Angels in Africa: Profiles of Seven Extraordinary Women

By Beth O'Donnell and Kimberley Sevcik

This volume documents seven African women working to overcome devastating problems in their communities. Through photographs and first-person accounts, their stories reveal the strength of the human spirit.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086565168X
• ISBN13: 9780865651685
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Vendome Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.8" x 13.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

remarkable women who are tackling an issue that is particularly prevalent in their country

ANGELS IN AFRICA: Profiles of Seven Extraordinary Women (2006) by Beth O'Donnell & Kimberley Sevcik, documents seven African women working to overcome devastating problems in their African communities. Organized by country, each chapter of Angels in Africa introduces us to a remarkable woman who is tackling an issue that is particularly prevalent in that country. Ann Wanjiru represents 2,000 grassroots women of GROOTS Kenya; In Tanzania, Edina Yahana helped plant more than one million trees in an effort to save the rainforests from decimation; Celina Cossa, Founder and President of the General Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (UGC) of Mozambique, is one of the most respected women in Africa; In Rwanda, Pascasie Mukamunigo, a Tutsi woman brings together the Hutus and Tutsis through a community weaving project; We learn about the work of Prudence Mwandla of South Africa who has dedicated her life to sheltering AIDS orphans who had been abused, abandoned, sick, and hungry; Aminata Dieye of Senegal created a program that trains young girls in non-traditional jobs. In Senegal, that's not an easy thing to do, and Mme Dembélé Jacqueline Goïta, Directrice Exécutive, CARITAS of Mali, Fighting Poverty, Hunger, and Homelessness.

Angels in Africa

This is a beautiful book, with sensational stories and wonderful illustrations. I thoroughly recommend it.