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South Africa: Michael Mosoeu Moerane Was a Pioneering Composer in South Africa. a New Book Is Restoring His Place in History
[The Conversation Africa] Composer and educator Michael Mosoeu Moerane (1904-1980) is probably best known for a few evergreen choral works, including Della and Sylvia, still sung by choirs across South Africa today.
Africa: In the Image of Europe’s Imagining – How Berlin Remade Africa
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debat…
South Africa: South African Book At Centre of Raid On Jerusalem Bookshop
[GroundUp] Educational Bookshop, opened in 1984, is the best-known bookstore in occupied East Jerusalem
Liberia: The Annual Messages of the Presidents of Liberia 1848-2010 State of the Nation Addresses to the National Legislature – From Joseph Jenkins Roberts to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
[Liberian Observer] Author: D. Elwood Dunn
Africa: Ankara Declaration – a Positive Development Imbued With Regional Risks
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debat…
South Africa: Can Old Racists Change? Book Tracks Seven Years in a South African Nursing Home
[The Conversation Africa] God’s Waiting Room: Racial Reckoning at Life’s End is a beautifully written and intimate book about the characters in an old age home in South Africa. To write it, anthropologist Casey Golomski spent seven years travelling bet…
Nigeria: Towards a Cohesive Security Approach (1)
[Premium Times] Two books were billed for presentation on that day. One of them was entitled: The Power of Information Sharing: Antidote to Nigeria’s Security Threats. That title instantly attracted my attention as I looked at the invitation card.
Nigeria: A Convenient Memory – The Olukayode Ariwoola Memoirs
[Vanguard] On 22 August 2024, Olukayode Ariwoola, the penultimate Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retired from the bench and transitioned into a published author.
Zimbabwe: Unique Library for Children a Big Hit
[The Herald] A six-year-old bends over a brightly illustrated story book, lips moving and deep in concentration; two brothers look through Wind in the Willows; while an older boy reads quietly at a bench. This was the scene yesterday morning at Marande…
Mozambique: Mozambique’s Long Struggle to Build a Nation – Four Novels That Tell the Story
[The Conversation Africa] Mozambique’s long history of nation-building is still unfinished. The country is still pursuing a cohesive national identity, stable institutions, and the economic foundations that would unify diverse groups. This is crucial t…