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The author has been visiting the same village in Mauritania on the remote edge of the Sahara for over twenty years. This is the story of his most recent journey there—an intense and engaging day-by-day account through which global change and inequality are made human. The Sahel—the "shore"...

Between 1946 and 1962, following World War II (1939-45), for the first time in peace-time Britain, conscription was introduced as a partial solution to Churchill’s ‘cold war’ strategy. While the majority of conscripts served their two-years within the UK or Europe, a minority was sent to overseas...

This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly...

The siege of Mafeking still stands as one of the British Military’s high achievements, especially during the depths of the badly handled Boer War. The successful defence and relief were a shot in the arm for the British public which had become all too used to defeats and reverses in South Africa....

This box set includes the following eBooks: AUTHENTIC TUNISIA  A TRIP TO EGYPT  AFRICAN CUISINE  Bonus: AFRICAN SAFARI And Much More

A collection of three accounts of Peril, Adventure and Captivity in the 18th and 19th century : "The Sufferings of the Picard Family after the Shipwreck of the Medusa in the Year 1816" : Tells the story of survivors of the the French naval frigate Méduse, which ran aground...

In his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African...

Thanks to the mix of African cooking with European and Asian influences, South Africans have long enjoyed a multi-cultural style of cooking that's also become popular in Europe. From Baba Ghanoush and Cape-Malay Bobotie with sultanas, to chicken-potjie and Koeksisters with sugar syrup - join us on a...

It is the first day of school in Chad, Africa. Children are filling the road. "Will they give us a notebook?" Thomas asks. "Will they give us a pencil?" "Will I learn to read?" But when he and the other children arrive at the schoolyard, they find no classroom, no desks. Just a teacher....

A LIFETIME OF TRAVELLINGFrom the North Atlantic to traveling through AfricaFrom deep sea fisherman to building gold mines in Mali to delivering furniture in Angola and living through the apartheid years in South Africa. My life has been different.Grab a copy today201 Pages

A mysterious childhood ritual. An evening of carousing in a carousing in a raucous, village night-spot. The agony of unrequited love. This is the journey that awaits readers of The Tale of The Cow Tail. The collection of both fiction and nonfiction is an eclectic mix of stories that reflect the richness...

Many girls dream about a charming prince but Federica, a tour operator representative, dreams about a black husband. She wants to travel, to see the world and get to know different cultures. She goes from one part of the world to the other with an open heart, embracing what the journey offers to her....

Walter "Karamojo" Bell spent half his life hunting in Africa. Although he made a fortune from the ivory trade, the real riches were his adventures in the dying days of the European empires in Africa.

A new century, and a time of celebration, for family, marriages and children, and a necessity to expand the business. It is also a time for sadness, suffering and loss; Mother Africa does not change her rules for anyone. When all is against the Langbourne brothers, a higher loyalty must prevail. BASED ON A TRUE STORY