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After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self by Alexandra Elle

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Part memoir and part guide, Elle shares stirring stories from her own remarkable journey from self-doubt to self-love."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"12":0}">Part memoir and part guide, Elle shares stirring stories from her own remarkable journey from self-doubt to self-love.

The Politics of the Dead in Zimbabwe 2000-2020 Bones, Rumours & Spirits

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"An innovative and challenging study that provides fresh insights on the anthropology of death and postcolonial politics."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">An innovative and challenging study that provides fresh insights on the anthropology of death and postcolonial politics.

Uganda An Indian Colony by Samwiri Lwanga

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Carefully woven into one powerful narrative that zooms in on Indians in Uganda, and East African, Lwanga-Lunyiigo tells the commercial life of native Ugandans--from Bunyoro, Lango to Buganda powerfully roaming the Great Lakes region--before colonialism."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">Carefully woven into one powerful narrative that zooms in on Indians in Uganda, and East African, Lwanga-Lunyiigo tells the commercial life of native Ugandans--from Bunyoro, Lango to Buganda powerfully roaming the Great Lakes region--before colonialism.

The Hundred Wells of Salaga Ayesha Harruna Attah

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman.

Surfacing: On being black and feminist in South Africa

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The first collection dedicated to contemporary Black South African feminist perspectives. Leading feminist theorist, Desiree Lewis, and poet and feminist scholar, Gabeba Baderoon, have curated contributions by some of the finest writers and thought leaders into an essential resource. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">The first collection dedicated to contemporary Black South African feminist perspectives. Leading feminist theorist, Desiree Lewis, and poet and feminist scholar, Gabeba Baderoon, have curated contributions by some of the finest writers and thought leaders into an essential resource.

Even The Stars Look Lonesome by Maya Angelou

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking about the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects.

Re-imagining Rwanda by Johan Pottier

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media. Journalists, diplomats and aid workers struggled to find a way to make sense of the bloodshed. Johan Pottier's troubling study shows that the post-genocide regime in Rwanda was able to impose a simple yet persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators new to the region, and he explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"12":0}">The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media. Journalists, diplomats, and aid workers struggled to find a way to make sense of the bloodshed. Johan Pottier's troubling study shows that the post-genocide regime in Rwanda was able to impose a simple yet persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators new to the region, and he explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative.

Mothers in the Fatherland by Claudia Koonz

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"From the collapse of the Kaiser's regime to the destruction of Hitler in his bunker, Germany has been studied, explicated, and psychoanalyzed time and again. Yet there have been few detailed investigations into the historical and cultural roles played by German women in modern times. This important book, which \"Kirkus\" called \"original and intriguing,\" corrects this imbalance."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"12":0}">From the collapse of the Kaiser's regime to the destruction of Hitler in his bunker, Germany has been studied, explicated, and psychoanalyzed time and again. Yet there have been few detailed investigations into the historical and cultural roles played by German women in modern times. This important book, which "Kirkus" called "original and intriguing," corrects this imbalance.

Our Words, Our Worlds by Makhosazana Xaba

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"This groundbreaking, multi-genre anthology answers the question: what did the literary landscape look like in South Africa at the start of the twenty-first century? "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":14277081},"12":0}">This groundbreaking, multi-genre anthology answers the question: what did the literary landscape look like in South Africa at the start of the twenty-first century?

Dear Me by Auma Rita

A story about the author's fight with mental illness, anger and self hate

In Arcadia by Ben Okri

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":515,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"12":0}">A group of angry and ill-assorted people accept an invitation to make a journey. Inspired by a painting and financed by a mysterious benefactor, they set off to discover the real Arcadia. Or what remains of it.

Black Madness : Mad Blackness by Therí A. Pickens

<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The author rethinks the relationship between Blackness and disability, unsettling the common theorization that they are mutually constitutive. "}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">The author rethinks the relationship between Blackness and disability, unsettling the common theorization that they are mutually constitutive.