Read Around Africa Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Africa.
Best books from Africa (1157)
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Replenishing the Earth : Spiritual Values for Healing Ourselves and the World by Wangari Maathai EN
KenyaDescription:
An impassioned call to heal the wounds of our planet and ourselves through the tenets of our spiritual traditions, from a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize It is so easy, in our modern world, to feel disconnected from the physical earth. Despite dire warnings and escalating concern over the state of our planet, many people feel out of touch with the natural world. Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has spent decades working with the Green Belt Movement to help women in rural Kenya plant—and sustain—millions of trees. With their hands in the dirt, these women often find themselves empowered and “at h... continue
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The Green Belt Movement : Sharing the Approach and the Experience by Wangari Maathai EN
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Wangari Maathai, founder of The Green Belt Movement, tells its story including the philosophy behind it, its challenges, and objectives.
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A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller EN
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With over 2 million copies sold, Phillip Keller's beloved contemporary classic spans the decades with its uplifting insights on Psalm 23. Pairing Keller's sublime reflections with the New International Version, this edition sheds light for a new generation of readers on the nature and ways of sheep---and of the Good Shepherd who cares for them.
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From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada by Njoki Wane EN
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In this warm and honest memoir, celebrated academic Njoki Wane shares her journey from her parents' small coffee farm in Kenya, where she helped her mother in the fields as a child, to her current work as a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Moving smoothly between time and place, Wane uses memories, painful and tender, to show how her early lessons and the support given by her family allowed her to succeed as a woman of colour in the academy, and to later lift up her students facing their own difficult journeys.
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Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o DE
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Viele Jahre stand Matigari im Krieg gegen die weißen Kolonialisten und ihre schwarzen Handlanger. Jetzt will der Kämpfer, der dem Tod entkam, nach Hause, zu Frau und Kindern. Zu spät erkennt er, daß sein Freiheitskampf vergebens war. Zuhause ist kein Platz für ein aufrichtiges Leben, dort herrschen nun die Söhne derer, gegen die er einst kämpfte. Aber Matigari widersteht auch den neuen Machthabern. Seine Reden und Taten, vom Volksmund ausgeschmückt und überhöht, lassen ihn bald zur Legende werden, zu einer mystischen Figur. Eine Wiederkehr Ch... continue
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Barefoot over the Serengeti by David Read EN
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A real "Boy's Own" adventure - but Barefoot over the Serengeti is factual, not fiction. It is a unique and evocative tale of childhood adventure in a world that very few Europeans have experienced. Barefoot is a "must read" for anyone even remotely interested in Africa!
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Wij, aanmaakhout by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek NL
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Analytische annotatie: Drie jonge vrouwen dragen de psychische en fysieke gevolgen van hun tijd als kindsoldaat in Oeganda met zich mee, terwijl ze werken aan een betere toekomst.
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Singing Away the Hunger : The Autobiography of an African Woman by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya EN
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A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less privilege, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's voice is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of ""ordinary"" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways and the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born storyteller who has a subject worthy of her gifts - a story for all the world to hear.
