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Humphreys, Jessica Dee

Summary: Recounts the experiences of Michel Chikwanine, who at age five was abducted during a schoolyard soccer game and forced to become a child soldier.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355 HUM

Anthony, Lawrence.

Summary: In this inspiring, heartfelt account, Lawrence Anthony, conservationist and coauthor of The Elephant Whisperer, traces his efforts to save the endangered northern white rhino.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2013

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 599.66 ANT

Juma, Liliane Leila

Summary: "Liliane Leila Juma was 16 years old when her family home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was destroyed by rebel soldiers. In this gut-wrenching memoir, she gives an account of her life before and after her family was torn apart by the twin nightmares of civil war and invasion. Sincere and revealing, it gives a moving account of a young girl's journey from a protected and secure family...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Tradewind Books 2020

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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 JUM

Butcher, Tim

Summary: The author recounts his audacious and perilous quest through the Congo as he retraced the 1874 expedition of explorer H. M. Stanley to map the Congo River, traveling alone with an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and dugout canoe, and aided by characters ranging from U.N. aid workers to a pygmy-rights advocate.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2008

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Woods, Vanessa

Summary: Traces how a Discovery Channel writer and her scientist fianc šettled in a Bonobo sanctuary in war-torn Congo, where their research enabled greater understanding of the characteristics and largely peaceful culture of the rare ape that shares 98.7 percent of human DNA.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599 WOO

Somaiya, Ravi

Summary: "A true story of spies and intrigue surrounding one of the most enduring unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, investigative reporter Ravi Somaiya uncovers the story behind the death of renowned diplomat and UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 341.23 SOM

Mbolela, Emmanuel

Summary: "A memoir of a Congolese political refugee's harrowing six-year journey from the DRC to the Netherlands"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MBOLELA, EMMANUEL MBO

Mukwege, Denis

Summary: "From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn from women's resilience, strength, and power. At the heart of Dr. Mukwege's message will be the voices of the many women he has worked with over the years. Dr. Mukwege will use individual cases to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.82 MUK

Dogon, Mondiant

Summary: "A stunningly beautiful and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for refugees everywhere One night when Mondiant Dogon, a Bagogwe Tutsi born in Congo, was very young, his father's lifelong friend, a Hutu man, came to their home with a machete in his hand and warned the family they were to be killed within...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOGON, MONDIANT DOG

Harkema, Graci

Summary: A diversity, equity and inclusion expert committed to empowering employees to perform to their potential as their true selves traces her own path to finding her place in the world, revisiting her experience growing up as an adoptee from the Congo in GrandRapids, Michigan.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Page Two 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARKEMA, GRACI HAR

Morvan, Jean David

Summary: "Award-winning writer JD Morvan and renowned photographer Abbas' stunning graphic novel masterpiece which uses iconic photos to uniquely illustrate the historical 'Rumble in the Jungle' boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. On the 30 th October 1974, the most famous boxing match of the 20th Century took place. Nicknamed the "Rumble in the Jungle", it pitted Muhammad Ali,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Comics 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.83 MOR

Uwiringiyimana, Sandra

Summary: The author shares the story of her survival during the Gatumba massacre, despite losing her mother and sister, and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 UWI

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