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1. Africa is not a country: notes on a bright continent

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Author:
Faloyin, Dipo
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
960.33 FALOY
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
960.33 FALOY
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"An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting view of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity by one of its leading new writers. A lively and diverse continent of fifty-four countries, over two thousand languages, and 1.4 billion people, Africa has long been painted with a broad brush in Western literature, media, and culture, flattening it into a monolith. In Africa is Not a Country, the acclaimed journalist Dipo Faloyin boldly counters...

2. Travels with George: in search of Washington and his legacy

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Author:
Philbrick, Nathaniel
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RETRACES GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TRAVELS THROUGH THE UNITED STATES COLONIES.
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"Does George Washington still matter? The ... author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...