In 1963 Mukwahepo left her home in Namibia and followed her fiancé across the border into Angola. They survived hunger and war and eventually made their way to Tanzania. There, Mukwahepo became the first woman to undergo military...
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Author:Epstein, Marc J., Yuthas, KristiSummary:The world is beset with enormous problems. And as a nonprofit, NGO, foundation, impact investor, or socially responsible company, your organization is on a mission to solve them. But what exactly should you do? And how will you know...
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Author:Okai, AtukweiSummary:The strength of Mandela the Spear and Other Poems lies in Okai's burning desire to celebrate the black experience and culture, through the iconic figures who symbolize those struggles and triumphs. Thus, not surprisingly, one...
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Author:Amathila, Libertina I.Summary:"Failure is not in my vocabulary," says Libertina Inaaviposa Amathila, medical doctor, leading member of Namibia's liberation movement SWAPO, and Cabinet Minister for 20 years. Insightful, candid and amusing, this book...
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Author:Ashe, JeffreySummary:Two and a half billion people worldwide, most of them desperately poor villagers, need a better way to save and to borrow. Even the most innovative banking institutions can't reach them; savings groups can. In savings groups,...
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Author:Lopez, Barry HolstunSummary:Prankster, warrior, seducer, fool— Old Man Coyote is the most enduring legend in Native American culture. Crafty and cagey—often the victim of his own magical intrigues and lusty appetites— he created the earth and man, scrambled the...
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Author:Ojaide, TanureSummary:The celebrated Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide relates here his experience of living in the United States where he has been based teaching and writing since 1996. Drawing the Map of Heaven picks up where his earlier memoir, Great Boys:...
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Author:Charles, TommySummary:For years Tommy Charles scoured South Carolina's upcountry for examples of ancient rock art carvings and paintings, efforts conducted on behalf of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA). As SCIAA'...
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Author:Fuller, Robert W., Gerloff, Pamela A.Summary:In his books Somebodies and Nobodies and All Rise, Robert Fuller exposed rankism—abuse of the power inherent in rank to exploit or humiliate someone of lower rank. In Dignity for All, Fuller and Pamela Gerloff offer a concise, action-...
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Author:Kahn, Si, Davis, AngelaSummary:This latest work by legendary activist, musician, and author Si Kahn is a different kind of community organizing book. As with other books, including some by Kahn himself, it does describe many of the practical tactics organizers use....
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Author:Abdullah, Sharif M., Havel, VaclavSummary:"We are in deep trouble," writes Sharif Abdullah, "we live a world that works for only a few." The problem, Abdullah asserts, is exlusivity: "I am separate." By practicing exclusivity, he maintains, we have...
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Author:McCann, JimSummary:Reinforcing the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM and Celebrations.com philosophy of helping customers express, connect and celebrate, Jim McCann balances the practical with the poignant inside Celebrating Life. More than just a collection of...
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Author:Mbogoni, Lawrence E.Y.Summary:Aspects of Colonial Tanzanian History is a collection of essays that examines the lives and experiences of both colonizers and the colonized during colonial rule in what is today known as Tanzania. Dr. Mbogoni examines a range of topics...
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Author:de Graaf, John, Wann, David, Naylor, ThomasSummary:Affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. We tried to warn you! The 2008 economic collapse proved how resilient and dangerous...
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