Peter Brazaitis
Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs, and Other Extraordinary Creatures From catching alligators in the reservoirs of New York and capturing giant crocodiles in Venezuela and giant frogs in West Africa to finding mummified human heads ... [... more]
Random House |
Rough Guide West Africa 4e
 Not the best investment: At the moment, there are two main contenders on the market with comparable books on West Africa: Rough Guide and Lonely Planet. Neither is perfect. Rough Guide may feel a bit more professionally-made, and has been made on a [... more]
CDN$44.99
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Edward Gargan
Edward A. Gargan worked as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times in West Africa, China, India, and Hong Kong, was a magazine writer for the Los Angeles Times, and now covers Asia for Newsday. He was an Edward R. Murrow ... [... more]
Random House |
Sobonfu Some
Sobonfu Somé, whose name means "keeper of ritual," was born and raised in Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta. She is an initiated member of the Dagara tribe of West Africa. Sobonfu and her husband, Malidoma Somé, teach the [... more]
Harper Collins |
Shane W. Evans
Shane W. Evans is the illustrator of many books for children, including Hold the Flag High by Catherine Clinton. He has exhibited his art in West Africa and Paris and in Chicago, New York, and other major U.S. cities. He lives in Kansas City, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Fauziya Kassindja
For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death. Forced into an arranged marriage at age seventeen, Fauziya was ... [... more]
Random House |
Tarragon Mustard
Parts of West Africa that were colonized by the French have a near universal use of French-style condiments like mayonnaise and mustard. After one taste of this sharp, spicy homemade version, you'll find that it's worth the time to make your own. ... [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Liberian Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Black-eyed peas are a favorite ingredient in all of the regions of West Africa. There, traditional soups are rather plain, so to add corn, greens, and/or okra to this soup would be considered quite "fancy" by most West Africans. And if you add . [... more]
International Vegetarian Union |
Blood Diamonds
Not quite what I expected, but worth the read: I read 'Blood Diamonds' in hopes of putting a more human face on the Sierra Leone conflict which is often covered from the perspective of governments fighting rebels with little room for the on-the-ground [... more]
CDN$30.05
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A Dirty War in West Africa: The RUF and the Destruction ...
Author: Lansana Gberie Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 966.403 EAN: 9780253218551 ISBN: 0253218551 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: 2005-01 [... more]
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West Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade: ...
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 966.01 EAN: 9780718502478 ISBN: 0718502477 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: 2002-01-09 [... more]
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Colonial West Africa: Collected Essays
Author: Michael Crowder Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 966 EAN: 9780714629438 Edition: 1 ISBN: 071462943X Number Of Pages: 239 Publication Date: 1978-01-12 [... more]
CDN$156.28
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