Summary: A retrospective of music from Burkina Faso that includes numerous rarities from the 60s onwards.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Duane, Anna Mae

Summary: "Educated for Freedom" explores the story of two fugitive schoolboys who grew up to change a nation"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2020

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Summary: The second offering in the Gerald Kraak annual anthology, As You Like It, is a collection of the short-listed entries submitted for the Gerald Kraak Award. This anthology offers a window into deeply located visions and voices across Africa. It brings together stories of self-expression, identity, sexuality, and agency, all located within Africa and its legacy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jacana 2018

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Gurnah, Abdulrazak

Summary: The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 1994

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Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Summary: "Melodic, uplifting Latin and African songs are the essence of this musical journey. Grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and enjoy this beautiful music from the coffee lands"--Container.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1997

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Contents: Bayi l'ense / The Lijadu Sisters -- Tax drive / Oriental Brothers International -- Bokonor / Bunzu Soundz -- Mind your business / Saxon Lee & The Shadows International -- Graceful Bird / War-Head Constriction -- Moghie nu te eka tse mu / Lucas Tala -- Ariya / Aura (Aspiritual Emanation) -- Mbembe / Celestin Nyam ft. Voices of Darkness -- Aja wondo / Christie Azumah & The Uppers International

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Africa Seven Records 2022

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Contents: Nomathemba (South Africa) (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) -- Mimi (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Mapumba) -- Lonon (Cameroon) (Kaïssa) -- Douyoré (Guinea) (Famoro Dioubaté) -- Agalilala (Uganda) (Samite) -- Usa cheme (Zimbabwe) (Chiwoniso) -- Ikope ye tollo (Equatorial Guinea) (Hijas del sol) -- Mali sadio (Mali) (Habib Koité & Bamada) -- Salaman (Mali) (Toumani Diabaté with Ballaké Sissoko) -- Kula...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2008

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Summary: African music by various artists.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ellipsis Arts 1994

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Konan, Antoinette

Contents: Kokoloko tani -- M'ackô -- Enfants du monde -- Abijan Adja -- Evignen -- Yalé.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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DJ Black

Summary: South African dancefloor scorchers from DJ Black Low, shared beyond the region for first time by the ever reliable Awesome Tapes From Africa. The internet is remaining tight lipped about this fella right now, but it ain't hard to hear the serious dancefloor levels across 'Uwami', working to the side of Amapiano and Gqom styles with lip-bitingly tight Afro-house grooves darkened by gloomy pads,...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Awesome Tapes From Africa 1982

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Gurnah, Abdulrazak

Summary: "From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa. When he was just a boy, Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops. After years away, fighting against his own people, he returns home to find his parents gone and his sister,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022

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Sands, Philippe

Summary: "An account of the making of modern international law and one woman's fight for justice"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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Kabaka, Remi

Contents: Kabaka -- New reggae funk -- Sure thing -- Future of a 1000 years -- All black festival -- Aqueba masaaba -- African hustle -- Meteorite -- Blue Lagos -- Follow your needs.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Driscoll, Joe

Contents: Tamala -- Just live -- Tokira -- Monistic theory -- Batafa -- Barra -- Rising tide -- Wama -- Badiya -- Master blaster.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Summary: "Ready to go away? The experts at Fodor's are here to help. We're bringing you the very best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, Tanzania's Serengeti, Botswana's Kwando Reserve, and more. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure that you have all the essential information to plan a perfect trip and make the most of your time"--Page 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023

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Alostmen (Musical group)

Contents: Kologo / (feat. Wanlov the Kubolor) (4:17) -- Teach me / (feat. Villy) (3:43) -- Fauziah / (feat. Yaa Pono) (3:07) -- Minus me / (feat. Gyedu Blay Ambolley) (4:14) -- Do good / (feat. Medikal) (3:24) -- Bayiti (5:13) -- Carry me go / (feat. Eli Muzik) (3:50) -- Tanga (4:46) -- Killer fear die (4:00) -- Lorogo (3:20) -- Atubga (3:24) -- Baba (3:15) -- Teach me (original Ghana mix) (3:43) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Ekemode, Orlando Julius

Contents: Buje buje -- Love thy neighbour -- Aseni -- Sangodele -- Jaiyede afro -- Omo oba blues -- Be counted -- In the middle -- Alafia.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: Continental drift: explosive musical connections.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2001

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Kokoko (Musical group)

Contents: Likolo -- Azo toke -- Buka dansa -- Identite -- Malembe -- L.o.v.e. -- Tongos'a -- Zala mayele -- Singa -- Kitolo -- Tokoliana.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Contents: Supuki -- Tewali sukali -- 190819 -- Gunjula -- Black kaveera -- 160819 -- Mukaagafeero -- Busoga -- Salongo -- Bwola -- 170819.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Vaudou Game.

Contents: Not Guilty (feat. Roger Damawuzan) -- Anniversaire -- Tata Fatiguee -- La Chose -- Pas La Peine -- Lucie -- Soleil Capricieux -- Bassa Bassa -- Something Is Wrong (feat. Roger Damawuzan) -- Grasse Mat -- Sens Interdit -- Roberto -- Tassi.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hot Casa Records 2018

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Sah Bi, Jess

Summary: "In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi & Peter One became one of the most popular musical acts in not just the Ivory Coast (C te d'Ivoire), but broader West Africa, eventually performing with a full band to stadiumsized audiences at home and throughout Benin, Burkina Faso and Togo. Although they'd been popular radio and television performers for several years prior, the catalyst for Jess and...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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