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Book Collection - African theme - $12,345 (coquitlam)
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The Sunday Philosopy Club - Alexander McCall Smith (hardcover) $3
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate - Alexander McCall Smith (hardcover) $3
not about Africa
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Akimbo and the Crocodile Man - Alexander McCall Smith (softcover) $2
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Akimbo and the Lions - Alexander McCall Smith (softcover) $2
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Shadows of Brightness - Stephen Jackson & Brian Wexham (hardcover) $5
Off the internet:
Africa is a captivating paradox. An abundance and variety of wildlife, haunting landscapes and people of great endurance. These photographs depict the richness of life in Kenya.
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A Window on Africa Ethiopian Portraits - Hans Silvester (hardcover) $7
Off the internet
“My little red window has become almost a mirror image of the startling changes taking place today in Africa, where so many conflicts have arisen from the coming together of different peoples, creating a chaotic jumble of humanity that obliges vastly different cultures and languages to bond together to form some kind of community. My window has captured a moment in time, nothing more, nothing less, and in its endless stream of faces we can see the diversity of humankind, its customs and its religions, in a place that the old world now has to share with the new, with strangers who are here to stay.” -Hans Silvester
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Abantu An Introduction to the Black People of South Africa - Dr.Martin West (hardcover) $7
Photographer Jean Morris
Off the internet
Dr.Martin West and Jean Morris have collaborated to create an image of words and pictures of what remaines of the traditional African way of life in South Africa. All the major groups are described;their customs,rituals and dress are shown and the meanings discussed. This is a record of a way of life centuries old but now,inexorably,drawing to an end,It may well be that at some point in the future,all that will remain of this proud heritage will be its oblique reflection in the new emerging black society.
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Visions of Africa - David Wall (hardcover) $5
Off the internet
The Scenic beauty, wildlife and fascinating cultures of Africa are showcased in this sumptuous volume. Covering the whole of the continent 'Visions of Africa' is divided into four regions - North, East, West and Southern Africa. Each region is introduced by an essay on the landscape and people, and informative captions provide further information on particular places, animals or people. Lavish full-color photography brings to life the majesty and mystery of the Sahara Desert, the incredible rock churches of Ethiopia, the rain forests of Equatorial Africa, the rich wildlife of the East African savanna, the enigmatic ruins of Great Zimbabwe, and much more.
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Black Child- Peter Magubane (softcover) $15
Text NOT in English. All photos in Black & White. Photographs vividly portray the effects of apartheid on the daily life and social conditions of Black children in South Africa
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight An African Childhood - Alexandra Fuller (softcover) $2
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A Blade of Grass - Lewis Desoto (softcover) $2
Off the internet
Set on the border between South Africa and an unnamed country, A Blade of Grass is the taut story of two women, one white and one black, who struggle to save their farm and, ultimately, their lives
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The Ghosts of Africa - William Stevenson (first edition hardcover) $7
Off the internet
A fictional account of the adventures of Paul von Lettow, the World War I Prussian commander who created the first modern guerilla army, follows von Lettow and his soldiers as they successfully battle the British in Africa
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West with the Night - Beryl Markam (softcover) $2
Her experiences growing up on a farm in Njaro, Kenya.
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AmaZulu - Walton Golightly (softcover) $2
Off the internet
1818, south east on the summit of a low hill, encircled by a foe six times their number, fifteen hundred men armed with cowhide shields and short stabbing spears sit and wait as the midday sun blazes overhead. Calm in the face of the horde gathering below, they know it's a good day for dying… but a better one for killing
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A Sport of Nature - Nadine Gordimer (hardcover) $3
Off the internet
This ninth novel by Gordimer deals with South Africa, her native land, with the emerging black leadership of surrounding states and with the ways in which human beings survive physically, emotionally and morally under, and struggle against, racism and injustice.
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Chronicler of the Winds - Henning Mankell (softcover) $2
Off the internet
The story is set in an unnamed port city in Africa which resembles Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, where the author often lived and worked. The narrator is a baker who finds a ten-year-old boy named Nelio. The boy has been shot on the stage of a theatre, and he tells the baker his life story and all his troubles, including living on the street.
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Whitethorn - Byrce Courtenay (softcover) $2
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Vintage book, Animals in Africa - Peter & Philippa Scott (hardcover) $10
1st Edition Published 1962 London, England
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This oversized book published 63 years ago by the well known naturalist, Peter Scott. Full of photographs, some in colour taken by his wife, Philippa. Animal species extinction, conservation of both wildlife and wilderness are the themes.
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Some Wilbur Smith hardcover:
The Quest $2
The Triumph of the Sun $2
Vicious Circle $2
Golden Fox $2
Wilbur Smith paperback:
Elephant Song $1
The Angels Weep $1
Golden Lion $1
Assegai $1
Pharaoh $1
Dresert God $1
King of Kings $1
War Cry $1
Monsoon $1
Courtney's War