Brendan Scocumb Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional...

Sally BeaumanUnder the tablecloth, Frances's hand reached for mine and clasped it. I knew what it meant, that clasp and the mischievous grateful glance that accompanied it: it meant I...

Ta-Nehisi CoatesYoung Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her — but was gifted with a mysterious power....

Christopher Paul CurtisThe Newbery Honor-winning American classic, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 , celebrates 20 years with this anniversary edition featuring a special letter from Christopher Paul Curtis and an...

Corinne HofmannThe runaway international bestseller is now an American must-read for lovers of adventure, travel writing, and romance. Corinne Hofmann tells how she falls in love with an African warrior...

Uli von KapffIn a single decade, between 1818 and 1828, Shaka transformed a modest chieftaincy into one of the most powerful kingdoms in southern Africa. His empire, whose heartland lay...

Chinua AchebeMore than two million copies of Things Fall Apart have been sold in the United States since it was first published here in 1959. Worldwide, there are eight million...

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Mary H KingsleyUpon her sudden freedom from family obligations, a sheltered Victorian spinster traded her stifling middle-class existence for an incredible expedition in the Congo. Mary Kingsley traversed uncharted regions...

Robert Louis Stevenson This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was...

Ernest Hemingway Written when Hemingway returned from his 1953 safari in Africa, and edited by his son Patrick, True at First Light is a rich blend of autobiography and fiction, a breathtaking...

Uplifting the Colonial Philistine: Florence Philips and the Making of the Johannesburg Art GalleryJillian CarmanUplifting the Colonial Philistine is a thoroughly researched, fascinating account of the unusual circumstances in which...