Books tagged: african history

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Afro-Muse: The Evolution of African-American Music    by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
Price: Free! 20650 words. Published on December 24, 2009. .

The story of music making in early African societies and its importation to America. A review showing the musical influences of Africa onto America. Chapters includes: Africa's history, musicology, instruments,the middle passage, seasoning in the islands, new world Africans arrive with their music,conversion to Christianity, the spirituals, camp meetings,the blues and hip hop's real origins.
Behind The Walled Garden of Apartheid    by Claire Datnow
Price: $6.93 USD. 73760 words. Published on April 6, 2011. .

Set against the backdrop of the draconian apartheid regime, Behind the Walled Garden of Apartheid, Datnow’s memoir of growing up in South Africa deftly conjures up the era's blatant racism and the rich African landscape. The author vividly recreates her growing up years as white and Jewish at the height of the apartheid regime.
Dust on His Soul    by Jason Blacker
Price: $2.99 USD. 136300 words. Published on May 24, 2011. .

Inspired by the life and times of Stephen Biko an apartheid activist arguably as important as Mandela. This novel is a fictional account of such a character. A story of sacrifice, suffering but ultimately redemption. Set in apartheid South Africa during the 1970s and 1980s, the dark days of South Africa's history also bred an incredible thirst for justice. A triumph of the human spirit.
365 African Proverbs    by Adedoyin Adedeji
Price: $1.99 USD. 5670 words. Published on July 2, 2011. .

Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten - These are the golden words of the great African writer Chinua Achebe (Author – Things fall Apart). Now you can enjoy the richness in African ancient wisdom. With the satisfaction of the readers in mind, 365 proverbs of the finest African Proverbs were carefully selected for the maximum reading pleasure of everyone.365 Rich Proverbs.
The God Tribe of Shabazz - The True History    by Elijah Muhammad
Price: $7.99 USD. 18660 words. Published by Secretarius MEMPS on March 11, 2012. .

The Tribe of Shabazz is not simply the offspring of a group of people who were the product of a disgruntled scientist who went into Africa to prove that He could “make a people that could withstand anything,” but a continuum of a vein of expression characteristic of how we as black people, who, when in our natural mind did things that were still superior to the best minds of mankind today.