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AFRICAN AFFIRMATIONS: Songs for Patriots, by Askia Toure $14.95

“At a time when human existence is threatened by the absurdity of power and greed, Toure’ advances a poetry that celebrates and castigates, that kisses, curses and sings, reminding us as Blake, Whitman, Bly, Cardenal and Mackey that our soul emerges...

Pulsations, Vol.1, No.2, The Journal of New African Writing, Edited by Patrice Nganang $25.00

For me, the brutal forms of dictatorship we currently find on the African continent could only exist in republics vacated by custodians of the alphabet, in republics that became meaningless because writers were missing. Those republics were voided...

BLACK AESTHETICS: Beauty and Culture: An Introduction to African and African Diaspora Philosophy of Arts, John Ayotunde Isola Bewaji $39.95

Since its original publication in 2003, Beauty and Culture has remained the only full-length major book contribution to the area of philosophy of art and aesthetics by an African philosopher. This is an area which has had very little or no critical...

BIOPIRACY OF BIODIVERSITY: Global Exchange as Enclosure, by Andrew Mushita and Carol B. Thompson $29.95

Because seeds are a gift to each one of us, they are a gift to all. Ancient cultures increased this wealth by sharing cultivated seed, by giving it away. Today rich countries and corporations are taking seed and making it private property. They are...

THE SAGA OF AFRICAN UNDERDEVELOPMENT: A Viable Approach for Africa’s Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, by Tetteh A. Kofi and Asayehgn Desta $34.95

The Saga of African Underdevelopment examines in careful detail the economic conditions in Africa during the pre-colonial and colonial periods. The authors argue eloquently that most of the development paradigms that were used to transform African...

Ethiopia: From Punt to the Beginning of the 21st Century $34.95

For the past half-century, Ethiopia’s history, culture, and language have stood at the center ofnational political discourse—especially in debates over identity and communication. Today, theseissues have moved far beyond living room...

DREAM KINGDOM: New and Selected Poems, by Tijan M. Sallah $19.95

Dream Kingdom is a fascinating selection of the Gambian poet Tijan M. Sallah’s poetry, which in his own words reflects “the mystical and mythical basis for all poetry.” This book includes selections from most of the poet’s four collections of...

WASHING THE NEGRO WHITE: The Evolution of Thinking on African Economic Development, by Kwaku Adu-Opako $34.95

"Washing the Negro White" addresses the idea-historical recapitulation of the negative image of the African, which in the western concept of progress since the 17th century has been the focal point of his redemptive reconstruction. The crucial...