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The Africa Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent
The Africa Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent
Lonely Planet

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The Political Mythology of Apartheid
The Political Mythology of Apartheid
Leonard Thompson

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Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe
Jane Goodall: 40 Years at Gombe
Jane Goodall

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Fatuma's New Cloth
Leslie Bulion

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Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
Joseph Wheelan

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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
Claire A. Nivola

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An African Princess
An African Princess
Lyra Edmonds

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Tanzania
Mary Fitzpatrick

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Kenya
Lizzie Williams

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This Is The Oasis
This Is The Oasis
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A Long Walk to Water
Linda Sue Park

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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela

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In a People House
In a People House
Dr. Seuss

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A Long Way Gone. Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone. Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah

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Les Damnés de la terre
Les Damnés de la terre
Frantz Fanon

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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Adam Hochschild

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Left to Tell
Left to Tell
Immaculée Ilibagiza

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An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
An Army at Dawn: The War in Africa, 1942-1943
Rick Atkinson

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West with the Night
West with the Night
Beryl Markham

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Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
Charles Murray

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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
Simon Schama

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South of Haunted Dreams: A Memoir
South of Haunted Dreams: A Memoir
Eddy L. Harris

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Kampala Women Getting By: Wellbeing In Time Of Aids (Eastern African Studies)
Kampala Women Getting By: Wellbeing In Time Of Aids (Eastern African Studies)
Sandra Wallman

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The Aye-Aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar
The Aye-Aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar
Gerald Durrell

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Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
James H. Jones

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The African-American Century : How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country
The African-American Century : How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country
Cornel West

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Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 (Gender and American Culture)
Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina, 1896-1920 (Gender and American Culture)
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

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Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Raymond G. Dobard

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Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad
Ann Hagedorn

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Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism
Unbowed: An Algerian Woman Confronts Islamic Fundamentalism
Khalida Messaoudi

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Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice
Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice
Marlene Gerber

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To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War
Tera W. Hunter

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The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis (The W.E.B. Dubois Institute Series)
The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis (The W.E.B. Dubois Institute Series)
Wole Soyinka

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I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr.
Michael Eric Dyson

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Telling Memories Among Southern Women: Domestic Workers and Their Employers in the Segregated South
Telling Memories Among Southern Women: Domestic Workers and Their Employers in the Segregated South
Susan Tucker

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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir
Aminatta Forna

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Red Seas: Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica
Red Seas: Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica
Gerald Horne

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The Classic Slave Narratives
The Classic Slave Narratives
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.: On Leadership
Martin Luther King, Jr.: On Leadership
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African History Books

DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient Egypt
DK Eyewitness Books: Ancient Egypt
George Hart

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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
Mark Bowden

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Pyramid
Pyramid
David Macaulay

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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Dean King

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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
Philip Gourevitch

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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
Alexandra Fuller

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The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)
The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)
Elizabeth Payne

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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
John M. Barry

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The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
Graham Hancock

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Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Eric Foner

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Patton: A Genius for War
Patton: A Genius for War
Carlo D'Este

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Mules and Men
Mules and Men
Zora Neale Hurston

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Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Peter Vennema

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Parting the Waters
Parting the Waters
Taylor Branch

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Egypt: Gods, Myths and Religion/Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt
Egypt: Gods, Myths and Religion/Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt
Lorna Oakes

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From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews
From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews
Rudolph R. Windsor

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Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America
Lerone Bennett Jr.

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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
Verna Aardema

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They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
Ivan Van Sertima

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In The Company Of Heroes
In The Company Of Heroes
Michael J. Durant

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African Travel Books

Cry of the Kalahari
Cry of the Kalahari
Mark Owens

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Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway

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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Robert M. Sapolsky

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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Mark Owens

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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures
John Henry Patterson

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Bill Bryson's African Diary
Bill Bryson's African Diary
Bill Bryson

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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
Peter Allison

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Africa: A Biography of the Continent
Africa: A Biography of the Continent
John Reader

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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
Elspeth Huxley

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The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
Cheikh Anta Diop

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Destruction of Black Civilization
Destruction of Black Civilization
Chancellor Williams

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Dark Star Safari
Dark Star Safari
Paul Theroux

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The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
Tahir Shah

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The White Nile
The White Nile
Alan Moorehead

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Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Jane Dunford

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Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
Tim Butcher

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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
Saidiya Hartman

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A Zoo in My Luggage
A Zoo in My Luggage
Gerald Durrell

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Heban
Heban
Ryszard Kapuściński

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I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa
Kuki Gallmann

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Politics & Social Sciences

Pathologies of Power
Pathologies of Power
Paul Farmer

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They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
Alephonsion Deng

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Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali , Longman African Writers Series (Longman African Classics)
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali , Longman African Writers Series (Longman African Classics)
Djibril Tamsir Niane

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Mummies Made in Egypt (Reading Rainbow Book)
Mummies Made in Egypt (Reading Rainbow Book)
Aliki

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A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.

