Books tagged: african politics

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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.
Mambo Leo (Current Affairs)    by John Coutouvidis
Price: $1.99 USD. 19230 words. Published by The Electronic Book Company  on June 17, 2011. .

Mambo Leo (Current Affairs) is a satire on the subject of genocide. The play is set in East Africa but is based on the East European crisis during the diplomatic prelude to the Second World War. It is written for a Swahilophone college audience but its appeal is universal.
Finding Fela: My Strange Journey to Meet the AfroBeat King in Lagos [1983]    by Dan  Dinello
Price: $0.99 USD. 11670 words. Published on December 3, 2011. .

"Finding Fela" is my personal memoir of a journey to Lagos, Nigeria, to film the legendary African musician Fela Kuti. As a white man from Chicago, I experienced extreme culture shock and even got arrested and jailed. Eventually, I lived near Fela's commune, talked with him, and saw him perform at his Lagos club, The Shrine. Now deceased, Fela was the focus of a recent Broadway musical Fela!