#johnlecarre #African #interpreter #congolese #BritishIntelligence #thriller #love 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

"Bruno Salvador, known to friends and enemies alike as Salvo, is the ever-innocent twenty-nine-year-old orphaned love child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese woman. Educated first at a mission school in the East Congolese province of Kivu and later at a discreet sanctuary for the secret sons of Rome, Salvo is inspired by his mentor, Brother Michael, to train as a professional interpreter in the minority African languages of which, almost from birth, he has been an obsessive collector." "Soon a rising star in his profession, he is courted by London corporations, hospitals, law firms, the immigration services, and - inevitably - the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. He is also courted - and won - by Penelope, a white upper-class star reporter on one of the great national newspapers, whom with typical impulsiveness he promptly marries. Yet even as the story opens, a contrary and irresistible love is dawning in him." "Dispatched by British Intelligence to a no-name island in the North Sea to attend a top-secret meeting between Western financiers and East Congolese warlords, Salvo is obliged to interpret matters never intended for his reawoken African conscience. The Mission Song recounts Salvo's heroically naive journey out of the dark of Western hypocrisy and into the heart of lightness."--BOOK JACKET.

The Mission Song

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards

It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places.

And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders.

But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace.

After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony?

The Binti Series
Book 1: Binti
Book 2: Binti: Home
Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade

Praise for Nnedi Okorafor:

"Binti is a supreme read about a sexy, edgy Afropolitan in space! It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and age-old African diplomacy. Unforgettable!" - Wanuri Kahiu, award winning Kenyan film director of Pumzi and From a Whisper

"A perfect dove-tailing of tribal and futuristic, of sentient space ships and ancient cultural traditions, Binti was a beautiful story to read." - Little Red Reviewer


"Binti is a wonderful and memorable coming of age story which, to paraphrase Lord of the Rings, shows that one girl can change the course of the galaxy." - Geek Syndicate


"Binti packs a punch because it is such a rich, complex tale of identity, both personal and cultural... and like all of Nnedi Okorafor's works, this one is also highly, highly recommended." - Kirkus Reviews


"There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." -Ursula Le Guin


"Okorafor's impressive inventiveness never flags." - Gary K. Wolfe on Lagoon

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Binti: Home

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#paperback #romance #african #asian #interracial #family #drama #fiction #booktok #bookstagram 

Florida

At twelve years old, Azere promised her dying father she would marry a Nigerian man and preserve her culture. Her mother has been vigilant about helping her to stay within the Nigerian dating pool ever since. But when another match goes wrong, Azere ends up at a bar where she meets Rafael Castellano, a man who is tall, handsome, and... white. When their one-night stand unexpectedly evolves into something serious, Azere is caught between her feelings for Rafael and the compulsive need to please her mother. Can she be with him without compromising her identity?

Ties That Tether

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This book was marked excellent even though the dust jacket is a mess. It is vintage, and there is no writing or rips in the inside of this book.  Also, please note that this is a signed copy . #Vintage #Folktales #African #Signed #Ostriches #Lions #AfricanFolktales #Folklore #childrens antique kids

Lion and the ostrich chicks

Oregon

A Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe.

Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro, who is proud of his two beautiful daughters. Nyasha is kind and considerate, but everyone--except Mufaro--knows that Manyara is selfish and bad-tempered.

When the Great King decides to take a wife and invites the most worthy and beautiful daughters in the land to appear before him, Mufaro brings both of his daughters--but only one can be queen. Who will the king choose?

Award-winning artist John Steptoe's rich cultural imagery of Africa earned him the Coretta Scott King Award for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters. The book also went on to win the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. This stunning story is a timeless treasure that readers will enjoy for generations.

 * Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration
 * Caledcott Honor
 * Reading Rainbow Book
 * Boston Globe-Horn Book

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

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#hardcover #race #africa #family #friendship #african #mallanunn 

Alabama

Edgar Award nominee stuns in this heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school where two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.

