U.S. Marines in Humanitarian Operations: On Mamba Station - U.S. Marines in West Africa, 1990 - 2003, Civil War in Liberia, Samuel Doe, Evacuation Operations, Sharp Edge, Assured Response    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 109170 words. Language: English. Published on January 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.
This monograph tells the story of thousands of U.S. Marines who supported Operations Sharp Edge, Assured Response, Quick Response, Noble Obelisk, and Joint Task Force Liberia, the noncombatant evacuation operations in 1990, 1991, 1996, and 2003 from Liberia, in 1996 from the Central African Republic, and in 1997 from Sierra Leone.

The Black Stars of Ghana: A Motorcycle Adventure in West Africa    by Alan Whelan
Price: $9.99 USD. 80940 words. Language: English. Published on December 19, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests.
Alan Whelan sets off on a motorcycle adventure into the heart of West Africa. On this, his second major solo African trip, he meets witches, fetish priestesses, custodians of the slave trade, and the only white chief of Ashanti who confirm that - if Ghana is an indication of progress - the future of the continent is bright.

Tubob: Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps    by Mary Trimble
Price: $3.99 USD. 100250 words. Language: English. Published on November 4, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.
TUBOB: Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps is a memoir of a newly married couple who discover themselves in new light as they work and learn about a different culture in a third-world country. They find strength and frustration trying to make a difference. Caught up in a military coup, they seek refuge in a house with 116 other people and wonder if their lives will ever be the same.

Overland Africa - Land Rover 4WD Across the Sahara Desert    by Murray Gough
Price: $4.99 USD. 21680 words. Language: English. Published on September 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.
Three friends confronting middle-age set out to explore the world and the great sweep of people who inhabit it. A 4WD journey across the Sahara to Africa - sights & adventures from one of the world’s most colourful overland routes. For travellers, 4WD enthusiasts, and armchair adventurers. Greyscale. Colour edition-more photos, plus video links-also available (What the Hell Are We Doing Here!)

Voodoo Kingdoms And Dodgy Places: Travels in Timbuktu, Burkina Faso And Other West African Lands    by Wee Cheng Tan
Price: $4.99 USD. 48710 words. Language: English. Published on June 14, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues.
Voodoo Kingdoms And Dodgy Places is intrepid traveller Tan Wee Cheng’s latest collection of travelogues. Follow him to West Africa, the land of Timbuktu, the very epitome of remoteness and lost wealth, and of the enigmatic voodoo kingdoms in Benin and Togo. He was mobbed by former child soldiers in Liberia, caught in a riot in Burkina Faso and chased after desert giraffes in a Nigérien taxi.

Desert Drive: A zine about crossing the Sahara    by Phiona Stanley
Price: Free! 40120 words. Language: English. Published on April 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.
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This is the story of a 2011/2012 road trip from Spain to Gambia, part of the Plymouth-Banjul Banger Rally. In it, I talk about all kinds of stuff: Western Sahara separatism, the Chinese mafia in Nouakchott and the slippery 'fixers' we dealt with along the way. There's also a poo story. I don't talk all that much about cars because I don't understand them, but I do talk about how I tried to learn.