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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Best Price: $8.56 I had never heard of Immaculee Ilibagiza before I picked this book up in my local book store. I... | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda Best Price: $7.49 Philip Gourevitch, in We Wish to Inform You, has accomplished an incredible feat: a moral and... | The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur Best Price: $12.96 RATING: 4 out of 5
This was an extremely difficult book for me to finish. I would pick it... | A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It Best Price: $14.49 President Paul Kagame is a man who inspires a wide range of emotions in those who meet him. Some... | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Best Price: $5.49 What can I say about this book... It is not an easy read and it is important to realize that it... |
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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass Best Price: $6.39 What is Pride ? Is it `Pride' to Review a Classic ?
I've always loved the movie version of... | Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak Best Price: $8.36 Hatzfeld's book is a welcome addition to the published works on the subject of the Rwandan... | A History of Sub-Saharan Africa Best Price: $17.98 In the later decades of the 20th century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed,... | The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An Autobiography Best Price: $10.50 Very interesting first person account of a Maasai man who becomes western educationed and gives... | Another Day of Life Best Price: $7.89 Kapuscinski was the only journalist in Angola during that time. He arrived there in september, I... |
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Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda Best Price: $11.99 As stated above, Barnett was a staffer on the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in 1994 and thus had a... | Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart Best Price: $16.50 Published to rave reviews in the United Kingdom and named a Richard & Judy Book Club... | The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa Best Price: $8.49 I will not recite the many details already cited by the publishers and reviewers. What should... | The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur Best Price: $8.56 This is only the second book to make me furious and wanting to go out and take action. To allow... | African Nights: True Stories from the Author of I Dreamed of Africa Best Price: $3.97 I did volunteer work at Kuki's Ol Ari Nyrio in 11/07 and it was the most amazing experience of... |
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The Blue Nile Best Price: $6.98 I have been intensly interested in the Blue Nile for about a year now. My interest is primarily... | Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey Best Price: $2.90 As one of the earlier books written on the tragic subject of the genocide Keane's book might... | A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa Best Price: $6.99 the only reason this got 4 stars was amazons packaging. Smashed up the book pretty good. | Introduction To African Civilizations Best Price: $7.16 John G Jackson was a master of history, and I enjoyed this book: Clear, Comprehensive, lot of... | Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War Best Price: $4.00 Bowden has written a masterful account of the Black Hawk Down tragedy which became a famous Tony... |
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Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa, from Antiquity to the Formation of Mod Best Price: $10.19 In the words of John Henrik Clarke, "what we know as Black History, are actually the... | A Different Kind of War Story (Ethnography of Political Violence) Best Price: $20.25 I have never been so affected by a book than this. I had to heal myself after reading it. Years... | Uganda (Oxfam Country Profiles Series) Best Price: $8.95 Well written, organized, easy to read, brief, and engaging overview of Uganda: the geography,... | African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective Best Price: $19.31 The approach Connah takes with this text is that he is discussing Africa, excluding Egypt and... | The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda Best Price: $16.15 The Rwandan genocide has become a touchstone for debates about the causes of mass violence and... |
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Life Laid Bare: The Survivors in Rwanda Speak Best Price: $8.44 "To make the effort to understand what happened in Rwanda is a painful task that we have no... | The Rebels' Hour Best Price: $12.00 This book is as well-written as it is essential reading for an understanding of chaotic central... | King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Best Price: $26.00 I would like to present a review of Adam Hochschild's "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of... | From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years during Genocide (Focus on American History Series,Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin) Best Price: $16.63 In our time of displeasure at government bureacracies, in a climate of cynicism and lost hopes,... | The Africans Best Price: $3.34 Lamb writes about as well as anyone I know. No doubt, others write with greater understanding of... |
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Entebbe: A Defining Moment in the War on Terrorism--The Jonathan Netanyahu Story Best Price: $4.81 This is a book that on looks is not too inspiring, as the binding leaves a lot to be desired,... | Dear Exile : The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean Best Price: $0.98 This is a great book. I don't read very much. It is hard for me to find a book that is really... | Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa Best Price: $12.00 This book is a fantastic journey and inspires the adventuresome spirit. A beautiful sharing of a... | Angola: Promises and Lies Best Price: $10.97 Mr. Maier provides a basic education on the Angolan civil war of the 90's and the circumstances... | The African Slave Trade Best Price: $7.99 |
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Exiled Egyptians: The Heart of Africa Best Price: $12.00 My rating represents the average of full stars plus bonus stars for pushing the envelope with... | Into Africa: Intercultural Insights (Interact Series) Best Price: $21.90 "Into Africa, Intercultural Insights" by Richmond and Gestrin was recommended to me by... | African Guerrillas: Raging Against the Machine Best Price: $23.50 The subtitle is a play on the US rock band, Rage Against the Machine. But the tone is quite... | Angola: The Weight of History (Columbia/Hurst) Best Price: $50.00 Multiparty elections in 2008 will, it is hoped, cement a transition towards peaceful stability... | The African Dream: The diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo Best Price: $8.72 I must commend Guevara for his courage and idealism. I also believe that the diary was a candid... |
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Sobrevivir Para Contarlo: Como descubri a Dios en medio del holocausto en Rwanda Best Price: $8.71 The best book I have read in years. Nice story, good message of hope, forgiveness and faith. | Paths in the Rainforests: Toward a History of Political Tradition in Equatorial Africa Best Price: $24.98 A few years ago I read John Womack Jr.?s ?Zapata and the Mexican Revolution? which struck me as... | The Masai of Africa (First Peoples) Best Price: $20.39 | Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia Best Price: $17.96 The international humanitarian intervention in Somalia was one of the most challenging... | To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa Best Price: $2.75 This book notably advances understanding of the Bakers, wife/husband explorers extraordinaire. ... |
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Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone Best Price: $19.98 The fact that Dugard kept me turning pages and wondering if Stanley would live to see... | Beyond the Storm: Treating the Powerless & the Powerful in Mobutu's Congo/Zaire Best Price: $12.97 William T. Close M.D., Beyond the Storm: Treating the Powerless and the Powerful in Mobutu's... | In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo Best Price: $6.25 Anyone who wants to understand the Congo should read two books, Michela Wrong's In The Footsteps... | Maasai Best Price: $317.49 When I first saw the Maasai book I thought to myself, "Oh great another huge boring book I... | The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality Best Price: $24.81 The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality is written by veteran Congo scholar Thomas Turner. It... |
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The Tragic State of Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship Best Price: $22.95 The author lucidly creates both an historical timeline and a conceptual web of Congolese... | Modern History Of The Somali: Revised/Fourth Edition (Eastern African Studies) Best Price: $24.95 I.M. Lewis is the recognized expert on Somali cultural anthropology. He presents detailed and... | A Complicated War: The Harrowing of Mozambique (Perspectives on South Africa) Best Price: $15.00 Having spent my teenage years in Mozambique during the 1950s, I've always felt a strong affinity... | Introduction to African American Studies Best Price: $30.41 this book was extremely informative and i have a better understanding of the issues involved. ... | Silent Accomplice: The Untold Story of France's Role in the Rwandan Genocide Best Price: $28.56 Original review on Small Wars Journal.com
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Genocide in Rwanda: A Collective Memory Best Price: $8.07 Definitely intriguing and disturbing how humanity can be so cruel and evil to fellow humans.... | Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa (In-formation) Best Price: $20.92 Fiscal Disobedience represents a novel approach to the question of citizenship amid the... | | | |