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Title: No Time To Die (AllAfrica)

Book: I will go the distance (AllAfrica)

National Orientation Agency presented a book, Survey of Nigerian Core Values to the Nigerian public recently. At the presentation, the custodians of Nigerian cultural values stressed the need for active engagement of all citizens in value re-orientation as a key to national development. (AllAfrica)

Vice President of Visual Art Association of Nigeria (VATAN), Prince Adeyemi Kosoko has decried the attitude of state governments towards the provision of visual materials to secondary and primary schools in the country. (AllAfrica)

Since achieving independence in 1963, Kenya has existed as a classic, patronage state, ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt political elite. Kenya has also become nearly 80 percent Christian, and in this book, Paul Gifford explores the country's diverse churches and their role in shaping public and political life. (AllAfrica)

Issues and contentions which arose from the launch of a book by elder statesman and legal practitioner, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi last week, will linger for so long, as the book succeeded in revisiting and rekindling the ethnic rivalry which has long existed between the North and the South. Omololu Ogunmade who was present at the occasion, writes on the degree of controversy the launch has created (AllAfrica)

Title: Woman in the Eyes of God: (AllAfrica)

A recently retired director with the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), Dr Dan Ogun at the weekend launched a book on the demolition exercise that took place in the Federal Capital Territory during the era of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai as FCT minister. (AllAfrica)

Book: Poisoned Wells. The Dirty Politics of African Oil (AllAfrica)

FOR a man in his nineties, T.M. Aluko still has a very alert mind, and he has come up with a new novel that bears benedictory testimony to his venerated craft. Our Born Again President, a 218-page novel of intrigues in the affairs of state, tells the compelling story of David Tanbata who leads his country to independence and later becomes transformed in a Pentecostal manner not unlike the Biblical Saul-turned-Paul on the road to Damascus. (AllAfrica)

The Making of Poverty in South Africa (AllAfrica)

Book: An Imperfect Offering. Dispatches from the Medical Frontline (AllAfrica)

Book Title: Winds of Change in South Africa (From Apartheid to Freedom) (AllAfrica)

For over a century Ethiopia and the United States have been engaged in meandering diplomatic relations influenced by major official actors, domestic politics, and world conditions. Based on archival and declassified government documents, interviews, and translations of works in Amharic, Professor Getachew Metaferia has provided a balanced, detailed analysis of the diplomatic history of Ethiopia, Africa's longest-enduring independent nation, and its frequent benefactor from the New World. (AllAfrica)

Lagos state Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social development, Prince Ademola Adeniji Adele has revealed that the inherent danger associated with use of mobile phones are mostly suffered by Nigerians especially Lagosians. (AllAfrica)

Little Giant of Bechuanaland is the story of pioneer missionary Reverend William Charles Willoughby (1857 to 1938) and his dedicated wife Bessie Willoughby. He is most famous for his role with the "Three Chiefs" when they went to London in 1895, something that has been written about extensively, but not completely. Professor Neil Parsons called Willoughby a "pathfinder" in his book King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen (1998) and the Three Kings (the Dikgosi Khama III, Bathoen I and Sebele I) his "reluctant followers". (AllAfrica)

Famous writer, Thomas Stearns Eliot who is primarily known for his poetry, devoted some significant amount of attention to the matters of civilization and culture. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States of America but emigrated to Britain, he started (AllAfrica)

Durban author and veteran social activist and campaigner for peace and justice, Paddy Kearney, launches Guardian of the Light, the first full biography about the astonishing life and phenomenal work of Archbishop Denis Hurley – one of the most significant Catholic leaders in South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century. (AllAfrica)

This is the object of a book written by Evini Avang that was launched last Friday at the conference hall of the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education by Minister Michel Zoah. (AllAfrica)

'Like daughter, like mother'. . . The norm appears to be that parents inspire their offspring. Seldom is it the other way round. Yvonne Vera, who died in April 2005 and was one of the most prolific writers Zimbabwe has produced, inspired many people not least her mother Ericah Gwetai. (AllAfrica)

Daniel Mandishona's White Gods, Black Demons is an anthology of 10 short stories published under the Weaver Press stable. Its magic is that it feels startlingly familiar, whatever your politics may be. Each portrait in the 110-page collection is the product of prodigious observation and research that resembles a return to the 16th century Every (wo)man theatrical genre. (AllAfrica)

Exploring the dynamics and limitations of reciprocity in Liberia-US relations, the book offers a perspective on security and economic assistance as instruments of foreign policy. (AllAfrica)

A Short History of African Philosophy discusses major ideas, figures, and schools of thought in philosophy in the African context. (AllAfrica)

A book on the collection of the 16 papers delivered during the public lectures in connection with Ghana's 50 years anniversary celebration was launched in Accra on Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

Levy Patrick Mwanawasa: An Incentive for Posterity (AllAfrica)

Central Asia occupies a large chunk of our planet, stretching from the Middle East to western China, including northern India, the oil states and the countries whose name ends in "---stan". (AllAfrica)

A book on auditing relating to local features of Ethiopia was launched at a ceremony organized by the Department of Accounting and Finance of the Addis Ababa University on Monday at the Faculty of Business and Economics hall. The book is authored by Professor Yohannes Kinfu and Ato Engida Bayou. Panel discussion took place in which many stressed the huge contributions of a book on auditing relating to the ground realities of Ethiopia rather than mere theoretical assertions. (AllAfrica)

THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has published a book on the cultural heritage of the Haikom, one of the marginalised San-speaking groups, who lived in the Etosha National Park for centuries until they were evicted by the South African apartheid regime in the early 1950s. (AllAfrica)

"The Challenge for Africa: A New Vision". (AllAfrica)

TITLE: WE ARE ALL ZIMBABWEANS NOW (AllAfrica)

Finally, an authoritative account of the mythologized life of Sara Baartman. The meticulously researched subject comes to life in the hands of historians Crais and Scully, who skillfully negotiate the pitfalls of writing historical biography. The authors make a delicate distinction between the woman, Sara Baartman, and the iconic Hottentot Venus, in this elegantly written, passionate, compassionate, and carefully contextualized study, in which their findings are nevertheless unflinchingly presented. Magnificent – an outstanding contribution to South African culture, past and present.-Zoë Wicomb, author of You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town and David's Story (AllAfrica)

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