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Africa : African Cultures and Societies before 1885. Falola, Toyin (Edt). Carolina Academic Pr, 2000.      DT20 .A61785 2000

African Folklore : An Encyclopedia. Peek, Philip M. (Edt), and Yankah, Kwesi (Edt). Taylor & Francis, 2003.        Ref. GR350 .A33 2004

African Imagination : Literature in Africa & the Black Diaspora. Irele, Abiola. Oxford Univ Pr, 2001.             PL8010 .I74 2001

African Kitchen : A Day in the Life of a Safari Chef. Stow, Josie, Baldwin, Jan (Pht), and Baldwin, Jan. Interlink Pub Group, 2000.
TX725.A4 S76 2000

African Religion : The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life. Magesa, Laurenti. Orbis Books, 1997.     BL2462.5 .M34 1997

African Spirituality : Forms, Meanings and Expressions. Olupona, Jacob Obafemi Kehinde (Edt). Natl Book Network, 2000.
BL2462.5 .A 375 2000

African Voices, African Lives : Personal Narratives from a Swahili Village. Caplan, Patricia. Routledge, 1997.
DT443.3 .S 92 C36 1997

Africanizing Knowledge : African Studies across the Disciplines. Falola, Toyin (Edt), and Jennings, Christian (Edt). Transaction Pub, 2002.        DT19 .A346 2002

Africa's Stalled Development : International Causes and Cures. Leonard, David K., and Straus, Scott. Lynne Rienner Pub, 2003.
HC800 .L465 2003

Aiding Violence : The Development Enterprise in Rwanda. Uvin, Peter. Kumarian Pr, 1998.     DT450.435 .U 95 1998

Art from Africa : Long Steps Never Broke a Back. Mcclusky, Pamela, Thompson, Robert Farris, and (Cor), Seattle Art Museum. Princeton Univ Pr, 2002.       N7391.65 .M28 2002

Art of African Textiles. Clarke, Duncan. Pub Group West Promotional, 1997.   NK8888.75 .C58 2002

Boyhood : Scenes from Provincial Life. Coetzee, J. M. Penguin USA, 1998.        PR369.3 .C 582463 1998

Boyhood Rituals in an African Society : An Interpretation. Ottenberg, Simon. Univ of Washington Pr, 1989.         DT515.45 .I33 O88 1989

Bushman Myth : The Making of a Namibian Underclass. Gordon, Robert J., and Sholto-Douglas, Stuart. Perseus Books, 1999.                   DT1558 .S38 G67 2000

Causes of War and the Consequences of Peacekeeping in Africa. Laremont, Ricardo Rene (Edt). Heinemann, 2001.
DT30.5 .C38 2002

Child Care and Culture : Lessons from Africa. Levine, Robert A., et al. Cambridge Univ Pr, 1996.   DT433.545 .G86 C55 1996

Chinua Achebe : Pure and Simple : An Oral Biography. Egejuru, Phanuel Akubueze. Michigan State Univ Pr, 2001. ON ORDER

Chinua Achebe Encyclopedia. Booker, M. Keith (Edt). Greenwood Pub Group, 2003. Ref. PR9387.9 .A3 Z459 2003

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Bloom, Harold (Edt). Chelsea House Pub, 2001.   PR9387.9 .A3 T52396 2003

Cord of Blood : Possession and the Making of Voodoo. Lovell, Nadia. Stylus Pub Llc, 2003. BL2470 .T6 L68 2002

Cracks in the Wall : Nadine Gordimer's Fiction and the Irony of Apartheid. Uledi Kamanga, Brighton J. Africa World Pr, 2002.
PR9369.3 .G6 Z92 2002

Cultural Transformation and Human Rights in Africa. Naim, Abd Allah Ahmad (Edt), and An-Na'im, Abdullahi A. (Edt). Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.    KQC572 .C85 2002

Culture and Customs of Ghana. Salm, Steven J., and Falola, Toyin. Greenwood Pub Group, 2002.   DT510.4 .S25 2002

Culture and Customs of Kenya. Sobania, Neal. Greenwood Pub Group, 2003. GN659 .K4 S63 2003

Culture and Customs of Nigeria. Falola, Toyin. Greenwood Pub Group, 2001.     DT515.4 .F35 2001

Culture and Customs of Somalia. Abdullahi, Mohamed Diriye. Greenwood Pub Group, 2001.   GN650 .S65 A34 2001

Culture and Customs of South Africa. Afolayan, Funso. Greenwood Pub Group, 2004. GN656 .A36 2004

