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What Is the What (Vintage) 166 reviews
Dave Eggers
Vintage, 2007
What was the What?
+ What is What is the What
+ Heartbreaking and uplifting
+ a must read
+ Incredibly Moving
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Song for Night4 reviews
Chris Abani
Akashic Books, 2007
A Beautiful, Yet Haunting Serenade
+ West African child soldier's tale
+ A Literary Song
+ War From a Child's Vantage
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier412 reviews
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Great Audio Book! Authentic and Powerful
+ An original eye-opening read from beginning to end
+ Great Read!!!
+ A Long Way Gone-- Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
+ A Long Way Gone
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda216 reviews
Philip Gourevitch
Picador, 1999
Never Again - Again and Again
+ "The Idea is the Crime"
+ One of the best books I have read in a long time
+ The best, most educational and most gripping account of the genocide
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide36 reviews
Peter Allison
The Lyons Press, 2007
LOL
+ Enjoyable!
+ Enthralling
+ Whatever you do, Dont run!
+ Wonderful tales
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They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan 62 reviews
Benson Deng, Alephonsian Deng, ...
PublicAffairs, 2006
Written from the heart.
+ "The Lost Boys"
+ Very Interesting book
+ Heart Breaking amazing story
+ Necessary Read for the Well-Off
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 407 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2005
Utterly Charming
+ life-affirming book with the unforgettable main character
These books are not serious fiction, finely constructed mysteries or the greatest books ever written on Africa. Instead, they are a quiet, gentle and heartwarming series of vignettes that provide insight into the human condition and a peak at the Africa of Botswana. Further, they are not ...
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It43 reviews
Paul Collier
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Development economics that we can all understand
+ Thought Provoking
+ Excellent Book Should Be Read By Everyone Concerned with Poverty
+ Will stimulate your thinking
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The Shadow of the Sun52 reviews
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Vintage, 2002
One of my all-time favorites on Africa!
+ The best short book if you want to understand something about Africa
+ Mesmerizing
+ Excellent if sober portrait of Africa
+ A lot of breadth but not enough depth
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National Geographic - Africa15 reviews
Avery Brooks
National Geographic Video, 2001
National Geographic Africa
+ Africa is more than animals
+ FYI: ASPECT RATIO
+ National Geographic "Africa" Series
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood180 reviews
Alexandra Fuller
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003
great book
+ Interesting Personal Account
+ Interesting read!
+ A surprisingly great read!
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General Idi Amin Dada - Criterion Collection18 reviews
Idi Amin, Fidel Castro
Criterion, 2002
Idi Amin... the Greatest revolutionary leader of our time!
+ Should I laugh or cry?
+ Idiot Amin at its "best" ...
+ Much More Complex Than Previously Thought
+ "Triumph of the Will" for the 1970's
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War Dance28 reviews
Velocity / Thinkfilm, 2008
Watch. Listen. Learn.
+ War Dance
+ Gut Wrenching & Inspirational!
+ War/Dance
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown66 reviews
Paul Theroux
Mariner Books, 2004
A Book to Read and Reread
+ It doesn't get more real than this.
+ Travelogue from a sour-minded writer
+ One of his best.
+ Nkosi Sikelele Africa
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Lonely Planet The Africa Book (General Pictorial)1 review
Matt Phillips
Lonely Planet, 2007
Africa in pictures and blurbs
Lonely Planet takes you for a trip through every country in Africa in this oversized pictorial. Though the focus of this book is clearly on the beautiful scenery, wildlife and, especially, people of Africa, each country does get a few words about its history and travel highlights and a couple of ...
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God Grew Tired of Us15 reviews
John Bul Dau, Panther Bior
Sony Pictures, 2007
fine, powerful and informative documentary loaded with emotion
+ Compelling, Enlightening Must-See Documentary
+ A haunting portrait of war in Sudan
+ Documentary paints vivid picture of refugee plight
+ God Grew Tired of Us
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown66 reviews
Paul Theroux
Mariner Books, 2004
A Book to Read and Reread
+ It doesn't get more real than this.
+ Travelogue from a sour-minded writer
+ One of his best.
+ Nkosi Sikelele Africa
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The Shadow of the Sun52 reviews
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Vintage, 2002
One of my all-time favorites on Africa!
+ The best short book if you want to understand something about Africa
+ Mesmerizing
+ Excellent if sober portrait of Africa
+ A lot of breadth but not enough depth
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Song for Night4 reviews
Chris Abani
Akashic Books, 2007
A Beautiful, Yet Haunting Serenade
+ West African child soldier's tale
+ A Literary Song
+ War From a Child's Vantage
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War Dance28 reviews
Velocity / Thinkfilm, 2008
Watch. Listen. Learn.
+ War Dance
+ Gut Wrenching & Inspirational!
+ War/Dance
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