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Kigezi Mountain Mosaic    by Ian Cantwell
Price: $6.99 USD. 256250 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on February 25, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Africa.

Kigezi Mountain Mosaic (256,000 words & 140 photos) explores the land, wildlife, culture, history and religion of Kigezi colonial district (Kabale, Kisoro, Kanungu & Rukungiri) in south-west Uganda from earliest times to the present. It includes descriptions of national parks, wildlife (Mountain Gorilla), and people with biographies, contemporary descriptions and an extensive bibliography.
A Sacred Cause: The Inter-Congolese Dialogue 2000-2003    by P.E. Winter
Price: $9.99 USD. 109840 words. Language: English. Published by North Highland Publishing  on October 31, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Africa.

This account of the negotiations, taken from the author’s notes at the time and from minutes and reports of the many meetings, forms a definitive record of how patience and diplomacy set the framework for a better future for the eighty million inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Slope of Kongwa Hill: A Boy's Tale of Africa    by Tony Edwards
Price: $5.99 USD. 154130 words. Language: English. Published by AgioPublishing on September 4, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Africa.

Based on the author's memoirs, this novel picks up his story when, at age 9, as a result of his parents moving to East Africa, Tony finds himself bound for Kongwa School in January 1952. Located just south of the Maasai Steppe where was to be found every manner of game, exotic bird life, insects and reptiles, Kongwa provided a harsh if adventure-filled location in which to be educated and grow.