Category Archives: World Music
Radio Sunrise
`Never cover an assignment without collecting a brown envelope,` Boniface had said. `It is a real life saver for all journalists in this country.` Ifiok, a young journalist working for the government radio station in Lagos, aspires to always do the right thing but the odds seem to be stacked against him. The government cuts
The End of Where We Begin: A Refugee Story
Veronica is a teenager when civil war erupts in South Sudan. Lonely and friendless after the death of her father, she finds solace in her first boyfriend, and together they flee across the city when the fighting breaks out. On the same night, Daniel, the son of a colonel, also makes his escape, but finds
Tripoli: A History
It has been called a โ€Noble Possessionโ€, abused as โ€A Nest of Corsairsโ€ and extolled as โ€The Pearl of the Mediterraneanโ€. This city of Tripoli, one of the oldest on both the Mediterranean and the fringes of the Sahara, and never deserted, has meant many different things to many different people over the past 2,500
Tippu Tip: Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa
Tippu Tip was chiefly an ivory trader, who pioneered for new sources through present day Tanzania into the Congo basin. Slavery is part of his story, because Arab traders of the time used slaves as porters and sold slaves through the market in Zanzibar to work locally in plantations and beyond in the Gulf and
An Egyptian Adventure: Story Facts Activities
When the Histronauts travel back in time to ancient Egypt they`ll need your help to uncover the secrets of the past. Explore dazzling tombs, decipher hieroglyphics, unwrap the art of mummification and learn how the gods ruled over the dead in the afterlife. An exciting mix of history, facts and activity!
The Adventure Game: A Cameraman`s Tales from Films at the Edge
Keith Partridge is probably the world`s most experienced and famous practitioner of a rare trade. His filming has recorded expeditions all over the world in some of its most beautiful and hostile environments. The Adventure Game is the story of his life told through several expeditions ranging from the deep caves of Papua New Guinea
Granta 136: A Legacy of Love
What happens after you fall in love? The essays and fiction in this issue of Granta look at the risk and reward of loving someone. `Whatever Happened to Interracial Love` by the late African-American filmmaker Kathleen Collins, captures the atmosphere of the Civil Rights movement in New York and the dangerous risks taken by its
Quesadillas
It`s the 1980s in Lagos de Moreno – a town where there are more cows than people, and more priests than cows – and a poor family is struggling to get by. The father, a school teacher, insists on practising and teaching the art of the insult, while the mother prepares hundreds of quesadillas to
Brief history of almost everything
Here are fifty concise, entertaining histories on a broad, eclectic range of ideas (borders, feminism), global issues (migration, world trade), commodities (bananas, jeans), regions (Africa, Ireland), and institutions (corporations, the World Bank).Lucid and irreverent, โ€Brief Histories of Almost Anythingโ€ challenges common perceptions associated with the subjects by going behind the facts. Each history has been
Gold Dust
Rejected by his tribe and hunted by the kin of the man he killed, Ukhayyad and his thoroughbred camel flee across the desolate Tuareg deserts of the Sahara. Between bloody wars against the Italians in the north and famine raging in the south, Ukhayyad rides for the remote rock caves of Jebel Hasawna. There, he
Out of Africa
The lodges, all designed to provide maximum style and comfort, also offer visitors an opportunity to get to the heart of the country by travelling amongst its people and its animals. The unforgettable experience is portrayed through amazing photographs and informative text to make this both an entertaining read as well as an object to
Africa, My Passion
In an exquisite personal pilgrimage, Corinne Hofmann delves into the slums of Nairobi to uncover the heart-warming and heart-breaking stories of unforgettable people and places, then treks 500 miles across the Namibian desert to discover the lives of the nomadic Himba people.
The Folly
Mr and Mrs Malgas are going quietly about their lives when a mysterious squatter appears on the vacant plot next to their home. Arriving with portmanteau in hand and a head full of extraordinary ideas, the stranger at once begins to fashion tools and cutlery from old iron and rubbish. Soon he enlists Mr Malgas`s
Land of My Fathers
Against a background of French and British colonialists busily carving up Mother Africa, while local tribes were still unashamedly trading in slaves …the vulnerable newcomers felt trapped and out of place. Where men should have stood shoulder to shoulder, they turned on each other instead. THE LAND OF MY FATHERS plunges us into this world.
South Sudan: Colonialism, Resistance and Autonomy
Sudan has long been a country of two halves, united by colonial boundaries. Juba, the capital of South Sudan, was the center of huge celebration when the country was declared a new and independent state in 2012. This landmark book recounts how the South history unrolled over the past 100 years – essential reading for
Ethiopia: Past and Present
Travel photographer Julie Green first visited Ethiopia in the 1960s. Here, her breathtaking photographs from that period are joined by photographs of Ethiopia today. The result is a stunning panoply of images from across Ethiopia celebrating the beauties of this ancient land, ranging from the castles and rock churches of the north to remote rural
Egypt: A Nation in Crisis
Directly, with the candour of a well informed old friend, Dr Wafik Moustafa shares an insight into the remarkable situation Egypt finds itself in today.This authoritative commentary on Egyptian affairs casts an eye back over Egypt`s modern history, taking the reader through the landmark events that have formed the modern nation, and brings the reader
Birds: An Anthology
Thomas Hardy notes the thrush`s `full-hearted evensong of joy illimited`, Gilbert White observes how swallows sweep through the air but swifts `dash round in circles` and Rachel Carson watches sanderlings at the ocean`s edge, scurrying `across the beach like little ghosts`. From early times, we have been entranced by the bird life around us. This
Peoples of Ethiopia: Lowlands – Highlands – Hinterlands
A remarkable photographic celebration of the diverse peoples of Ethiopia. The remarkable portraits gathered here – at times moving and personal, but always arresting – explore the staggering breadth and diversity of Ethiopia`s people. From the nomads of the lowland deserts through to the ancient Christian communities of the highlands and to the tribes inhabiting
Central Lanarkshire Nicolson Street Atlas
Street atlas with index covering all of Airdrie, Allanton, Bargeddie, Bellshill, Birkenshaw, Bothwell, Caldercruix, Calderhall, Chapelhall, Coatbridge, Chryston, Gartcosh, Glenmavis, Glenboig, Greengairs, Moodiesburn, Mossend, Muirhead, Plains, Salsburg, Slamannan, Tannochside, Uddingston, Viewpark, Allanton, Blantyre, Cambuslang, Carfin, Cleekimin, Cleland, Hamilton, Holytown, Knowknoble, Motherwell, Newarthill, Newmains, New Stevenston, Overtown, Shotts, Waterloo, Wishaw, Yett.
