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Ce que je sais de toi

Dans le Caire des années 1980, un jeune médecin suit un destin tracé pour lui. Entre son dispensaire et le prestigieux cabinet hérité de son père, Tarek n’a que peu de place pour se poser des ...

Oh, Achouka!

By (author) Wanda Jemly
Illustrated by Tea S.
Categories: Children’s picture books

Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada

Examines how Margaret Laurence addresses decolonization and nation building in 1950s Somalia and Ghana, and 1960s and 1970s English Canada. Focusing on Laurence’s published works as well as her unpublished ...

Seven Grains of Paradise

By (author) Joan Baxter
Categories: History

Joan Baxter’s personal quest to learn about the fascinating and much neglected story about many kinds of food in Africa, a continent with a rich farming tradition, intricate cuisines, and a multitude ...

When Morning Comes

Written from the points of view of four young people living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto—Zanele, a black female student organizer; Meena, of South Asian background working at her father’s ...

The Uncertain Business of Doing Good

By (author) Larry Krotz
Categories: Development studies

The relationship between Westerners and Africa has long been conflicted and complicated. Frequently exploitative, it is also just as often propelled by an almost irresistible urge to ‘do good’. The ...

A Common Hunger

Geographically, demographically, and politically, South Africa and Canada are two countries that are very far apart. What they have in common are indigenous populations, which, because of their historical ...

Daughters of the Ark

A coming-of age story about two girls, separated in time by thousands of years, who are forced to leave their homes and make a dangerous journey to an unknown land.