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The Zanzibar chest

a story of life, love, and death in foreign lands
2004
African native and frontline reporter Aidan Hartley chronicles the experiences of his ancestors who emigrated from Britain to Sub-Saharan Africa during the mid-nineteenth century, and contrasts them with his own adventures on the continent.
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The Zanzibar chest

a story of life, love, and death in foreign lands
2003
African native and frontline reporter Aidan Hartley chronicles the experiences of his ancestors who emigrated from Britain to Sub-Saharan Africa during the mid-nineteenth century, and contrasts them with his own adventures on the continent.

Into the house of the ancestors

inside the new Africa
1998
Provides insight into the social revolution taking place in Africa in which indigenous inhabitants are reviving past cultural traditions, supporting economic independence, and sponsoring political reforms.

Stanley & Livingstone

the mercenary and the missionary
1997
A biographical look at explorers Henry M. Stanley and David Livingstone, examining the experiences of the two men as they journeyed through the wilds of Africa.

West African kingdoms

2002
Discusses the history of three important African kingdoms: Ghana, Mali, and Songhay.

The new Africa

dispatches from a changing continent
1999
Former "Christian Science Monitor" correspondent Robert Press chronicles the experiences he had while traveling in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa.

Into Africa

the epic adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
2003
Chronicles the lives and experiences of New York journalist Henry Morton Stanley and Scottish medical missionary David Livingstone, describing the circumstances of their 1871 encounter in Africa and the events that led to and stemmed from it.

African arts & cultures

1993
An illustrated introduction to the art and culture of Africa south of the Sahara, showing the diversity that exists among the different peoples of the region, and discussing the social, political, and economic themes that imbue their artwork.

The graves are not yet full

race, tribe, and power in the heart of Africa
2001
Investigates ethnic conflicts in Africa and discusses how they are a result of calculated tyranny, not age-old hatred.

Africa's turn?

2009
Examines the positive economic shift in sub-Saharan Africa that became noticeable in 1997, through the beginning of the twenty-first century, and discusses the fragility of the upturn; and offers the reactions of nine experts on the author's insights.

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