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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Kinyarwanda
Description
Multidisciplinary artists Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman bring their unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision. It is a sci-fi-punk-musical that's a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes, ideas, and songs that they have been exploring in their work, including on Williams' 2016 album MartyrLoserKing. It takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their...
4) Survival
Author
Series
Bodyguard (Chris Bradford) volume 6
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After their convoy is ambushed by rebel soldiers, teenage bodyguard Connor along with Amber and Henri, whom he is sworn to protect, must fight for their lives in the African plains, evading lethal hunters, both human and animal.
6) Ambush
Author
Series
Bodyguard (Chris Bradford) volume 5
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Teenage bodyguard Connor is assigned to protect a French diplomat's family on safari in Africa, but deep in the savanna the journey takes a terrifying turn when their convoy is ambushed by brutal gunmen.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"As a little boy, Pacifique Irankunda lived through the thirteen-year civil war in Burundi, the war that upended his home and family, and destroyed Burundi's beautiful culture and traditions. He hid and watched as military units destroyed his village; he and his brother slept in the woods on nights when they heard shooting and violence. From his own memories and those of his family, he tells this story of surviving the devastating ethnic divisions...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sandra Uwiringiyimana was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. The rebels had come at night -- wielding weapons, torches, machetes. She watched as her mother and six-year-old sister were gunned down in a refugee camp, far from their home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebels were killing people who weren't from the same community, the same tribe. In other words, they were killing people simply for...
Author
Language
English
Description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY:
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In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people...
Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle •Chicago Tribune • The Christian Science Monitor • Publishers Weekly
In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people...
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