Adele Joubert loves being one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy. She knows the upcoming semester at school is going to be great with her best friend Delia at her side. Then Delia dumps her for a new girl with more money, and Adele is forced to share a room with Lottie, the school pariah, who doesn't pray and defies teachers' orders.

But as they share a copy of Jane Eyre, Lottie's gruff exterior and honesty grow on Adele, and Lottie learns to be a little sweeter. Together, they take on bullies and protect each other from the vindictive and prejudiced teachers. Then a boy goes missing on campus and Adele and Lottie must rely on each other to solve the mystery and maybe learn the true meaning of friendship.

When the Ground Is Hard

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#African #lullabies #nurseryrhymes #children #bedtime #bedtime-stories #stories #nursery-rhymes #CD #music
 Storybook with accompanying CD with 29 sounds

Representing 11 languages originating from Central and West Africa and brought to life with lavish illustrations, this collection's rhymes and lullabies soothe babies to sleep as the songs travel from one country and one language to another. Lyrics are reproduced in the original language and translated into English, followed by notes on the origin and cultural context of each song. The accompanying CD features 29 songs from 10 countries--including Rwanda, the Ivory Coast, and Senegal--each one unique in language and sound, recorded with indigenous instruments and exquisitely performed by women, men, and children. This delightful, enchanting production captures the staccato rhythm of the children's rhymes and the poetry of the language as well as a sense of the heritage and tradition of each culture.

Songs From the Baobab

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#hardcover #african #novel #epic #debut #love #music 

North Carolina

A Novel

Taduno's Song

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California

African Folktales

#paperback #folktale #african #kids #children #childrensbook #livingbook #fable #tales #westafrica


Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A West African Folk Tale

Chinye lives with her cruel stepmother and lazy stepsister, but her life changes for the better when a mysterious old woman in the forest directs her to a magic gourd.

Chinye

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 #PreceptsForLiving #UMI #Commentaries #TeachingHelp #Scripture #KingJamesVersion #NewLivingTranslation #Christian #Cd #African box 83

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Precepts for Living

Helps African Americans to enhance personal and group study of the Bible. This title includes teaching tips and activity suggestions; verse-by-verse explanation of Scripture; Greek and Hebrew word studies; and, profiles of significant African Americans.

The Umi Annual Commentary

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Virginia

When Dr. Philip Taiwo is called on by a powerful Nigerian politician to investigate the public torture and murder of three university students in Port Harcourt, he has no idea that he's about to be enveloped by a perilous case that is far from cold. Philip is not a detective. He's an investigative psychologist, an academic more interested in figuring out the why of a crime than actually solving it. But when he steps off the plane and into the dizzying frenzy of the provincial airport, he soon realizes that the mob-driven murder of the Okriki Three isn't as straight forward as he thought. With the help of his loyal and streetwise personal driver, Chika, Philip must work against those actively conspiring against him to parse together the truth of what happened to these students. A thrilling and atmospheric mystery, and an unforgettable portrait of the contemporary Nigerian sociopolitical landscape, LIGHTSEEKRERS is a wrenching novel tackling the porousness between the first and third worlds, the enduring strength of tribalism and homeland identity, and the human need for connection in the face of isolation.

Lightseekers

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#paperback #likenew #selfhelp #finance #money #wealth #african 

A Sister's Guide to Healing Your Bank Account and Funding Your Dreams in 7 Simple Steps

"A motivating guide to claiming financial health and success that speaks to the unique money challenges of Black women and offers empowering steps to healing."-Ebony

"Thoughtful, holistic, heartfelt advice."-USA Today

If you're tired of feeling powerless over your finances and are ready to start funding your dreams, then come on, girl-it's time to get your money straight! Author and financial expert Glinda Bridgforth knows that healthy money management is rarely just about dollars-it's about getting to the root of why we spend what we do and recognizing the emotional and cultural issues that play out in our unhealthy financial habits.Girl, Get Your Money Straight!presents her seven-step program for holistic financial healing-an upbeat, empowering road map that you can use to identify your heart's desires, break away from negative spending patterns, pay off outstanding debts, develop a spending plan, conquer the checkbook blues, and create new wealth.

