to cartAffectionately dubbed “the Nigerian Harry Potter,” Akata Witch weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one’s place in the world.
Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but
- Series: The Nsibidi Scripts
- Author: Okorafor, Nnedi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 14 2011
- ISBN10: 0670011967
- Language: English
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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
$29.99 Add to cartA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM: Oprah Daily, Business Insider, Marie Claire, The Seattle Times, Lit Hub, Bustle, and New York Magazine’s Vulture
Introduction by New York Times bestselling author Henry L
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0063043858
- Language: English