Culture and Customs of the Congo. Mukenge, Tshilemalema. Greenwood Pub Group, 2001. DT649 .M85 2002

Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe. Owomoyela, Oyekan. Greenwood Pub Group, 2002.    DT2908 .O96 2002

Culture Shock! South Africa. Rissik, Dee. Graphic Arts Center Pub Co, 2002. DT1052 .R57 2001

Daughters of the Goddess, Daughters of Imperialism : African Women Struggle for Culture, Power and Democracy. Amadiume, Ifi. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.   HQ1236.5 .A35 A46 2000

Devil That Danced on the Water : A Daughter's Quest. Forna, Aminatta. Pub Group West, 2003.   CT2448 .F67 A3 2002 b

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight : An African Childhood. Fuller, Alexandra. Random House Inc, 2003. DT2990 .F85 2003

Dramatic Art of Athol Fugard : From South Africa to the World. Wertheim, Albert. Indiana Univ Pr, 2002. PR9369.3 .F8 Z95 2000

Dress and Adornment. Magubane, Peter, and Klopper, Sandra. Weatherhill, 2003. GT1588 .M34 2001

Droughts, Food and Culture : Ecological Change and Food Security in Africa's Later Prehistory. Hassan, Fekri A. (Edt). Kluwer Academic Pub, 2002.   GN861 .D76 2002

Ethiopia : Breaking New Ground. Parker, Ben, and Woldegiorgis, Abraham. Stylus Pub Llc, 2003. HC845 .P37 2003

Ethiopia, the Unknown Land : A Cultural and Historical Guide. Munro-Hay, S. C., and Munro-Hay, Stuart. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
DT381 .M86 2002

Emma's War. Scroggins, Deborah. Random House Inc, 2002.
DT157.672 .S37

End of Apartheid in South Africa. Eades, Lindsay Michie. Greenwood Pub Group, 1999. DT1757 .E33 1999

Endangered Peoples of Africa and the Middle East : Struggles to Survive and Thrive. Hitchcock, Robert K. (Edt), and Osborn, Alan J. (Edt). Greenwood Pub Group, 2002.   GN635 .N42 E53 2002

Feeding Desire : Fatness Beauty, and Sexuality Amoung a Saharan People. Popenoe, Rebecca. Routledge, 2003. HQ1170 .P65 2004

Female “Circumcision” in Africa : Culture, Controversy, and Change. Shell-Duncan, Bettina (Edt), and Hernlund, Ylva (Edt). Lynne Rienner Pub, 2001. GN484 .F443 2001

Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Devereux, Stephen (Edt), and Maxwell, Simon (Edt). Stylus Pub Llc, 2001. HD9017.A357 F66 2001

From Cape to Congo : Southern Africa's Evolving Security Challenges. Baregu, Mwesiga (Edt), Landsberg, Christopher (Edt), and (Cor), International Peace Academy. Lynne Rienner Pub, 2003.
DT1182 .F76 2003

Gods of Noonday : A White Girl's African Life. Orr, Elaine Neil. Univ of Virginia Pr, 2003. CT2528 .O77 A3 2003

Graves Are Not yet Full : Race, Tribe and Power in the Heart of Africa. Berkeley, Bill. Perseus Books Group, 2002. DT352.8 .B46 2001

Great Ideas for Teaching About Africa. Bastian, Misty L. (Edt), and Parpart, Jane L. (Edt). Lynne Rienner Pub, 1999. DT19.9 .U5 G74 1999

Great Lakes of Africa : Two Thousand Years of History. Chretien, Jean-Pierre, and Straus, Scott (Trn). Mit Pr, 2003. DT365.5 .C4613 2003

Hair in African Art and Culture. Sieber, Roy (Edt), and Herreman, Frank (Edt). Prestel Pub, 2000. GT2295 .A35 H35 2000

Hobbit. Tolkien, J. R. R., and Lee, Alan (Ilt). Houghton Mifflin, 1997.      PR6039 .O30 H62 1997

Homesteads. Magubane, Peter (Pht), and Klopper, Sandra. Weatherhill, 2003.   TH4809 .S6 M34 2001

Hunting Pirate Heaven : In Search of the Lost Pirate Utopias of the Indian Ocean. Rushby, Kevin. Walker & Co, 2003. DT468 .R87 2003

In Praise of Black Women : Modern African Women. Schwarz-Bart, Simone, et al. Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 2003.     HQ1123 .S37913 2001

In the Heart of the Country. Coetzee, J. M. Penguin USA, 1982. PR9369.3 .C58 I5 1982

