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Whether you are looking for an historical narrative, an authentic African design or a book of folk tales, Dover's books of African and African-American interest are just the thing.
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Recommendations... Twelve Years a Slave
by Solomon Northup
Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. 7 illustrations. Index.
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by Frederick Douglass
Amazing, firsthand account vividly recounts Douglass' early years, his physical abuse and deprivation, a dramatic escape to freedom, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves.
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 My Bondage and My Freedom
by Frederick Douglass
Born a slave, Douglass became outspoken force in antislavery movement. The best of Douglass's autobiographies. Graphic description of slave life.
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 Three Narratives of Slavery
by Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, Mary Prince
Straightforward, yet often poetic, accounts of the battle for freedom, these memoirs by three courageous black women vividly chronicle their struggles in the bonds of slavery, their rebellion against injustice, and their determination to attain equality.
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Products in African, African-American Interest | | |  | Adventures of an African Slaver
by Captain Theodore Canot
Brimming with information on every aspect of the slave trade in the nineteenth century, this detailed account by a former slave ship captain accurately portrays the appalling machinery of commercial slavery.
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|  | African Animals Sticker Activity Book
by Jan Sovak
It's always safari time with an exciting activity book that invites youngsters to populate an African landscape with 32 reusable images of a white rhino, leopard, lions, elephants, giraffes, and other creatures.
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|  | African Animals Stickers
by Winky Adam
Kids will love these eye-catching cut-paper images of a silverback gorilla, zebra, chimpanzee, ostrich, and 16 other creatures — ideal for decorating envelopes, paper and craft projects and any clean, flat surface.
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| |  | African Designs CD-ROM and Book
by Dover
Authentic, black-and-white African artwork, adapted from motifs on textiles, masks, jewelry, and other sources, depicts 235 dynamic images, among them stylized lions, fish, birds, totemic figures, abstracts, and border configurations.
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|  | African Designs Coloring Book
by Marty Noble
Thirty large, ready-to-color illustrations, all adapted from traditional African designs, reflecting Africa's rich artistic and cultural heritage: Ethiopian cross, antelope-shaped wooden headdress from Mali, Ashanti carved door panel, and more.
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|  | African Designs from Traditional Sources
by Geoffrey Williams
Linocut prints in crisp black-and-white designs reflect traditional work from Zulu, Masai, and dozens of other tribes. Masks, abstract motifs, and much more. 378 illustrations.
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|  | African Folk Tales
by Hugh Vernon-Jackson, Yuko Green
Entertaining stories handed down from generation to generation among tribal cultures include "The Magic Crocodile," "The Hare and the Crownbird," "The Boy in the Drum," 15 others. 19 illustrations.
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|  | African Genesis: Folk Tales and Myths of Africa
by Leo Frobenius, Douglas C. Fox
These entertaining tales range from Kabyl creation legends of the Berbers to ballads of the southern Sahara. Immensely valuable for readers of African culture, folklore and mythology.
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|  | African Masks and Shields Stickers
by Cal Massey
19 full-color stickers accurately depict 15 dance masks of the Ogoni, Yoruba, Banbara, Bajokwe, Baga, Guro, Senufo, Dogon, and other peoples, plus 4 stunning Masai shields. Identifications.
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|  | African Plains Coloring Book
by Dianne Gaspas-Ettl
Forty-one realistic scenes of wildlife in their natural habitats, including a giraffe at a water hole and a cheetah with its young on an abandoned termite mound. Captions.
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|  | African Plains Sticker Picture
by Dianne Gaspas-Ettl
Sticker images of lions, zebras, elephants, and other animals bring life to a sunny background scene of grassland complete with waterhole, vegetation, and distant mountains. 39 stickers.
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|  | African Tribal Designs CD-ROM and Book
by Geoffrey Williams
Loaded with 376 unusual and authentic, black-and-white images, this treasury of African folk art features a splendid variety of ornaments, including geometric and animal designs, human figures, masks, and more.
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|  | African-American Poetry: An Anthology, 1773-1927
by Joan R. Sherman
Rich selection of 74 poems ranging from religious and moral verse of Phillis Wheatley Peters (ca. 1753–1784) to 20th-century work of Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes. Introduction. Includes 4 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
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|  | Ajapa the Tortoise: A Book of Nigerian Folk Tales
by Margaret Baumann
Collection of 30 fables recount adventures of Ajapa the Tortoise: how he saved the king and tricked the lion, what happened when he rented his house, how he came to be bald, more.
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| |  | American Slaves Tell Their Stories: Six Interviews
by Octavia V. Rogers Albert
Vivid narratives recall life during and after the Civil War, from cruel punishments, divided families, and debilitating labor, to religious beliefs and practices, and the condition and progress of former slaves.
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|  | The Amistad Coloring Book
by Peter F. Copeland
Twenty-eight meticulously rendered, ready-to-color illustrations, among them the capture of Africans in their homeland, their revolt aboard ship in Havana, and their successful defense by former U.S. President John Quincy Adams.
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|  | Army Life in a Black Regiment
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Union officer's lively, detailed wartime diary captures the raw humor that develops among the men in combat and paints unforgettable pictures of soldiers, routines of camp life, and southern landscapes.
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|  | The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
by James Weldon Johnson
African-American writer's pioneering novel parallels his own life, probes the psychological aspects of "passing for white," and examines the American caste and class system. Major contribution to American literature.
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