Africa category: 4903 books
Are You Feeling a Little Finer, Miss Norene?
A Personal Account of My Year as a Volunteer Teacher in Namibia, Africa in 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Have you ever thought of volunteering to live and work in a developing country to really get to know the people, land and customs? This is the story of Norene's year of teaching in the northern part of Namibia in a village school, her work experiences and travel opportunities in this country and other...
The Bang-Bang Club, movie tie-in
Snapshots From a Hidden War
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
A gripping story of four remarkable young men—photographers, friends and rivals—who band together for protection in the final, violent days of white rule in South Africa.
by Aziz Hassim
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
This tour-de-force debut novel represents not only one family's journey from India to South Africa, but also a valuable source of information about the experiences, struggles, feelings and thoughts of the South African Indian community.
by Paul Murray
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
As political tension relaxes, wildlife enthusiasts and curious tourists are returning to Zimbabwe. With some of the finest national parks in Africa, the country is blessed with stunning landscapes and an abundance of wildlife. The mighty Zambezi River offers adventure holidays, and Victoria Falls...
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
A Midwest Journal Writers Club Selection
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
About this book:
Heart of Darkness (1899), by Joseph Conrad, is a short novel about Charles Marlow’s job as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. This river is described to be “... a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled,...
by Jon Robin Baitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
One of the most gratifying, even inspirational, things about the American theatre today is the very existence of Jon Robin Baitz. With A Fair Country his writing continues to push our theatre out of the parlor and into the political.” Linda Winer, Newsday
Baitz is occupying theatrical...
by Maalam Shaihua, R. Sutherland Rattray
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Hausa Folk Lore
by Maalam Shaihua, Translated By R. Sutherland Rattray
One of the few African folklore books actually written by an African, not a European.
Mr. Rattray furnishes a case in point. When he joined our School of Anthropology, he was already a past-master in all that relates...
Africa
Etats faillis, miracles ordinaires
Language: French
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Un état des lieux magistral du continent le plus tourmenté du monde. Un livre profondément émouvant et optimiste. Chaque fois que vous tentez d’expliquer « L’Afrique, c’est… », les mots se désagrègent, se dissolvent. Chaque fois que vous tentez d’exprimer une généralité sur l’Afrique,...
by Thomas Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2015
It was pure serendipity that we went on an African safari, but we are forever grateful that we did. We combined a visit with my brother and sister-in-law, a doctor and nurse volunteering at a hospital in Uganda with a safari to Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.Enjoy reading about what it was like to volunteer...
Fodor's the Complete Guide to African Safaris
with South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, & Rwanda
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Written by local experts, Fodor's travel guides have been offering advice and professionally vetted recommendations for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.
Fodor’s correspondents highlight the best African safari destinations in both eastern and southern Africa. Travelers will be able to...
by Philip Briggs, Chris McIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Tanzania has grown to be one of the top safari destinations in Africa. This new edition of Northern Tanzania focuses solely on the northern region and Zanzibar. This area accounts for a tiny fraction of the country's surface area but around 95% of tourist developments.
Written by Africa expert...
by Hugh Leggatt
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
An expatriate South African's detailed portrait of life aboard the superliner Queen Mary 2 as she sails from Southampton to Cape Town, followed by impressions of the spectacular Cape, with a tour to little-known upcountry destinations. This Travel/Memoir is spiced with autobiographical reminiscences...
China's Congo Plan
What the economic superpower sees in the world's poorest nation
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
What does China see in the world’s poorest nation? An opportunity for big business. Congo is known for poverty and conflict, but it is home to an enormous wealth of buried minerals such as copper, whose value is rising on the world market. Already, tens of thousands of Chinese men and women have...
A Merciless Place
The Fate of Britain's Convicts after the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British empire, driven by the winds of the American...