Africa: Gift Books Issue, 11/27/08

Africa: Gift Books Issue

AfricaFocus Bulletin
Nov 27, 2008 (081127)
(Reposted from sources cited below)

Editor's Note

Looking for gifts that are not too expensive, but still attractive, enjoyable, and perhaps even educational as well? Take a look at the 15 books below and click on the links below each book for more information - or to view all the images, just go directly to http://www.africafocus.org/books/gifts08a.php

This selection includes, at modest prices from under $10 to $49,

• striking books of photographs, such as Okwui Enwezor's Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography and Abdi Roble's The Somali Diaspora
  
  
• art collections such as Africa Remix and Angaza Afrika
  
  
• Gerhard Kubik's Africa and the Blues, and
  
  
• children's books such as Babu's Song (under $8, for children 5 to 8) and Africa is Not a Country (under $10, for children 9-12, perfect for nieces and nephews you want to make sure don't grow up to be like Sarah Palin!)

Through these links you can order from Amazon in the United States, Canada, or UK, or from Powell's Books. And if none of those are convenient for you, there are also links to other distributors and directly to publishers at http://www.africafocus.org/books/booksearch.php

Go to the bottom of the page for links to other sections of the AfricaFocus Bookshop, for a wide range of selections. And if you are ordering from Amazon or Powell's in any case, remember that if you do it in a visit coming through AfricaFocus Bookshop, AfricaFocus receives a small referral fee from Amazon or Powell's, at no extra expense to you.

I'll be adding additional pages with more gift suggestions in coming days and weeks, so keep checking back for your last-minute gifts as well. And if there are books (or music cds) you want to suggest as good choices, just send me the details at africafocus@igc.org, and I'll try to add them in promptly. And, of course, if you want to suggest to a friend or relative a gift you would like to receive, do refer them to the AfricaFocus Bookshop!

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Gift Books 2008

Photographs and More

1. Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography Colin Richard, Okwui Enwezor http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?3865212247
   
   
2. Malick Sidibe: Photographs Manthia Diawara, Gunilla Knape, Andre Magnin http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?3882439734
   
   
3. The Somali Diaspora Abdi Roble, Doug Rutledge http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?0816654573
   
   
4. No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000 William Minter, Gail Hovey, and Charles Cobb, Jr. Read excerpts & order at 15% discount at http://www.noeasyvictories.org.
   
   
5. Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta Michael Watts, Ed Kashi http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1576874265
   
   
6. In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience Schomburg Center For Research, Howard Dodson, Sylviane A. Diouf http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?0792273850
   
   
7. Africa Lelia Salgado, Mia Couto, Sebastião Salgado http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?3822856215
   
   
8. Child Soldiers Leora Kahn, Luis Moreno-Ocampo http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1576874559

Art

9. Angaza Africa: African Art Now Chris Spring http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1856695484
   
   
10. Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent Jean-Hubert Martin (Editor), Multiple authors. http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?3775714723

Music

11. Africa and the Blues Gerhard Kubik http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1578061466

Children's Books

For more recommended children's books, visit http://www.africaaccessreview.org/aar/buddies.html

12. Aya Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1894937902
    
    
13. I Lost My Tooth In Africa Penda Diakite, Baba Wague Diakite http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?0439662265
    
    
14. Africa Is Not A Country Margy Burns Knight http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?0761316477
    
    
15. Babu's Song Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Aaron Boyd http://www.africafocus.org/books/isbn.php?1600602754

Also on AfricaFocus Bookshop

Bookshop Home
http://www.africafocus.org/books/afbooks.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/afbooks_uk.php

Selected Topics
http://www.africafocus.org/books/themes.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/themes_uk.php

Africa Book Publishers & Distributors http://www.africafocus.org/books/publishers.php

Books by AfricaFocus Subscribers
http://www.africafocus.org/books/subscribers.php

100 Best African Books
http://www.africafocus.org/books/100best.php

Featured Books
http://www.africafocus.org/books/featured.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/featured_uk.php

Custom Africa Book Search Page
http://www.africafocus.org/books/booksearch.php

North Africa
http://www.africafocus.org/books/north.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/north_uk.php

West Africa
http://www.africafocus.org/books/west.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/west_uk.php

Central Africa
http://www.africafocus.org/books/central.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/central_uk.php

East Africa
http://www.africafocus.org/books/east.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/east_uk.php

Southern Africa
http://www.africafocus.org/books/southern.php http://www.africafocus.org/books/southern_uk.php

from africafocus@igc.org
date Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:57 AM
subject Africa: Gift Books Issue

Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.