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Une si longue lettre
Une si longue lettre
Mariama Bâ

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No Future Without Forgiveness
No Future Without Forgiveness
Desmond Tutu

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The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
Martin Meredith

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Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism
Derrick A. Bell

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Pillar of Fire
Pillar of Fire
Taylor Branch

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Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
W.E.B. Du Bois

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Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil
Roméo Dallaire

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The Orion Mystery
The Orion Mystery
Adrian Geoffrey Gilbert

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Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
Mark Mathabane

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History of Africa
History of Africa
Kevin Shillington

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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
Marjorie Shostak

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Slave: My True Story
Slave: My True Story
Mende Nazer

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Led By Faith
Led By Faith
Immaculée Ilibagiza

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The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage
The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage
Susan Altman

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Conversations with Myself
Conversations with Myself
Nelson Mandela

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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
Martin Dugard

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The Boer War
The Boer War
Thomas Pakenham

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The Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa
Thomas Pakenham

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
Ian Shaw

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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines and the Secret Mission of 1805
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines and the Secret Mission of 1805
Richard Zacks

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The Slave Ship: A Human History
The Slave Ship: A Human History
Marcus Rediker

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I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America
I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America
Brian Lanker

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The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440 - 1870
The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440 - 1870
Hugh Thomas

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Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
Charles Freeman

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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
Alistair Horne

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Silencing the Past
Silencing the Past
Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh
Joyce A. Tyldesley

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Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
Caroline Elkins

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The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya
The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya
Frances Osborne

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Exterminem Todas as Bestas
Exterminem Todas as Bestas
Sven Lindqvist

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The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
Kenneth M. Stampp

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L'an V de la révolution algérienne
L'an V de la révolution algérienne
Frantz Fanon

from $14.42

How the Irish Became White
How the Irish Became White
Noel Ignatiev

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A Greater Than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus
A Greater Than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus
B.H. Liddell Hart

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Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
Tim Jeal

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World History Books

The Blue Nile
The Blue Nile
Alan Moorehead

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A Slave No More
A Slave No More
David W. Blight

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Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America
Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early North America
Gary B. Nash

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Diamonds, Gold, and War: The Making of South Africa
Diamonds, Gold, and War: The Making of South Africa
Martin Meredith

from $6.89

The Zanzibar Chest
The Zanzibar Chest
Aidan Hartley

from $4.89

A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

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The Darker Nations
The Darker Nations
Vijay Prashad

from $16.88

Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt (Penguin History)
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt (Penguin History)
Joyce A. Tyldesley

from $35.99

Black History For Beginners
Black History For Beginners
Denise Dennis

from $5.29

Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
Lauren St. John

from $3.99

Wonders of the African World
Wonders of the African World
Henry Louis Gates Jr.

from $6.19

African American Odyssey
African American Odyssey
Stanley C. Harrold

from $6.49

Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara
Sufferings in Africa: The Incredible True Story of a Shipwreck, Enslavement, and Survival on the Sahara
James Riley

from $7.59

White Gold
White Gold
Giles Milton

from $10.09

The Black Holocaust for Beginners
The Black Holocaust for Beginners
S.E. Anderson

from $11.39

Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Margaret Bunson

from $6.39

Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
Antjie Krog

from $4.39

My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery
My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery

from $4.59

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Tim Jeal

from $6.19

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt
Daniel Rasmussen

from $7.39

The list of books on Africa covers a wide range of topics, including history, politics, culture, and personal experiences. Many of the books focus on the struggles and injustices faced by Africans throughout history, such as slavery, colonization, apartheid, and genocide. Other books explore the rich cultural heritage of Africa and its diverse peoples. Some books provide historical accounts of important events or figures in African history, while others offer personal memoirs or travelogues that provide insight into contemporary African life. Overall, the books on this list offer a comprehensive view of Africa's past and present, as well as its ongoing struggles and triumphs.

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