Filled with Bridgforth's warmhearted wisdom and advice, and complete with worksheets, exercises, affirmations, and inspiring stories of African American women who have found financial peace of mind,Girl, Get Your Money Straight!is a fresh, fun, and eminently practical guide to healing your bank account and building a life that you love.

Girl, Get Your Money Straight

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Introduce young readers to the life of a Kenyan child in this sweetly imagined, whimsically illustrated picture book.

Imagine you live in a small Kenyan village, where the sun rises over tall trees filled with doves. You wake to the sound of a rooster's crow, instead of an alarm clock. Your afternoon snack is a tasty bug plucked from the sky, instead of an apple. And rather than kicking a soccer ball across a field, you kick a homemade ball of rags down a dusty road.

But with so much going on around you, it's just as easy for a Kenyan and American child to forget what your mama asked you to do!

For You Are a Kenyan Child

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#hardcover #africanamerican #myth #african #theoldhermitandtheboywhocouldntstoplaughing The last two pages had stuck together but it is only the authors page. Book is totally readable. 

An African Fable

A young boy named Osade teases an old hermit until the hermit puts a spell on the boy, who finds he cannot stop laughing.

The Old Hermit and the Boy Who Couldn't Stop Laughing

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#paperback #women’s biography #African American History

The voice of a black female slave, written in her own hand, as she struggles for identity and freedom. What is it to serve a master? What is it to know you are bought free? Read for yourself.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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#hardcover #african #detective #fiction #firstedition #koayode #mystery #thriller #crime #nigeria 

Michigan

#Christian fiction, #African American lawyers, #legal stories

Louisiana





A highly relevant and gripping novel that challenges us to ask what it means to forgive while seeking justice and to pursue reconciliation while loving others as ourselves.

Adisa Johnson is living her dream of practicing law with a prestigious firm in downtown Atlanta. Then a split-second mistake changes the course of her career.

Left with no other options, Adisa returns to her hometown where a few days earlier a white police officer shot an unarmed black teen who is now lying comatose in the hospital.

Adisa is itching to jump into the fight as a special prosecutor but feels pulled to do what she considers unthinkable as a young black woman--defend the officer.

As the court case unfolds, everyone in the small community must confront their own prejudices. Caught in the middle, Adisa also tries to chart her way along a path complicated by her budding relationship with a charismatic young preacher who leads the local movement demanding the police officer answer for his crime.

In a small Georgia town where racial tensions run high and lives are at stake, can one lawyer stand up for justice against the tides of prejudice

 * A stand-alone legal drama
 * Book length: approximately 120,000 words
 * Includes discussion questions for book clubs

A Time to Stand

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No dust jacket #paperback #fiction #historicalfiction #africanamericans #homegoing #african #bookstagram 

Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard First Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Oprah.com, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Mother Jones, BuzzFeed, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ghana, eighteenth century: two half sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages, each unaware of the other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort in the palatial rooms of the notorious Cape Coast Castle. The other will be captured in a raid on her village, imprisoned in the very same castle, and shipped off to America to be sold into slavery. With breathtaking scope, Homegoing follows the parallel paths of these sisters and their descendants through eight generations: from the slave traders of the Gold Coast to the plantations of Mississippi, from the Asantes' struggle against British colonialism to the first stirrings of the American Civil War, from the jazz of twentieth-century Harlem to the sparkling shores of modern Ghana. Yaa Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.

Homegoing

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There is a bit of wear and tear in the bottom of the back cover, I think. Contemporary African literature. Larger paperback format.