In the Shadow of Marriage : Gender and Justice in an African Community. Griffiths, Anne M. O. Univ of Chicago Pr, 1997.
DT2458 .K84 G75 1997

Inside Sudan : Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe. Petterson, Donald, and Petterson, Don. Perseus Books Group, 2003.         DT157.5 .P47 2003

Into the House of the Ancestors : Inside the New Africa. Maier, Karl. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999. DT352.8 .M35 1998

Inventing Masks : Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende. Strother, Z. S. Univ of Chicago Pr, 1999. DT650 .P46 S77 1998

J. M. Coetzee. Head, Dominic. Cambridge Univ Pr, 1998.
PR9369.3 .C58 Z68 1997

Jambo, Mama. Atwood, Melinda. Q E D Pr, 2000. DT434 .N3 A89 2001

Key Events in African History : A Reference Guide. Falola, Toyin. Greenwood Pub Group, 2002.    DT20 .F35 2002

King Leopold's Ghost : A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Hochschild, Adam. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
DT655 .H63 1999

Law, Culture, Tradition, and Children's Rights in Eastern and Southern Africa. Ncube, Welshman (Edt). Ashgate Pub Co, 1998.
KQC145 .M55 L39 1998

Layers of Time : A History of Ethiopia. Henze, Paul B. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. DT381 .H465 2000 c

Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night. Magona, Sindiwe. Interlink Pub Group, 2002. PR9369.3.M335 L58 2003

Madumo : A Man Bewitched. Ashforth, Adam. Univ of Chicago Pr, 2000. BF1584 .S6 Z7 2000

Mande Potters & Leatherworkers : Art and Heritage in West Africa. Frank, Barbara E. Smithsonian Inst Pr, 2001.
DT474.6 .M36 F73 1998

Market Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa : Theory and Evidence. Fafchamps, Marcel. Mit Pr, 2003. HC800 .F33 2004

Marriage in Maradi : Gender and Culture in a Hausa Society in Niger, 1900-1989. Cooper, Barbara M. Heinemann, 1997.
DT547.45 .H38 C66 1997

Me against My Brother : At War in Somalia, Sudan, and Rwanda. Peterson, Scott. Routledge, 2001.    DT407.4 .P48 2001

Men Own the Fields, Women Own the Crops : Gender and Power in the Cameroon Grassfields. Goheen, Miriam. Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1996.   DT571 .N74 G64 1996

Modern History of the Somali : Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Lewis, I. M. Ohio Univ Pr, 2002.       DT403 .L395 2002

New Africa : Dispatches from a Changing Continent. Press, Robert M., and Press, Betty (Pht). Univ Pr of Florida, 1999.
DT 353. P74 1999

Nine Hills to Namobnkaha : Two Years in the Heart of an African Village. Erdman, Sarah. Henry Holt & Co, 2003.   DT545.9 .N36 E73 2003

No Shortcuts to Power : African Women in Politics and Policy Making. Goetz, Anne Marie (Edt), and Hassim, Shireen (Edt). Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. HQ1236.5 .S6 N6 2003

Once We Were Hunters : A Journey with Africa's Indigenous People. Weinberg, Paul (Pht), et al. Transaction Publishers, 2002.
GF750 .O53 2003

Peacekeeping in Africa : Capabilities and Culpabilities. Berman, Eric G., and Sams, Katie E. Renouf Pub Co Ltd, 2000. ON ORDER

Politics of the Womb : Women, Reproduction, and the State in Kenya. Thomas, Lynn M. Univ of California Pr, 2003.
HQ 1796.5. T48 2003

Postcolonial Narrative and the Work of Mourning : J.M. Coetzee, Wilson Harris, and Toni Morrison. Durrant, Sam. State Univ of New York Pr, 2003.   PR9369.3 .C58 Z65 2004

Power of African Cultures. Falola, Toyin. Boydell & Brewer Inc, 2003.       DT14 .P68 2003

Pride, Faith, and Fear : Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. Quinn, Charlotte A., and Quinn, Frederick. Oxford Univ Pr, 2003.
BP64 .A37 Q56 2003

Return of the King : Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings. Tolkien, J. R. R. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.   PR6039 .O32 L6 2001 pt.3

Road to Middle-Earth : How J.R.R. Tolken Created a New Mythology. Shippey, Tom A. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
PR6039 .O32. Z824 2003

Sierra Leone : Diamonds and the Struggle for Democracy. Hirsch, John L. Lynne Rienner Pub, 2000.   DT516.826 .H57 2001

Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Johanson, Richard K., and Adams, Arvil V. World Bank, 2004.    LC1047.A357 J64 2004

