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A Training School for Elephants. by Roberts, Sophy.;
In 1879, King Leopold II commissioned Frederick Cart to ship four tame Asian elephants from India to the East African coast with the aim to establish a training school for African elephants. Following in the footsteps of the four elephants, Sophy Roberts pieces together the story of this long-forgotten expedition and reveals an extraordinary - and enduring - story of colonial greed, hypocrisy, and folly.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY; HISTORY / Africa / East; HISTORY / Africa / General; HISTORY / Indigenous / Contact, European Invasion;
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The Arabs : a history / by Rogan, Eugene L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Arab nationalism.; Petroleum industry and trade; Islam and politics; Imperialism.;
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Afterlives / by Gurnah, Abdulrazak,1948-author.;
Restless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops; after years away, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away. Hamza was not stolen, but was sold; he has come of age in the schutztruppe, at the right hand of an officer whose control has ensured his protection but marked him for life. Hamza does not have words for how the war ended for him. Returning to the town of his childhood, all he wants is work, however humble, and security - and the beautiful Afiya. The century is young. The Germans and the British and the French and the Belgians and whoever else have drawn their maps and signed their treaties and divided up Africa. As they seek complete dominion they are forced to extinguish revolt after revolt by the colonised. The conflict in Europe opens another arena in east Africa where a brutal war devastates the landscape. As these interlinked friends and survivors come and go, live and work and fall in love, the shadow of a new war lengthens and darkens, ready to snatch them up and carry them away.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Colonies; Homecoming; Interpersonal relations;
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Love in color : mythical tales from around the world, retold / by Babalola, Bolu,author.;
In her debut collection, Bolu Babalola retells the most beautiful love stories from history and mythology with incredible new detail and vivacity. Focusing on the magical folktales of West Africa, Babalola also reimagines Greek myths, ancient legends from the Middle East, and stories from long-erased places.
Subjects: Fairy tales.; Folk tales.; Short stories.; Love;
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World music : the rough guide / by Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark.; Trillo, Richard.;
Includes discographies at the end of each chapter and index.v. 1. Africa, Europe and the Middle East -- v. 2. Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific.
Subjects: World music; World music; World music;
© 1999-2000., Rough Guides,
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The Homes We Carry. by Akele, Brenda,film director.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 2022.A filmic portrait of a family torn apart by the turmoil of world history between Germany, Mozambique and South Africa, at the center of which is the Afro-German mother Sarah. She wants her young daughter to have the relationships she lacked as a child, so she travels with her to Africa, where her own father and the child's father are waiting for them. During this visit, Sarah's father, Eulidio, remembers his time as a Mozambican contract worker in East Germany.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; History.;
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The East Indian : a novel / by Charry, Brinda,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company's outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants--boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London--must work the tobacco plantations. Orphaned and afraid, Tony initially longs for home. But as he adjusts to his new environment, finding companionship and even love, he can envision a life for himself after servitude. Set during the early days of English colonization in Jamestown, before servitude calcified into racialized slavery, The East Indian gives authentic voice to an otherwise unknown historic figure and brings the world he would have encountered to vivid life"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; East Indians; Indentured servants;
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Arab Israeli Dialogue. by Rogosin, Lionel,film director.; Kenan, Amos,actor.; Hussein, Rashed,actor.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Amos Kenan, Rashed HusseinOriginally produced by Kino Lorber in 1974.The passionate final documentary from Lionel Rogosin (On the Bowery, Come Back Africa), in which Palestinian poet Rashed Hussein and Israeli writer Amos Kenan seek dialogue toward a possible solution to the never-ending conflict. Never before have both sides discussed a mutual problem so frankly, and so willingly. Rogosin provides an open forum for two formidable intellects to discuss the fates of their nations, and the ever-receding possibility of peace.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Middle East.; Current affairs.; History.;
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Dream trips of the world : 100 destinations and itineraries to make you bucket list a reality / by Balfour, Amy C.,author.; Lonely Planet Publications (Firm);
"The definitive bucket list travel guide featuring 100 dream trips across the world -- packed with insights and knowledge from Lonely Planet experts so you can make them happen. Adventures throughout the book feature spectacular photography, the ideal itinerary, practical planning information, and tales from travellers who have experienced the trip, plus background coverage of the regional specialities. Travel themes include culture, history, activities, food and drink, and simply exploring an amazing new destination"--
Subjects: Guidebooks.; International travel; Travel; Voyages around the world;
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The invention of good and evil : a world history of morality / by Sauer, Hanno,author.; Heinrich, Jo,translator.; translation of:Sauer, Hanno.Moral.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What makes us moral beings? How do we decide what is good and what is evil? In the vein of Sapiens comes a grand history of our universal moral values at the moment of their greatest crisis. How did we learn to distinguish good from evil? Have we always been capable of doing so? And will we still be in the world to come? In this breathtaking book, ethics expert Hanno Sauer offers a great universal history of morality in the era of its darkest crisis. He finds that morality existed long before there was talk of God, religion, or philosophy. Its history is, first of all, the fruit of a process of natural selection, going back to the dawn of humanity, in the forests of East Africa which, five million years ago, thinned out owing to climate change. Among the early humans that came down from the trees, there were also our ancestors, who adapted to open spaces by organizing themselves into large groups. Under the pressure of environmental factors, morality emerges as the foundation for cooperation, a quality that is as precarious as it is essential to the survival of the species. Moving between paleontology and genetics, psychology and cognitive science, philosophy and evolutionism, Sauer traces a genealogy of morality and along the journey, marks the main moral transformations in the history of humanity. In the end, he concludes that millions of years of stratifications has led to the moral crisis of our present--and the only way to build a future together is to retrace our history."--
Subjects: Ethics;
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