Africa Nonfiction

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    • By: Denise Dennis
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • Black History for Beginners covers a rich but often ignored history and chronicles the Black struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa through the civil rights movement and up to today and the new and different kinds of struggles that Black people face today....

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    • From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
    • By: Zeinab Badawi
    • Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
    • Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 01-14-25
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 65 ratings
    • Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi’s sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent’s extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective.

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    • A Book About the People and Places of Kenya
    • By: Sarah Heiman, Arturo Avila
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Series: Country Abcs
    • Length: 13 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • An alphabetical exploration of the people, geography, animals, plants, history, and culture of Kenya....

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    • 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
    • By: Kwame Alexander
    • Narrated by: Ruffin Prentiss
    • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • A companion book to his best-selling and Newbery winning book The Crossover, The Playbook is Kwame Alexander's dynamic, sports-infused guide to life....

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    • The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
    • By: Selwyn Raab
    • Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
    • Length: 33 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 10-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,974 ratings
    • Genovese, Gambino, Bonnano, Colombo, and Lucchese. For decades these Five Families ruled New York and built the Mafia into an underworld empire....

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    • Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
    • By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11,597 ratings
    • As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....

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    • The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America
    • By: Selene Castrovilla, E.B. Lewis
    • Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
    • Length: 27 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • George Scott peered at the nearby Union fortress. Something miraculous was taking place! Three enslaved men had entered but had not been cast out. To Scott, the fortress must be a sanctuary. A place where the three would be safe from capture and harm....

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    • The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen
    • By: Vicky Alvear Shecter
    • Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
    • Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 10-21-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Good. Evil. Dangerous. Glamorous. Will the real Cleopatra please stand up? Almost everything we know about the last queen of Egypt came from her enemies the Romans....

    Regular price: $9.45

    • 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A.
    • By: Arlisha Norwood
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 10-08-24
    • Language: English
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    • Meet extraordinary black heroes throughout history—biographies for kids ages 8 to 12. You’re invited to meet ancient Egyptian rulers, brilliant scientists, legendary musicians, and civil rights activists—all in the same book!

    Regular price: $6.95

    • By: Rosanna Hansen
    • Narrated by: Barbara McCulloh
    • Length: 43 mins
    • Release date: 10-22-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • There is no animal in the world that can run faster than a cheetah. Yet, no matter how quickly they run from trouble, cheetahs may not roam the African plains forever....

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    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16,845 ratings
    • Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

    Regular price: $18.00

    • From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
    • By: Zeinab Badawi
    • Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
    • Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • For too long, Africa's history has been neglected. Dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, its past has been fragmented, overlooked and denied its rightful place in our global story. Now, Zeinab Badawi guides us through Africa's spectacular history....

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    • Queens of the Animal Universe
    • By: Jaclyn Jaycox
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 10 mins
    • Release date: 04-25-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Lions are called “king of beasts.” But a pride is made of mainly females. These mighty beasts hunt and bring back food for the whole pride.

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    • The Black Engineer Behind Howard Hughes
    • By: H.T. Bryer, Paul Bryer
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • HIDDEN GENIUS Frank Mann The Black Engineer Behind Howard Hughes by H. T. B r y e r and Paul Bryer Frank Mann had the deck stacked against him from...

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    • By: Jackie Torrence
    • Narrated by: Jackie Torrence
    • Length: 1 hr
    • Release date: 10-20-00
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • One of America's favorite African-American storytellers remembers her childhood in tender, unforgettable new stories....

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