Exile

#africa #politicalscience #international #african #black

Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse--much worse.

InDead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined--and millions continue to suffer. Provocatively drawing a sharp contrast between African countries that have rejectedthe aid route and prospered and others that have become aid-dependent and seen poverty increase, Moyo illuminates the way in which overreliance on aid has trapped developing nations in a vicious circle of aid dependency, corruption, market distortion, and further poverty, leaving them with nothing but the "need" for more aid. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries that guarantees economic growth and a significant decline in poverty--without reliance on foreign aid or aid-related assistance.

Dead Aid is an unsettling yet optimistic work, a powerful challenge to the assumptions and arguments that support a profoundly misguided development policy in Africa. And it is a clarion call to a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.

Dead Aid

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#africa #african #poc #blm #annahibiscus #singing #paperback 

New York

Anna sings for the president, gets in a terrible tangle with her hair and visits the other side of the city.

Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!

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#hardcover #folktale #fairytale #myths #african #bipoc #black #stories #ya #childrens 

Massachusetts

(African Folklore Book for Teens and Adults, Illustrated Stories and Literature from Africa)

Tales of East Africa is a collection of 22 traditional tales from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Welcome to a world of magical adventure--a place where a boy spares the life of a fearsome monster, a flock of doves brings a girl back from the dead, and a hare wreaks havoc among all the other animals.

Translated and transcribed by folklorists and anthropologists in the early 20th century, these stories evoke the distinctive beauty and irresistible humor of East African folklore.

* The tales come alive alongside bold, contemporary art in this special illustrated edition.
* Each story transports readers to an enthralling world.
* Part of the popular Tales series, featuring Tales of Japan, Celtic Tales, and Tales of India

Tales of East Africa will enthrall fans of fairytales and captivate those interested in East Africa's rich history and culture.

Readers will encounter mischievous animals, plucky heroes and heroines, and monsters, and artist Jamilla Okubo pairs each tale with a bold and vibrant illustration.

* A visually gorgeous book that will be at home on the shelf or on the coffee table.
* A perfect gift for fairy tale and folklore lovers, fans of East African culture, people of East African ancestry, collectors of illustrated classics, adults and teens alike, and bibliophiles
* Add it to the collection of books like The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith, Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela, and Indaba My Children: African Folktales by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

Tales of East Africa

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Arizona

Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa 1595

Presents the fictional diary of thirteen-year-old Nzingha, a sixteenth-century West African princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of the Portuguese slave traders.

John Le Carré

The Mission Song

Nnedi Okorafor

Binti: Home

Jane Igharo

Ties That Tether

Ashley Bryan

Lion and the ostrich chicks

John Steptoe (Illustrator)

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Malla Nunn

When the Ground Is Hard

Chantal Grosléziat (Compiled by); Paul Mindy (Produced by); Elodie Nouhen (Illustrator)

Songs From the Baobab

Odafe Atogun

Taduno's Song

A. Ceni

African Folktales

Obi Onyefulu; Evie Safarewicz

Chinye

Vincent Bacote (Editor); Fred Carter (Illustrator)

The Umi Annual Commentary

Femi Kayode

Lightseekers

Glinda Bridgforth

Girl, Get Your Money Straight

Kelly Cunnane; Ana Juan (Illustrator)

For You Are a Kenyan Child

Kimani C. Toussaint; Alice I. Toussaint (Editor); Princess E. Toussaint (Editor); Alphonso Lassiter (Illustrator)

The Old Hermit and the Boy Who Couldn't Stop Laughing

Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Femi Kayode

Lightseekers

Robert Whitlow

A Time to Stand

Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Jakob Ejersbo

Exile

Dambisa Moyo; Niall Ferguson (Foreword by)

Dead Aid

Atinuke; Lauren Tobia (Illustrator)

Hooray for Anna Hibiscus!

Jamilla Okubo

Tales of East Africa

Patricia C. McKissack

Nzingha