Smugglers, Secessionists & Loyal Citizens on the Ghana-Toga Frontier : The Life of the Borderlands since 1914. Nugent, Paul. Ohio Univ Pr, 2003. DT582.45 .E93 N84 2002

Speaking with Vampires : Rumor and History in East and Central Africa. White, Luise. Univ of California Pr, 2000. GR355.6 .W48 2000

Spices of Life : Piquant Recipes from Africa, Asia & Latin America. Wells, Troth. Interlink Pub Group, 2001.    TX725 .A1 W456 2001

Splintered Light : Logos and Language in Tolkien's World. Flieger, Verlyn. Kent State Univ Pr, 2002.    PR6039 .O32 S5325 2002

Surrender or Starve : Travels in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea. Kaplan, Robert D. Random House Inc, 2003. DT367.8 .K37 2003

Symbols of Africa. Owusu, Heike. Sterling Pub, 2000.
GN645 .O8813 2002

Tale of a Maasai Girl. Sicard, Grace M. Trans-Atlantic Pubns, 1998. DT433.545 .M33 S52 1999

Teen Life in Africa. Falola, Toyin (Edt), and Lerner, Richard M. (Frw). Greenwood Pub Group, 2004.          HQ799.8 .A35 T44 2004

Trouble Showed the Way : Women, Men, and Trade in the Nairobi Area, 1890-1990. Robertson, Claire C. Indiana Univ Pr, 1997.            DT433.545 .K55 R63 1997

Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa : Miracle or Model? Graybill, Lyn S. Lynne Rienner Pub, 2002.   DT1974.2 .G73 2002

Two Towers. Tolkien, J. R. R. Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
PR6039 .O32 L6 1983

Uncertain Promise of Southern Africa. Bradshaw, York (Edt), and Ndegwa, Stephen N. (Edt). Indiana Univ Pr, 2001.
DT1166 .U53 2000

Underneath of Things : Violence, History, and the Everyday in Sierra Leone. Ferme, Mariane C. Univ of California Pr, 2001.
DT516.45 .M45 F47 2001

United Nations Peacekeeping in Africa since 1960. Macqueen, Norrie. Addison-Wesley, 2002.    DT352.8 .M28 2002

Village of Waiting. Packer, George, and Gourevitch, Philip (Frw). Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001.     DT582.27 .P33 2001

Waiting for the Barbarians. Coetzee, J. M. Penguin USA, 1982. PR9369.3 .C58 W3 1982

Wanderings : Sudanese Migrants and Exiles in North America. Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa. Cornell Univ Pr, 2002.
E184 .S77 A28 2002

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families : Stories from Rwanda. Gourevitch, Philip. Bt Bound, 2003.        DT450.435 .G68 1999

When Victims Become Killers : Colonialism, Nativism and the Genocide in Rwanda. Mamdani, Mahmood. Princeton Univ Pr, 2002. DT450.435 .M35 2002

Witchcraft, Power and Politics : Exploring the Occult in the South African Lowveld. Niehaus, Isak A., Mohlala, Eliazaar, and Shokane, Kally. Stylus Pub Llc, 2002. BF1584 .S6 N54 2001

Woman between Two Worlds : Portrait of an Ethiopian Rural Leader. Olmstead, Judith. Univ of Illinois Pr, 1997.
DT380.4 .G19 O55 1997

Women and Land in Africa : Culture, Religion and Realizing Women's Rights. Wanyeki, Lynne Muthoni (Edt). Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
HD6077.2 A35 W66 2003

Workers and Warriors : Masculinity and the Struggle for Nation in South Africa. Waetjen, Thembisa. Univ of Illinois Pr, 2004.
DT1768.Z95 W33 2004

World of Babies : Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies. Deloache, Judy S. (Edt), and Gottlieb, Alma (Edt). Cambridge Univ Pr, 2000.   GN482 .W67 2000

Writing Ghana, Imagining Africa : Nation and African Modernity. Korang, Kwaku Larbi. Boydell & Brewer Inc, 2003.     DT511 .K66 2003

Yoruba Gurus : Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa. Falola, Toyin. Africa World Pr, 2000.       DT515.45 .Y67 F353 1999

Yoruba Hometowns : Community, Identity, and Development in Nigeria. Trager, Lillian. Lynne Rienner Pub, 2001.
DT515.45 .Y67 T73 2001

Zimbabwe Culture : Origins and Decline of Southern Zambezian States. Pikirayi, Innocent, and Vogel, Joseph O. (Frw). Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2001. DT2942 .P55 2001

*last updated 9/07/2004