Published on March 6, 2010, 8:00 am
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Is it possible to summarize Africa's difficulties in less than two hundred pages? That is the challenge presented by Gerald Caplan in The Betrayal of Africa. The author gives a spot- on analysis of the historical and economic contexts that are responsible for the current state of affairs.
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Published on August 31, 2009, 12:00 am
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A Piece of Cake is an emotional and gritty true story of how a series of unfortunate events throw an innocent 11 year old head first into adulthood.
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Published on May 28, 2009, 12:00 am
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The Curse of the Al Dulaimi Hotel is a hugely funny, inspiring and action- packed account of a freelance reporter in post- invasion Baghdad and offers a refreshing approach to war reporting. It ceases from taking on the classic 'bullet dodger' war correspondent commentary.
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Published on May 5, 2009, 3:56 am
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In a comprehensive evaluation of the English language this entertaining book is more than just a survey of where English is spoken and why it has become the lingua franca of the global community.
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Published on April 25, 2009, 5:15 am
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I first immersed myself in critical race theory scholarship three years ago when I began researching white supremacy for my book, Layers of Blackness: Colourism in the African Diaspora. Since then, I have borne witness to the way that critical race theory, originally developed by lawyers, has been applied to a number of areas from studies ...read more

Published on April 25, 2009, 1:14 am
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At the high point of the Liberation Struggle of the African Americans in the 1960s the Black Panther Party for Self Defence emerged as the US manifestation of a worldwide radical movement.
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Published on April 19, 2009, 2:33 am
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When Brixton teacher Katherine Bing made a written compilation of the crazy dates she had been on, she had no idea it would turn into a novel. But that is exactly what happened and the South Londoner of Guyanese and Jamaican heritage is due to release her first book, Singleholic, on April 2.
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Published on April 7, 2009, 11:35 am
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This book examines colourism, the process of discrimination among people of the same ethnicity, from a historical and political perspective and lays the claim that religion and slavery both contributed towards the denigration of blackness, which in turn led to the spread of colourism throughout the African Diaspora.
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Published on April 3, 2009, 3:37 am
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Whiteness is an important subject, a process that is rarely mentioned or considered, despite its significance in critical race theory. In short, without whiteness there would be no white supremacy, nor the racism upon which it feeds.
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Published on April 3, 2009, 3:28 am
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Using critical race theory as basis to examine the education system in the UK, Gillborn argues that the system is not designed to promote equality in education, but rather to maintain the achievement gap that exists between white pupils and pupils from minority backgrounds. For anyone unfamiliar with critical race theory, as Gillborn points out: "Critical ...read more

Published on March 29, 2009, 9:50 am
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This book is what it says on the cover - a collection of 19 stories about fathers, daughters, their relationships and the memories evoked as a result, whether these be amicable, strained, unrecognisable or displaying undying admiration, loyalty or betrayal.

The difference is that these fathers and daughters are African - from Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, ...read more