One of the best Madge Swindells' books!!! It's been exciting trying to solve the book's mistery and then discovering where I was wrong and where I was right... while reading the book!! The charachters are wonderful... even the bad ones!!! The book it's also interesting because it makes you understand, through a novel, what are the problems in the New post apartheid South Africa. It made me want to look for more information about this very troubled country.

"Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself" is a very good book for children or people who just want a straight forward history of the first succesful female pharoah in ancient Egypt. This was the first book I read of Hatshepsut and I enjoyed it alot. It encouraged me to begin to learn more about her. She was truly a great ruler and worth investigating further. The book consists of a basic history of Hatshepsut and her accomplishments. If you liked this book check out a longer young adult novel "His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut" by 'Dorothy Sharp Carter'.

A long-running debate in the study of 20th Century African history has been whether there really was any substantive difference between French "direct" rule and British "indirect" rule in the colonial era. Miles gives us a new perspective by focusing on the contemporary differences between two neighboring Hausa-speaking communities -- one in Niger (formerly a French Colony) and one in Nigeria (formerly under British rule). By examining not only conteporary conditions but also the memories of the respective inhabitants, Mile's careful study provides scholars and interested readers with an insightful perspective into the impact of the past on the present. Well-written accessible, and smart.

A very interesting book, that I couldn't put down. It tells a story that is fascinating and sad. A tale of the good, the bad and what might have been. Highly recommended.

Joseph Conrad, in his two novels "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Agent", demonstrate the duality of man at the extremes. In "Heart", Conrad uses the narrative of Charlie Marlow and his journey through the Congo basin to reveal how much man can change from what he professes as his aims and what he succombs to through his actions. Marlow and the other central character Kurtz are in many ways foils for each other, both in pursuit of an end, and both gaining realization of the futility of their pursuit.

Conrad succeeds in generalizing these characters' development to humanity at large, not just in an imperialist context of Africa, but in the heart of civilization of the time, London, in his later novel "The Secret Agent". Again, the themes of futility and disillusionment loom large in this work, but are made much more immediate and absurd in the context of the urban environment. Verloc, his wife Winnie, and the characters surrounding them all live their lives without discernible meaning, which end without meaning as well.

Both these novels draw from historical events--Conrad's trip to the Congo where he compromised his health and the 1894 Greenwich Observatory bombing outrage--and show Conrad's skill in weaving narratives of beautiful prose in a language that was his third. These stories are a great introduction to Conrad, and represent the turning point for the novel following the Victorian age into the Modern.

This is one of the most beautiful books I have read in years. Mda skillfullly evokes the tensions in contemporary South Africa for blacks caught between the tug of Western, technological culture and their identity in long-standing traditions. The story is given added substance by Mda's recounting the history of similar tensions from the nineteenth century, thus creating deep emotions that propel the characters. The story mixes family feuds, spats between the sexes, and sober deliberations about community versus individual choices, all told with a level of humor that underscores rather than undermines the importance of these issues for South Africa today.

Oustory 101

A must for anyone study of the Afrika and
Afrikan-American experience anywhere in the
world.

Brother Milton has made a substantial contribution
to the arsenal of evidence justifying Reparations,
showing that the CRIMES against BLACK Humanity
extend all the way into modern times, and do not
end with the abolition of slavery.

Brother Milton did a great interview with me
on Sunday July 13th 2003 on DRUMBEAT Radio-Net Cast
from Boston, MA USA ( WRBB 104.9 FM), adding to the
long list of my informative,, educational and inspiring
programs for my growing Boston FM and worldwide ON-
LINE listening audience.

This work clearly belongs among those few other works
of Afrika and Afrikan American OURSTORIANS who uncovered
that which is hidden.

This book is a great piece of literature that gives children a 3D view of their favorite animals around the globe. It gives parents the opportunity to share the love of animals and the importance of conservation with their children. I love all 4 books in this series.

"Don't despair, create your own jobs." This is the message fifteen black entrepreneurs-ranging from former presidents of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (Nafcoc) to those keeping a low profile-want to get across to today's black youth by telling their stories of hard-won success in the apartheid years. By 1994, at least a million black South Africans owned their own businesses. Almost all had been forced to operate illegally because of the enormity and complexity of apartheid's laws. Ian Hetherington writes about these entrepreneurs and their importance to society. He describes the obstacles they have to overcome and suggests ways to help them do what they do best-create wealth. He documents the experiences of some of these black entrepreneurs who rose above the deprivations of poverty, their education, and the laws that apartheid devised to suppress their enterprising spirit.

I was in Kathmandu in Novemver of 1998, staying at the Hotle Vajra and had the opportunity to meet Thomas Kelly. He gave a signed copy of this book to the host of our trip and I got to flip through it. What a fabulous book! I wasn't aware that The Hidden Himalayas and Kathmandu City on the Edge of the World were out of print until I returned to the states. I've tried to located it everywhere and I'm not having any luck. Can you help me get a copy of these books?