War
Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda - Scott Peterson
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
Online Resources: Websites, Articles, and Films
- NPR: Emerging Cultural Voices in Africa
- Leave the Bones and Catch the Landan exhibit from the Brandeis University Sudan Center
- Ladies First: A Film from Wide AngleA film about Rwandan women and their role in the healing process following war. Watch the full film online and find additional resources and materials.
- Lord's Children: A Film from Wide AngleThe story of 3 former child soldiers in Uganda and how they are piecing their lives back together.
- How Africa is Becoming the New AsiaAn article from Newsweek, February 19, 2010
- Heart of Darfur: A Film from Wide AngleThis film explores the lives of refugees affected by fighting and unrest in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Contemporary Africa
Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles - Richard Dowden
Global Studies: Africa (12th ed.) - edited by Thomas Krabacher, Ezekiel Kalipeni, and Azzedine Layachi
Presents comprehensive background information and statistics that examine social, political, and economic issues in various regions of Africa including post-Apartheid in South Africa and the fight to save the rainforests in the Congo.
Knowledge in the Blood: Confronting Race and the Apartheid Past - Jonathan D. Jansen
Understanding Contemporary Africa (4th ed.) - April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon
Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-ravaged Africa - Stephen Lewis
In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture - Kwame Anthony Appiah
Through African Eyes Vol. 1 : The Past, The Road to Independence; Volume 2 Culture and Society: Continuity and Change - Leon E. Clark
Africa (3rd ed.) - edited by Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara
Africa: A Biography of the Continent - John Reader
For Such a Time as This: African Leadership Challenges - Charles Stith
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Economics
Can Africa Claim the 21st Century? - Alan H. Gelb and the World Bank
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide - Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Tells the stories of women in Africa and Asia who have been victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality, and shows how girls' education and micro-finance can change their lives while providing a boost to the economies of developing countries.
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - Walter Rodney
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