Africa
Africa
South Africa
South Africa highlights major destinations within the country and the people who shape the nation's culture. Readers will learn about the geography, wildlife, history, people, and economy of South Africa, gaining an understanding of what life looks like in the...
$43.00
Nigeria
Nigeria highlights major destinations within the country and the people who shape the nation's culture. Readers will learn about the geography, wildlife, history, people, and economy of Nigeria, gaining an understanding of what life looks like in the country today....
$43.00
Hope Raisers: How a Group of Young Kenyans Fought to Transform Their Slum and Inspire a Community
$66.00
Hope Raisers: How a Group of Young Kenyans Fought to Transform Their Slum and Inspire a Community
The poignant and inspiring true story of three young Kenyans who fought to transform their slum and improve the lives of those around them.Korogocho is one of Kenya's darkest slums, plagued by gang violence, food and water shortages, and rampant...
$66.00
Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem's Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair (Original)
$30.00
Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem's Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair (Original)
The astonishing little-known history of Harlem racketeer Madame Stephanie St. Clair, one of the only female crime bosses and a Black, self-made businesswoman in early twentieth-century New York.In her heyday, Stephanie St. Clair went by many names, but one was...
$30.00
The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed the World
“The West will begin to understand Africa when it realizes it’s not talking to a child—it’s talking to its mother.”So writes Jeff Pearce in the introduction to his fascinating, groundbreaking work, The Gifts of Africa: How a Continent and Its People Changed...
$35.00
The Known World
Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize Award and recognized as the best book of fiction in the 21st century by the New York Times, Edward P. Jones's The Known World is a debut novel of stunning emotional depth and unequaled literary power and continues...
$17.00
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
“I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist ?“Poignant...
$22.00
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
“I couldn’t put this book down and I loved spending time in the lives of Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape. Truly this book will grab hold of your heart and mind and everything in between.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist ?“Poignant...
$28.00
Possessing the Secret of Joy
A provocative novel about an African tribal woman’s battle with madness after the trauma of a childhood genital mutilation.
$30.00
Phases: Poems
In this electrifying debut poetry collection—written with the ferocity of Rita Dove’s groundbreaking Thomas and Beulah—a critically acclaimed award-winning talent explores a wide range of emotions, from anxiety to ecstasy reflecting the moon's phases, from Waning Gibbous to Full. Both intimate...
$20.00
You Never Know
“The thing I love about Connie Briscoe now is the same thing I’ve always loved about Connie Briscoe—she writes highly commercial, pacey, character-driven stories. She was made for domestic suspense.” —Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author The revered New York Times bestselling writer...
$19.00
Stages: Poems
“Tramaine Suubi is a visionary love poet, and stages makes a singular life feel vaster than the life cycle of a star. In this poetry of dissolution and re-making, of multiplications and expansion, embodied tenderness is a force capable of moving us...
$20.00
The Warrior Method
According to the recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Justice, black males die at a rate fifteen times higher than that of white males because of homicidal violence. The Department estimates that 28 percent of black males will enter...
$14.00
Soulcatcher and Other Stories
Twelve stories about the African experience of slavery in America, by the National Book Award-winning novelist.Nothing has had as profound an effect on American life as slavery. For blacks and whites alike, the experience has left us with a conflicted...
$13.00
Someone Birthed Them Broken: Stories
“Delightfully assertive, subversive and vibrant... an original voice.” ––Imbolo Mbue, author of the New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction winner Behold the Dreamers • "A compelling delight"—Booklist A visceral and candid portrait of today’s Ghanaian youth, told in interconnected short stories by acclaimed...
$27.00
The Secret Women
TOP SUMMER 2020 BEACH READ PICK--theSKIMM, PopSugar, Time, Woman's World, Parade, and Bookstr The author of Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, now a Netflix film starring Alfre Woodard, returns with a riveting, emotionally rich, novel that explores the complex relationship...
$21.00
The Road to the Salt Sea
WINNER OF THE 2025 WHITING AWARD FOR FICTION PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FINALIST • ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE LONGLIST As wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a searing exploration of the global migration crisis that moves from...
$19.00
AFRICAN DANCE AN ARTISTIC, HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY (Paperback)
Product details
Publisher : Africa World Press
Language : English
Paperback: 254 pages
ISBN-13 : 9780865431966
$24.95
$19.95
The Nature of Political Power in Igboland
One of the most important facts about African political development is the relative absence oflarge states along Eurasian lines. For some reason, African communities placed a high value onautonomy and independence, and/or were particularly concerned about the potential forabuse by...
$34.95
$28.00
Merry Christmas, Anna Hibiscus!
When Anna leaves her family home in Africa to visit her Canadian grandmother, she discovers how resilient she can be in this fourth collection of stories from Atinuke’s beloved series.Anna Hibiscus has never been away from her big white house...
$17.00
Too Small Tola
Three delightful tales from a renowned Nigerian storyteller introduce a chapter-book heroine who is every bit as mighty as she is small.In a trio of droll stories, award-winning author and storyteller Atinuke debuts an endearing and enduring character with plenty...
$16.00
Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls
Too Small Tola is back—and as determined as ever—in a second trio of winning stories about a diminutive heroine with a big-big heart.Acclaimed author and storyteller Atinuke reunites with illustrator Onyinye Iwu for a follow-up to their highly acclaimed first...
$16.00
Too Small Tola Gets Tough
It’s a strange, scary time for Too Small Tola when a new virus separates her family, but Atinuke’s small-but-mighty heroine proves once again how wise, kind, and resourceful she can be.In ordinary times, Tola lives in an apartment in Lagos,...
$16.00
Too Small Tola Makes It Count
In the fourth book of this irresistibly charming series, Tola finds creative solutions to her neighbors’ difficulties—but can Tola solve her own problem when her friends call her a liar?Lockdown is over and Too Small Tola is happy to be...
$17.00
Welcome Home, Anna Hibiscus!
Back in Africa after a month’s visit with Granny Canada, Anna Hibiscus finds that some things are different—but her home is just as full of love—in this fifth warm and funny chapter-book adventure.When Anna Hibiscus returns to her big house...
$17.00
You're Amazing, Anna Hibiscus!
The final title in the critically acclaimed series about Anna Hibiscus, who lives in Africa with her large extended family, by an internationally renowned Nigerian storytellerIn the eighth title of the series about the universally loved Anna Hibiscus, Anna is...
$17.00
Love from Anna Hibiscus
"A must-have for every collection, written by a Nigerian author, this series is both powerful and uplifting." —School Library Journal (starred review)In the penultimate book in the series, Anna proves what a good friend she can be.Anna Hibiscus is on holiday with...
$17.00
Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!
Join Anna Hibiscus and her big, bustling family in the second of Atinuke’s engaging illustrated chapter-book series set in modern Nigeria.Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, amazing Africa. She’s surrounded by so many family members she can’t count them, in a...
$17.00
Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus!
It’s the dry, dusty winter season in Nigeria, and Anna Hibiscus is getting ready to visit her Canadian grandmother in the third adventure of Atinuke’s lively chapter-book series.Anna Hibiscus can’t wait to visit her grandmother in faraway Canada, where she...
$17.00
Go Well, Anna Hibiscus!
The spirited Anna Hibiscus leaves the city to visit her grandparents’ remote village in this sixth adventure in the well-loved series set in contemporary West Africa.Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa, Amazing Africa, in a country called Nigeria, in a city...
$17.00