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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
My fathers' daughter My fathers' daughter Hannah Pool In 1974 Hannah Pool was adopted from an orphanage in Eritrea and brought to England by her white adoptive father. She grew up unable to imagine what it must be like to look into the eyes of a blood … OL11971838W
Count on your fingers African style Count on your fingers African style Claudia Zaslavsky Describes how finger counting is used for communication of price and quantity in an East African market place. OL1997946W
A gift from childhood A gift from childhood Baba Wagué Diakité A memoir in which Baba Diakité recalls the time he spent as a child with his grandparents in a tiny Malian village where he learned to catch a catfish with his bare hands, listened to his grandmother… OL26196975W
Mossi Mossi Kibibi Mack-Williams Describes the history, surroundings, politics, customs, religion, and current situation of the Mossi people, who live in the West African country of Burkina Faso. OL2927715W
Malinke Malinke C. Onyeka Nwanunobi Discusses the history, culture, religion, traditions, and daily life of the Malinke, West African people who live in the Manding Highlands near the upper Niger River. OL3234879W
Ejagham Ejagham Ute Röschenthaler A look at the culture, history, and contemporary life of the Ejagham people of the Cross River area of Cameroon and Nigeria. OL3257667W
Daily Life of the Nubians (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) Daily Life of the Nubians (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series) Robert Steven Bianchi Until recently little was known about ancient Nubia and day-to-day lives of the Nubian people aside from knowing it was a civilization contemporary with, distinct from, and living under the shadow of… OL3916807W
Religion & art in Ashanti Religion & art in Ashanti Robert Sutherland Rattray art and religion that reflect history OL6572465W