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The Invention of Women by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The “woman question,” this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">The “woman question,” this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures.

Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey by Marcus Garvey

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"This anthology contains some of Marcus Garvey's most noted writings as well as powerful speeches on unemployment, leadership, and emancipation. Essential reading for students of African-American history, this volume will also serve as a useful reference for anyone interested in the history of the civil rights movement."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">This anthology contains some of Marcus Garvey's most noted writings as well as powerful speeches on unemployment, leadership, and emancipation. Essential reading for students of African-American history, this volume will also serve as a useful reference for anyone interested in the history of the civil rights movement.

A History of the Luo-Speaking Peoples of Eastern Africa by Bethwell A. Ogot

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"In this book, the author has created a complex and rich narrative from how the over 1,400 languages spoken in Africa evolved; why occupation has been an important aspect of African perceptions of identify; why certain places were attractive and how trade routes altered the comparative value of places; and how in turn, trade fostered the development of more complex societies."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">In this book, the author has created a complex and rich narrative - from how the over 1,400 languages spoken in Africa evolved; why occupation has been an important aspect of African perceptions of identity; why certain places were attractive, and how trade routes altered the comparative value of places; and how in turn, trade fostered the development of more complex societies.

On the Job by Lisa Kanyomozi Rabwoni

A conglomeration of a young woman’s experiences and questions about being.

Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home by Sisonke Msimang

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"In this sparkling account of a young girl’s path to womanhood, Sisonke interweaves her personal story with her political awakening in America and Africa, her euphoria at returning to the new South Africa, and her disillusionment with the new elites. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">In this sparkling account of a young girl’s path to womanhood, Sisonke interweaves her personal story with her political awakening in America and Africa, her euphoria at returning to the new South Africa, and her disillusionment with the new elites.

The Portuguese Period in East Africa by Justus Strandes

The Portuguese period in East Africa

The African Origin of Civilization by Cheikh Anta Diop

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.

Decolonisation Pathways Edited by Jimmy Spire Ssentongo

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"This book is an effort by Ugandan scholars at making sense of the intricate challenges of the African postcolonial situation. It tackles a wide range of areas, including: education, research, gender, migration, cultural identity, and environment. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">This book is an effort by Ugandan scholars at making sense of the intricate challenges of the African postcolonial situation. It tackles a wide range of areas, including: education, research, gender, migration, cultural identity, and environment.

The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Maathai

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa, even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves, who, she argues, are culturally deracinated, adrift between worlds.

The Land Is Ours: Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa’s first black lawyers, who operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession and forced labour, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">The Land Is Ours tells the story of South Africa’s first black lawyers, who operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In an age of aggressive colonial expansion, land dispossession, and forced labor, these men believed in a constitutional system that respected individual rights and freedoms, and they used the law as an instrument against injustice.

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty” is an unabashed ode to living with, and despite, pain and mortality"}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">An unabashed ode to living with, and despite, pain and mortality.

Telling Our Stories of Home by Kathy A. Perkins (Ed.)

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"What is home? The answer seems obvious. But Telling Our Stories of Home, an international collection of eleven plays by and about women from Lebanon, Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda, Palestine, Brazil, India, UK, and the US, complicates the answer."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">What is home? The answer seems obvious. But Telling Our Stories of Home, an international collection of eleven plays by and about women from Lebanon, Haiti, Venezuela, Uganda, Palestine, Brazil, India, the UK, and the US, complicates the answer.