Was it really all about diamonds? Sierra Leone was ripe for revolution; the Revolutionary United Front just didn’t know how to pull it off. Meet the greedy politicians who hijacked Sierra Leone’s fledgling democracy, the rebels who brought them...
The devastating story of war through the eyes of a child soldier. Beah tells how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by...
A classic collection of African folk tales by the poet of the Bush stands in comparison with the fables of Aesop and La Fontaine.
The subject of intense admiration – and not a little shock, when it was first published – “”The Abandoned Baobab”” has consistently captivated readers ever since. The book has been translated into numerous languages and was chosen by “”QBR...
Salie lives in Paris. Back home on the Senegalese island of Niodior, her football-crazy brother, Madick, counts on her to get him to France, the promised land where foreign footballers become world famous. Given his illusions, how can Salie...
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