Explains some traditions and customs of twenty-six African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.

People of many different backgrounds live in South Africa. It is a country that has throughout history endured wars, race struggles, and more recently, severe health crises. South Africans have learned to survive and thrive despite adversity.

"There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel." — New York Times

Set in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggle against a ruthless fate.

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize: "Okri shares with García Márquez a vision of the world as one of infinite possibility. . . . A masterpiece" (TheBoston Sunday Globe). Azaro is a spirit child, an abiku, existing, according to the African tradition, between life and death. Born into the human world, he must experience its joys and tragedies. His spirit companions come to him often, hounding him to leave his mortal world and join them in their idyllic...

Presents an A to Z illustrated look at some of the people, places, items, and customs of South Africa.

What better guides to help students learn about the world than teens of the world? This unique series looks at 12 countries, one of which is the Navajo Nation inside the United States, through the eyes of both expert authors and real-life teens who live in those countries. The author provides background information on the history, culture, customs, politics, and economy of the country, while the teen describes for readers their points of view on teen...

A south African girl describes her pet chicken, painting special designs on her house, dressing up for school, and her mischievous brother.

Her story begins in 1991, when a heart-stopping misadventure in the Timbavati Reserve of South Africa became a life-changing one. White lions are believed by some to be angelic beings sent to Earth to save humanity at a time of crisis. Tucker describes her battle as she dedicates her every waking moment to prying white lions from the grips of the trophy-hunting industry.

This is the riveting and illuminating story of Australian writer Anthony Ham's extraordinary journey into the world of lions. Haunted by the idea that they might disappear from the planet in our lifetime, he ventured deep into the African wilderness, speaking to local tribespeople and activists as well as to rangers, scientists and conservationists about why lions are close to extinction and what can be done to save them. In The Last Lions of Africa,...