Summary: In an unidentified French-speaking West African country, chaos reigns as civil war erupts. For the rebels, it's time to banish the 'white material' -- white folk and the trappings of white life. Among these is the Vial coffee plantation inhabited by Maria, her ex-husband Andre, their son Manuel, and his grandfather Bernard, a white family of French origin. Their terrified workers have fled,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WHISummary: The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties, a child soldier, in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala and starring Idris Elba.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2021
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD BEACopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BEAHam, Anthony
Summary: Lonely Planet West Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Senegalese music scene in Dakar, sun yourself in the coastal paradise of Freetown, or hike through lush highlands in Kpalime; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of West Africa and begin your journey now! Inside...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 916.604 LONSummary: The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDPaul, Miranda
Summary: Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CEECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PAUSearcey, Dionne
Summary: "In 2015, Dionne Searcey was covering the economy for The New York Times, living in Brooklyn with her husband and three young children. Saddled with the demands of a dual-career household and motherhood in an urban setting, her life was in a rut. She decided to pursue a job as the paper's West Africa bureau chief, landing with her family in Dakar, Senegal, where she found their lives turned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEARCEY, DIONNE SEASummary: Ossei is a strong-willed young man who sets out to rescue his mother when their village is raided. His quest leads him to the stronghold of the dreaded King Adanggaman, an arrogant despot who thrives on the slave trade and uses fierce female warriors to enforce his power. One of these Amazons, herself a former slave, falls in love with Ossei, and they escape to the bush.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ADAPreston, Richard
Summary: The 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic was the deadliest ever--but the outbreaks continue. Now comes a gripping account of the doctors and scientists fighting to protect us, an urgent wake-up call about the future of emerging viruses--from the #1 bestselling author of The Hot Zone, soon to be a National Geographic original miniseries. This time, Ebola started with a two-year-old child who likely had...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.5 PREBaka Beyond (Musical group)
Contents: Mbé (6:22) -- Migrations (8:40) -- Mountain song (6:11) -- Konti (6:39) -- Cotu (6:39) -- Land's end (5:33) -- Soiridh leis (6:12) -- Queen of Ngorongoro (5:24).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hannibal Records 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT BAKToure, Ali Farka
Contents: Savanne (5:16) -- Lobbo (4:34) -- Diarabi (5:01) -- Tongo barra (5:35) -- Tamalla (5:55) -- Mahine me (2:40) -- Ali hala abada (5:02) -- Alakarra (2:59).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: In 1890s West Africa, when a brutal raid leaves their home in ruins, twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are kidnapped, sold into slavery, and separated, remaining connected through shared dreams of water, but will their fates ever draw them back together?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ATTShaffer, Tanya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.03 SHAFFER, TANYA SHAOnuzo, Chibundu
Summary: A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ONUContents: 7: Calypso, palm-wine, mento, joropo, string band. Sons and daughters of Africa / Lord Beginner -- Royal wedding / The Lion -- The hydrogen bomb / The Mighty Terror -- Modern telephone / Dai Dai Simba -- Wa sise / Willie Payne, the Starlight Tempos -- The emperor of Africa / The Mighty Terror -- Bongo man / Louise Bennett -- My handy man / Marie Bryant -- Tortoise mambo / Nigerian Union Rhythm...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT LONOshomah, Waziri.
Contents: Forgive them oh God amin - amin -- Emoi Khakiegwi aghumheile -- Igwegi baba -- Iyuchele opomumhe -- Alhaji yesufu sadu ...et al.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Luaka bop 2022
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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OSHAfro Celt Sound System (Musical group)
Contents: 1. North -- 2. North 2 -- 3. When you're falling -- 4. Colossus -- 5. Lagan -- 6. Shadowman -- 7. Life begin again -- 8. Further in time -- 9. Go on through -- 10. Persistence of memory -- 11. Silken whip -- 12. Onwards.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Real World Records 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN AFRAbouet, Marguerite
Summary: "Our favorite troublemaker is back in this graphic novel collection of wild childhood adventures set on the Ivory Coast! Akissi and her posse are still wreaking havoc wherever they go. Join her as she tackles skeletons, plays matchmaker with mixed results, dreads moving to the wolf-infested wilds of Paris, and writes poetry, which stinks."--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ABOKneib, Martha
Summary: "The West African nation of Benin was once a French colony, but today, it has its own government, economic system, and rich culture. Readers explore Benin's past and present while discovering the keys to its future as they encounter fact-filled main text presented alongside helpful sidebars and internet links that encourage further research. In addition, readers are able to take a hands-on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cavendish Square 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 966.83 KNEBarron, Rena
Summary: Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval. There's only one thing Arrah hasn't tried, a deadly last resort: trading years of her own life for scraps of magic. Until the Kingdom's children begin to disappear, and Arrah is desperate to find...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BARAdeyemi, Tomi
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2019
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Contents: Forgive them oh God (Amin-amin) -- Jealousy -- Alhaji Yesufu Sado managing director -- Omhona-omhona -- Ovini omoekeke Alhaji Inu Umoru -- Okhume ukhaduame -- My luck (feat. Madam Hassanah Waziri and her velvet voice).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OSHMoss, Todd.
Summary: Stymied by infighting and turf battles after being appointed director of the new State Department Crisis Reaction unit, Judd Ryker attempts to prove himself during a coup in Mali that becomes a violent maelstrom of dominating personalities and shifting loyalties.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOSMoss, Todd.
Summary: Stymied by infighting and turf battles after being appointed director of the new State Department Crisis Reaction unit, Judd Ryker attempts to prove himself during a coup in Mali that becomes a violent maelstrom of dominating personalities and shifting loyalties.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014