Africa category: 4903 books

Vivere in Africa è una cosa che può durare tutta la vita. È sera. E, nel caldo di un'estate romana del lontano 1974, per la prima volta nella mia vita sto guardando in hotel con papà un fantastico schermo da cui escono immagini piene di luci e suoni. Sono così ipnotizzato da quello strano oggetto...

L’11 novembre 1965 il governo di minoranza bianco della colonia britannica (quasi – dominion status) della Rhodesia del Sud (Africa australe, attuale Zimbabwe), con premier Ian Smith, dichiarava unilateralmente l’indipendenza con l’UDI – Unilateral Declaration of Indipendence -. La Rhodesia...

(...) Un viaggio nella selvaggia Africa, iniziato come gioco tra amici per poi divenire un vero e proprio viaggio all’interno di se stessi. Giorgio è un giovane uomo alla ricerca dell’avventura, ma certamente non si aspettava di imbattersi nell’avventura più difficile, coinvolgente e struggente...

(...) Un viaggio nella selvaggia Africa, iniziato come gioco tra amici per poi divenire un vero e proprio viaggio all’interno di se stessi. Giorgio è un giovane uomo alla ricerca dell’avventura, ma certamente non si aspettava di imbattersi nell’avventura più difficile, coinvolgente e struggente...

After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent...

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize...

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." Like all of Steve Biko's writings, those words testify to the passion, courage, and keen insight that made him one of the most powerful figures in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. They also reflect...

Acclaimed author E. R. Braithwaite (To Sir, With Love) chronicles the brutality, oppression, and courage he witnessed as a black man granted “Honorary White” status during a six-week visit to apartheid South Africa As a black man living in a white-dominated world, author E. R. Braithwaite...

One of NPR's Great Reads of 2018 An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth. Arrested in 1962 as South Africa’s apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents,...

Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's most admired leader, a man whose life has been led with exemplary courage and inspired conviction. Now Anthony Sampson, who has known...

In this thrilling graphic novel, Nelson Mandela’s fight against racism is about to spiral into an all-out race war. Unless he can win over his archenemy, the white supremacist General Viljoen, the democratic struggle for equality and justice in South Africa will end in “the peace of graveyards.” “Intense.”--Booklist “A...

Alternately identified with either the countries of the Mediterranean, those of the Middle East, or other African territories, the nations of northern Africa occupy a unique physical and historical place. After centuries of fielding various foreign invaders, northern Africans have absorbed and co-opted...

Desperate poverty is perhaps the greatest challenge facing Africa. Over the past 30 years, while the rest of the world has enjoyed unprecedented economic growth and prosperity, African countries have grown poorer. Today, more than 40 percent of the people living in sub-Saharan Africa subsist on less...

What is in Africa? There’s the safari where wildlife is seen. There are the tribes that have resisted technology for so many years. But did you know that Africa is also a hub of developments? It’s a continent where the past meets the present. Learn and explore Africa by going through the pages of this interesting picture book for 9- to 12-year-olds. Grab a copy now!