Blauer, Ettagale
Summary: "The African nation of Mauritania has faced many challenges throughout its history, and the people of this nation still suffer alleged human rights abuses today. The conflicts that have shaped this place are presented to readers through insightful text, but readers are also given a glimpse into the lives of the everyday people of Mauritania. Their festivals, artistic pursuits, games, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 966.1 BLASeymali, Noura Mint
Summary: "Arbina is Noura Mint Seymali's second international release. Delving deeper into the wellspring of Moorish roots, as is after all the tried and true way of the griot, the album strengthens her core sound, applying a cohesive aesthetic approach to the reinterpretation of Moorish tradition in contemporary context. The band is heard here in full relief; soaring vocals and guitar at the forefront,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT SEYSeymali, Noura Mint.
Contents: Eguetmar (3:22) -- Tzenni (5:15) -- El Barm (6:04) -- El Madi (3:11) -- El Mougelmen (3:59) -- Hebebeb (Zrag) (3:10) -- Soub Hanallah (5:12) -- Tikifite (3:35) -- Char'aa (2:28) -- Emin Emineïna Chouweynë (5:09).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Glitterbeat Records 2014
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT SEYCunnane, Kelly.
Summary: In Mauritania, West Africa, an Arab girl who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CUNContents: Desert storm (2:23) -- The western guys (3:52) -- Curfew (5:30) -- The griot speaks (1:12) -- We are M'berra (3:51) -- Skit in my heart (1:03) -- Reste à l'ombre (3:44) -- Desert storm pt. 2 (3:15) -- Moulan shakur (4:05) -- Docu-fiction (1:44) -- Dancing in a desert moon (3:58) -- Skit guit (2:48).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KHAOkeowo, Alexis
Summary: In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 OKESlahi, Mohamedou Ould.
Summary: "This is the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 SLADraycott, Jane (Jane Louise)
Summary: "The first biography of one of the most fascinating yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. Years ago, archaeologists excavating near Pompeii unearthed a hoard of Roman treasures, among them a bowl depicting a woman with thick, curly hair and sporting an elephant-scalp headdress. For decades, theories circulated about her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CLEOPATRA, QUEEN DRALivingston, Michael
Summary: "Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history. Juba, Numidian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIVSummary: "From Buenos Aires to Barcelona, Mississippi to Mauritania, this collection demonstrates the influence of the blues on musicians in every corner of the world"--Container.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Putumayo World Music 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES PUTSovich, Nina.
Summary: Documents the author's journeys through Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, discussing the inspiration for her travels, the women who adopted her into their ranks, and her discoveries about the region's forgotten areas and future promise.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013