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Books For Africa (BFA) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, sorting, shipping, and distributing books to children and adults in Africa. BFA is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA and has warehouses in St. Paul and Marietta, Georgia. Books For Africa is the largest shipper of donated text and library books [1 ...
Things Fall Apart is the debut novel of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. [1] It depicts the events of pre-colonial life in Igboland, a cultural area in modern-day southeastern Nigeria, and the subsequent appearance of European missionaries and colonial forces in the late 19th century. It is seen as an archetypal modern ...
The First Book of Africa: Langston Hughes: 1964 Non-fiction; Children's book Banned in South Africa for its celebration of Black African culture. [211] The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Malcolm X with Alex Haley: 1965 Non-fiction Banned in South Africa because of its criticism of white supremacy. [211] Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
ASA Best Book Prize. The ASA Best Book Prize, formerly known as the Herskovits Prize (Melville J. Herskovits Prize), is an annual prize given by the African Studies Association to the best scholarly work (including translations) on Africa published in English in the previous year and distributed in the United States.
Guide to African cinema. Reference guides to the world's cinema. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313296219. Pfaff, Françoise (2004). Focus on African films. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253216687.
Pages in category "Books about Africa" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Dewey Decimal. 967.62 20. LC Class. DT433.54 .D56 1992. Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen's life on her coffee plantation, as well as ...
African literature is literature from Africa, either oral (" orature ") or written in African and Afro-Asiatic languages. Examples of pre-colonial African literature can be traced back to at least the fourth century AD. The best-known is the Kebra Negast, or "Book of Kings" from the 14th century AD. [1] Another well-known book is the Garima ...