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- The water princess / by Verde, Susan.; Reynolds, Peter H.(Peter Hamilton),1961-;
"The story of one young girl's quest to bring clean drinking water to her African village"--Provided by publisher.LSC- Subjects: Blacks; Water-supply;
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- The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC- Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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- Mount Kilimanjaro : the rooftop of Africa / by Watson, Galadriel Findlay.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.Describes the geology and ecosystem of Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's largest free-standing mountain, as well as the culture of the local people.- © 2009., Weigl,
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- Clever Tortoise : a traditional African tale / by Martin, Francesca;
Clever Tortoise leads the other jungle animals in teaching bullying Elephant and Hippopotamus a lesson by tricking them into engaging in a tug of war with each other.- Subjects: Tales; Jungle animals;
- © 2000., Candlewick Press,
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- Heart of darkness / by Conrad, Joseph,1857-1924.; Kish, Matt,1969-;
LSC- Subjects: Classics; Literary; Europeans; Imperialism;
- © 2013., Tin House Books,
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- The fever tree / by McVeigh, Jennifer.;
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- Subjects: Historical fiction.; British; Diamond mines and mining; Smallpox; Women;
- © c2013., G. P. Putnam's Sons,
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- China's second continent : how a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa / by French, Howard W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Chinese; Immigrants;
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- The shattered horn / by Hunter, Erin.;
In the African highlands, three unlikely allies--Echo, a water buffalo chosen by the Great Spirit to lead; Stride, a cheetah hiding a deadly secret; and Tailgrabber, a young hyena desperate to find peace--must hold their own against the coming storm.- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Animal fiction.; Water buffalo; Cheetah; Hyenas; Animals;
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- Realm of lost spirits / by Hunter, Erin.;
"As water dwindles and food becomes scarce, Whisper the water buffalo must embrace a strength she never knew. Stride the cheetah embarks on a dangerous journey to bring rain to Bravelands, but the quest will lead him into the underworld of spirits, where his most fearsome enemy awaits. And Breathstealer the hyena faces a choice. The Great Devourer pours poison in her ear, promising strength and survival for her and her entire clan. But his plans would send her down a dark path of no return."--- Subjects: Animal fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Cheetah; Water buffalo; Hyenas; Animals;
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- The race to be myself : a memoir / by Semenya, Caster,1991-author.;
"Olympian and World Champion Caster Semenya is finally ready to share the vivid and heartbreaking story of how the world came to know her name. Thrust into the spotlight at just eighteen years old after winning the Berlin World Championships in 2009, Semenya's win was quickly overshadowed by criticism and speculation about her body, and she became the center of a still-raging firestorm about how gender plays out in sports, our expectations of female athletes, and the right to compete as you are"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Semenya, Caster, 1991-; Intersex athletes; Olympic athletes; Women runners;
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