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1) Africa
Pub. Date
2013.
Formats
Description
Africa is a six-part series that will awe with stunning photography and moving stories of survival on the continent with the most diverse animal life anywhere on our planet.
2) South Africa
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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Description
David, a young boy who lives in South Africa, describes the history, food, schools, and cities of the country.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation-and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposae of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory...
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Description
Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies--a decorated soldier, and a young aristocrat and Army officer--as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
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Description
"When Clemantine was twelve, she and her sister were granted refugee status in the United States; there, in Chicago, their lives diverged. Though their bond remained unbreakable, Claire, who had for so long protected and provided for Clemantine, was a single mother struggling to make ends meet, while Clemantine was taken in by a family who raised her as their own. She seemed to live the American dream: attending private school, taking up cheerleading,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Company, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
499 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history. In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe,...
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