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Keyword: Africa
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AFRICA
Edited by Thomas Krabacher, Ezekiel Kalipeni, and Azzedine Layachi. Nine topical articles discuss HIV/AIDS and other health problems, development issues, and emerging leaders, while country profiles are ... more>>>
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AFRICA: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles 
By Richard Dowden. "At last—a book about Africa the way it is," enthuses BBC reporter Michael Buerk. Some chapters tackle big ideas: factors that shaped Africa’s post-colonial history, ... more>>>
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AFRICA: Opposing Viewpoints
Edited by David M. Haugen. What are the most serious problems facing Africa. What economic policies will benefit Africa? What is the state of democracy and human rights? How can the West help bring peace ... more>>>
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AFRICA: Our Global Village
Students learn about Africa by counting in Swahili, creating ceremonial masks, studying maps, making a mural reflecting Africa's cultures, and taking part in a harvest festival.Clearance item -- Price ... more>>>
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AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT'S COLLEGE GUIDE: Your One Stop Resource for Choosing the Right College, Getting In, and Paying the Bill
By Isaac Black. From Black Excel, a top African American college guidance service, comes an all-inclusive guide to choosing the best school for African American students. The book discusses everything ... more>>>
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AFRICAN KINGDOMS: Kids Discover
Laid out like an eye-catching travel magazine, this much-needed, full-color resource explores the Nile kingdoms (Kush and Nubia), Ghana’s golden land, Mali and Songhai, and kingdoms of Africa’s grasslands ... more>>>
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CONCISE OXFORD COMPANION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, The
Edited by William L. Andrews, et al. Compact yet thorough (over 400 entries), this accessible guide captures the sweep of African American writing in the U.S. from colonial days to the present. It offers ... more>>>
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CULTURE AND SOCIETY—CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: Through African Eyes, Volume 2
Topics addressed are childhood, adolescence, marriage, and family. Free teacher's guide with order of 20 or more copies. 331 pages. ©2000.View a ... more>>>
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KID'S GUIDE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, A
By Nancy I. Sanders. Activities, songs, and games offer a hands-on approach to the people, experiences, and events that shaped African American history. Sidebars found throughout give capsule descriptions ... more>>>
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NOTES FROM MY TRAVELS: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Ecuador
By Angelina Jolie. "Angelina's journals document her awakening as a humanitarian activist, and I hope they will move readers to act," writes Jane Goodall. Jolie, traveling as a goodwill ambassador ... more>>>
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PAST—THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE: Through African Eyes, Volume 1, The
High interest readings convey African history in four chapters: "The African Past," "The Coming of the European," "The Colonial Experience," and "The Rise of Nationalism: Freedom Regained." 288 pages. ... more>>>
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SOUTH AFRICA IN WORLD HISTORY
By Iris Berger. Emphasizing the nation's social and cultural history, this book covers the Stone and Iron Ages, the advent of the Dutch and slavery, the British conquest, the discovery of gold and diamonds, ... more>>>
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THROUGH AFRICAN EYES
Edited by Leon E. Clark. Using primarily the writings of Africans themselves—drawn from fiction, periodicals, historical documents, and memoirs—these books examine the continent's past and ... more>>>
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WORLD ART AND CULTURE
These colorful, sturdy books examine cultures around the world through their art. Large, engaging photographs draw the reader in, and student-friendly text includes bolded words that indicate glossary ... more>>>
| Books | HEL261-WEB, HEL262-WEB, HEL263-WEB... |
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50 FACTS THAT SHOULD CHANGE THE WORLD
By Jessica Williams. Jaw-dropping facts rivet attention to global issues: A third of the planet is currently at war, 30 million Africans are HIV positive, more than 150 countries sanction torture. Short ... more>>>
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CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY LITERATURE BUNDLE
Explore apartheid in 1940s South Africa as written by Alan Paton in his classic novel of searching for justice in an unjust land. Includes a class set of 30 paperback copies of the novel; a Center for ... more>>>
| Books, Reproducibles, DVD | ZB330-WEB, MCM203-WEB, CFL335-WEB... |
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AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN
Elizabeth Yates's Newbery Award-winning novel tells the story of a boy taken from his African home and sold at auction in Boston prior to the Revolution. By dint of hard work and help from a kind master, ... more>>>
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ANCIENT–1500
Subjects examined include river-valley civilizations, faith and belief, classical-era Greece and Rome, class and gender, European and Japanese feudalism, Islam and the West, early African and American ... more>>>
| Books | HS380-WEB, HS441-WEB |
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BILL OF RIGHTS, The
By John J. Patrick. From colonial times to the present, this volume studies the periodic expansion and contraction of American rights. Chapters cover the colonists’ inherited ideas about a citizen’s rights, ... more>>>
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BRITISH EMPIRE IN COLOR, The
Three programs document the British Empire's decline, fall, and legacy, employing the immediacy of full color but little sentimentality. Episode 1 concerns the 1920s, the British Raj, Canada, WWII, ... more>>>
| DVD, Books | AY103DV-WEB, RH348-WEB |
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CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, The
By Larry Gonick. World history moves quickly across the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, capturing momentous events and clay-footed heroes in wacky comic book panels with wry captions. "At ... more>>>
| Books | ZB105-WEB, RH205-WEB, RH206-WEB... |
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CHILDREN JUST LIKE ME
By Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley. Suchart, a Thai boy, wears the saffron robe of a Buddhist novice. Sabah, a Bedouin girl in Jordan, lives with her 23 brothers and sisters in a large tent during the summer. ... more>>>
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CHINA
Edited by Zhiqun Zhu. The People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are covered in country profiles and over 30 articles. Articles include "China's Complicit Capitalists," "When China Met Africa," ... more>>>
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CHINUA ACHEBE: A World of Ideas
The Nigerian author and activist speaks here with Bill Moyers on his work, both political and literary. In the course of this thought-provoking conversation, filmed in 1988 and predating the democratic ... more>>>
| DVD, Reproducibles, Books | FHM344DV-WEB, CFL540-WEB, DD343-WEB |
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COLOR OF WEALTH: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide, The
By Meizhu Lui et al. Why do people of color have so little wealth? Published in conjunction with United for a Fair Economy, this revealing book analyzes the nation's wealth divide, the government's role ... more>>>
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COMPARATIVE POLITICS 10/11: Annual Editions
This anthology of 40 articles offers perspectives on political processes and institutions. Main topics include citizen participation; political constituencies; public policy; executive, legislative, judicial, ... more>>>
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CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY
Directed by Darrell James Roodt. Filmed in South Africa, the 1995 adaptation of Alan Paton's classic novel of murder's aftermath remains faithful to the book's compassionately told story of the search ... more>>>
| DVD, Reproducibles, Books | SV799DV-WEB, CFL335-WEB, MCM203-WEB |
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