africa

Ugandan teenager Esther, having been abducted with twenty-nine classmates by Joseph Kony's rebels, is forced to witness and commit atrocities, while American journalist Jane, who came to Africa to recover from a devastating divorce, is absorbed in a group of glamorous expatriates and searches for information about Esther and the other girls.

Painter Crowe and his team of elite operatives are recruited on a mission to rescue a pregnant American, who is the daughter of the president and has been kidnapped by Somali pirates, and, as Commander Gray Pierce and his team search the jungles of Africa, it becomes clear the woman is a pawn in a plot involving a priceless icon that holds terrifying powers.

A collection of twenty contemporary African short stories.

Describes the colonization of Africa in the late 19th and early 20th century by the five major European powers.

The author chronicles the journey he took through Africa nearly forty years after his first experiences on the continent as a teacher, and reflects upon the changes he saw.

Focuses on themes that relate to the continent as a whole or problems which have wide ramifications.