Product Description: Just as The Last of the Just made Andre Schwarz-Bart world-famous for a novel that transcended conventional views of fiction, so does The Morning Star make a claim for uniqueness. Rescued from his papers by his widow, Simone four years after Scwarz-Bart's death, The Morning Staris the last word of a writer with a masterful and poignant sense of the past, present, and future...read more

Product Description: Modern African Women offers powerful and unforgettable tales from Senegal to South Africa, from the nineteenth century to the present. These modern African rulers, leaders, and visionaries include Madam Yoko, Queen of the Kpaa Mende and national heroine of Sierra Leone; Princess Kesso, a Fulani Muslim princess from Guinea who became one of the world’s first black models; Alice Lenshina, who fought British colonial rule in Zambia and was considered a prophet in the Lumpa Church; Ellen Kuzwayo, member of the African National Congress whose struggle for civil and women’s rights landed her in prison; Dulcie September, the ANC representative in France, killed for her ardent support for the cause of freedom; Miriam Makeba, internationally loved singer South African singer; Winnie Mandela, who carried on the struggle during Nelson Mandela’s long imprisonment; and many others...read more

Product Description:     In Praise of Black Women is a magnificent tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora from the ancient past to the present. Lavishly illustrated, with text written and selected by the celebrated Guadeloupian novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, this four-volume series celebrates remarkable women who distinguished themselves in their time and shaped the course of culture and history...read more

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After questioning the legend of the Just Man as a child, a Jew learns about i meaning and commits himself to his faith during the Second World War.