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“e willa simpson”

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  • On My Brother's Shoulders

    An African American Anthology and Tribute to People of Color

    by E. Willa Simpson ...
    "In this insightful and enlightening book, E. Willa Simpson takes readers on a journey through the African American experience. Her version of history as retold in poetic terms is a refreshing tribute to countless African American leaders. Through her honesty, courage and the unique critical dialogue reflected through interviews with key civil rights leaders including Angela Davis, Michael Eric ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Crazy River

    Exploration and Folly in East Africa

    by Richard Grant ...
    From the acclaimed author of Dispatches From Pluto and Deepest South of All comes a rollicking travelogue from East Africa.NO ONE TRAVELS QUITE LIKE RICHARD GRANT and, really, no one should. In his last book, the adventure classic God’s Middle Finger, he narrowly escaped death in Mexico’s lawless Sierra Madre. Now, Grant has plunged with his trademark recklessness, wit, and curiosity into East ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Dictatorland

    The Men Who Stole Africa

    by Paul Kenyon ...
    A Financial Times Book of the Year'Jaw-dropping' Daily Express'Grimly fascinating' Financial Times'Humane, timely, accessible and well-researched' Irish TimesThe dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a perman... ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300–1589

    by Toby Green ...
    Series Book 118 - African Studies
    The region between the river Senegal and Sierra Leone saw the first trans-Atlantic slave trade in the sixteenth century. Drawing on many new sources, Toby Green challenges current quantitative approaches to the history of the slave trade. New data on slave origins can show how and why Western African societies responded to Atlantic pressures. Green argues that answering these questions requires a ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Livingstone’s Tribe

    A Journey From Zanzibar to the Cape

    by Stephen Taylor ...
    An extraordinary, passionate and personal journey into Africa’s past. ‘The most enthralling account out of Africa for years.’ Daily Mail.‘“Livingstone’s Tribe” is excellent…Taylor is an intelligent and stimulating companion.’ Financial Times‘At the book’s heart is a riveting examination of Livingstone’s tribe…the whites of post-independence Africa.’ Independent on Sunday‘Taylor’s expedition into ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Liberian Civil War

    by Mark Huband ...
    The civil war in 1989 promised freedom from ten years of vicious dictatorship; instead the seeds of Liberia's devastation were sown. Mark Huband's account of the conflict is a portrayal of the war as it unfolded, drawing on the author's experience of living amongst the fighters. ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Freedom Burning

    Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain

    by Richard Huzzey ...
    After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority over other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Globalization and Africa’s Transition to Constitutional Rule

    Socio-Political Developments in Nigeria

    by Mohammed Nurudeen Akinwunmi-Othman ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book contributes to the discourse on post-colonial and globalization theories, focusing on Nigeria's transition to a federal system of government. The project analyzes 10 years of civil rule in Nigeria, between 1999 and 2009, and its constitutional arrangements while also engaging in comparative studies of other socio-political developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. The collective influences of ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria

    Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty

    by Hannah Hoechner ...
    Series Book 54 - The International African Library
    In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalisation and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialised in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Land of Zinj

    Being an Account of British East Africa, its Ancient History and Present Inhabitants

    by C.H. Stigland ...
    Published in the year 296, The Land of Zinj is a valuable contribution to the field of History. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Authentically African

    Arts and the Transnational Politics of Congolese Culture

    by Sarah Van Beurden ...
    Series Book 34 - New African Histories
    Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture. In Authentically African, Sarah Van Beurden traces the relationship between the possession, definition, and display of art and the construction of cultural authenticity and political legitimacy from the late ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Generations Past

    Youth in East African History

    Edited by Andrew Burton, Hélène Charton-Bigot ...
    Contemporary Africa is demographically characterized above all else by its youthfulness. In East Africa the median age of the population is now a striking 17.5 years, and more than 65 percent of the population is age 24 or under. This situation has attracted growing scholarly attention, resulting in an important and rapidly expanding literature on the position of youth in African societies.While ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD