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Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wiwa Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
by Noo Saro-Wiwa
£8.99   paperback   (2013)
ISBN 13: 9781847083319 | ISBN 10: 1847083315
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Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller Cleopatra: A Biography
by Duane W. Roller
£10.99   paperback   (2012)
ISBN 13: 9780199829965 | ISBN 10: 0199829969
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Cairo: My City, Our Revolution by Ahdaf Soueif Cairo: My City, Our Revolution
by Ahdaf Soueif
£14.99   hardback   (2012)
ISBN 13: 9780747549628 | ISBN 10: 0747549621
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A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman by Lisa Shannon A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman
by Lisa Shannon
£11.99   paperback   (2011)
ISBN 13: 9781580053594 | ISBN 10: 1580053599
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Monique and the Mango Rains: An Extraordinary Story of Friendship in a Midwife Monique and the Mango Rains: An Extraordinary Story of Friendship in a Midwife's House in Mali
by Kris Henderson
£9.99   paperback   (2011)
ISBN 13: 9781851688371 | ISBN 10: 1851688374
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Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008 by Nadine Gordimer Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008
by Nadine Gordimer
£12.99   paperback   (2011)
ISBN 13: 9781408800966 | ISBN 10: 1408800969
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The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe by Nwando Achebe The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe
by Nwando Achebe
£16.99   paperback   (2011)
ISBN 13: 9780253222480 | ISBN 10: 0253222486
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117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law by Ruth First 117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law
by Ruth First
£8.99   paperback   (2010)
ISBN 13: 9781844086306 | ISBN 10: 1844086305
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A Long Way From Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide by Leah Chishugi A Long Way From Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide
by Leah Chishugi
£13.99   paperback   (2010)
ISBN 13: 9781844086573 | ISBN 10: 1844086577
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Half the Sky: How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Half the Sky: How to Change the World
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
£9.99   paperback   (2010)
ISBN 13: 9781844086825 | ISBN 10: 1844086828
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Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland Bite of the Mango
by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland
£7.99   paperback   (2010)
ISBN 13: 9781408805190 | ISBN 10: 1408805197
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This Child Will be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa This Child Will be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
£16.99   hardback   (2009)
ISBN 13: 9780061353475 | ISBN 10: 0061353477
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Breaking the Silence: Journeys to Recovery - POWA Women Breaking the Silence: Journeys to Recovery - POWA Women's Writing Competition 2008
by Various authors
£8.00   paperback   (2009)
ISBN 13: 9781920196196 | ISBN 10: 1920196196
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Tears of the Desert: One Woman Tears of the Desert: One Woman's True Story of Surviving the Horrors of Darfur
by Halima Bashir and Damien Lewis
£6.99   paperback   (2009)
ISBN 13: 9780340963579 | ISBN 10: 0340963573
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Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi by Nawal El Saadawi Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi
by Nawal El Saadawi
£12.99   paperback   (2009)
ISBN 13: 9781848132290 | ISBN 10: 1848132298
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A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi by Nawal El Saadawi A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi
by Nawal El Saadawi
£12.99   paperback   (2009)
ISBN 13: 9781848132320 | ISBN 10: 1848132328
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Beacons of Liberation by Shango Baku Beacons of Liberation
by Shango Baku
£6.99   paperback   (2008)
ISBN 13: 9781906190170 | ISBN 10: 1906190178
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Unbowed: My Autobiography by Wangari Maathai Unbowed: My Autobiography
by Wangari Maathai
£8.99   paperback   (2008)
ISBN 13: 9780099493099 | ISBN 10: 0099493098
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Infidel: My Life by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Infidel: My Life
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
£7.99   paperback   (2008)
ISBN 13: 9781416526247 | ISBN 10: 1416526242
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Grace, Tenacity and Eloquence: The Struggle for Women Grace, Tenacity and Eloquence: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Africa
by Edited by Patrick Burnett, Shereen Karmali and Firoze Manji
£14.95   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9780954563721 | ISBN 10: 0954563727
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Female Circumcision: The Interplay of Religion, Culture & Gender in Kenya by Mary Nyangweso Wangila Female Circumcision: The Interplay of Religion, Culture & Gender in Kenya
by Mary Nyangweso Wangila
£16.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781570757105 | ISBN 10: 1570757100
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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival by Fadumo Korn and Sabine Eichhorst Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival
by Fadumo Korn and Sabine Eichhorst
£19.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781558615311 | ISBN 10: 1558615318
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The Legacy of Efua Sutherland by Co-edited by Anne V. Adams & Esi Sutherland-Addy The Legacy of Efua Sutherland
by Co-edited by Anne V. Adams & Esi Sutherland-Addy
£16.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9780954702311 | ISBN 10: 095470231x
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Black Women for Beginners by S. Pearl Sharp Black Women for Beginners
by S. Pearl Sharp
£8.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781934389201 | ISBN 10: 193438920x
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Alek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel by Alek Wek Alek: Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
by Alek Wek
£12.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781844084425 | ISBN 10: 1844084426
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Back from Africa by Corinne Hofmann Back from Africa
by Corinne Hofmann
£15.99   hardback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781905147328 | ISBN 10: 1905147325
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Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt by Katherine Frank Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt
by Katherine Frank
£11.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781845113315 | ISBN 10: 1845113314
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Left to Tell: One Woman Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surviving the Rwanden Holocaust
by Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin
£7.99   paperback   (2007)
ISBN 13: 9781401915384 | ISBN 10: 1401915388
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Gorilla Dreams: The Legacy of Dian Fossey by Georgianne Nienaber Gorilla Dreams: The Legacy of Dian Fossey
by Georgianne Nienaber
£11.45   paperback   (2006)
ISBN 13: 9780595376698 | ISBN 10: 059537669x
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Assia Djebar: Out of Algeria by Jane Hiddleston Assia Djebar: Out of Algeria
by Jane Hiddleston
£40.00   hardback   (2006)
ISBN 13: 9781846310317 | ISBN 10: 1846310318
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My Father My Father's Daughter
by Hannah Pool
£8.99   paperback   (2006)
ISBN 13: 9780141016047 | ISBN 10: 0141016043
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Amina by Mohammed Umar Amina
by Mohammed Umar
£12.99   paperback   (2006)
ISBN 13: 9781592214044 | ISBN 10: 1592214045
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A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid's Chief Killer
by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
£8.99   paperback   (2006)
ISBN 13: 9781846270536 | ISBN 10: 1846270537
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Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female same-sex practices in Africa by Ruth Morgan & Saskia Wieringa Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female same-sex practices in Africa
by Ruth Morgan & Saskia Wieringa
£13.95   paperback   (2005)
ISBN 13: 9781770090934 | ISBN 10: 1770090932
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Nefertiti: Egypt Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen
by Joyce A. Tyldesley
£8.99   paperback   (2005)
ISBN 13: 9780141017242 | ISBN 10: 0141017244
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Why Do I Scream at God for the Rape of Babies? by Claudia J.Ford Why Do I Scream at God for the Rape of Babies?
by Claudia J.Ford
£7.99   paperback   (2005)
ISBN 13: 9781556435478 | ISBN 10: 1556435479
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Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie Desert Dawn
by Waris Dirie
£7.99   paperback   (2004)
ISBN 13: 9781844080083 | ISBN 10: 1844080080
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Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo Call Me Woman
by Ellen Kuzwayo
£9.95   paperback   (2004)
ISBN 13: 9780958470827 | ISBN 10: 0958470820
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Hearing Visions Seeing Voices by Mmatshilo Motsei Hearing Visions Seeing Voices
by Mmatshilo Motsei
£12.95   paperback   (2004)
ISBN 13: 9781919931517 | ISBN 10: 1919931511
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In Praise of Black Women - Volume 3: Modern African Women by Simone Schwarz-Bart In Praise of Black Women - Volume 3: Modern African Women
by Simone Schwarz-Bart
£44.50   hardback   (2003)
ISBN 13: 9780299172701 | ISBN 10: 0299172708
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The Dynamics of African Feminism: Defining and Classifying African Feminist Literatures by Susan Arndt (editor) The Dynamics of African Feminism: Defining and Classifying African Feminist Literatures
by Susan Arndt (editor)
£17.99   paperback   (2003)
ISBN 13: 9780865438989 | ISBN 10: 0865438986
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The Devil that Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna The Devil that Danced on the Water
by Aminatta Forna
£7.99   paperback   (2003)
ISBN 13: 9780006531265 | ISBN 10: 0006531261
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Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime by Elinor Sisulu Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime
by Elinor Sisulu
£12.99   paperback   (2003)
ISBN 13: 9780349117119 | ISBN 10: 034911711x
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The War Within the War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern Congo by Human Rights Watch The War Within the War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern Congo
by Human Rights Watch
£9.95   paperback   (2002)
ISBN 13: 9781564322760 | ISBN 10: 1564322769
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Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey
£8.99   paperback   (2001)
ISBN 13: 9780753811412 | ISBN 10: 0753811413
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Desert Flower by Waris Dirie Desert Flower
by Waris Dirie
£7.99   paperback   (2001)
ISBN 13: 9781860497582 | ISBN 10: 1860497586
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Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl by Aman et al Aman: The Story of a Somali Girl
by Aman et al
£7.99   paperback   (1995)
ISBN 13: 9780747520221 | ISBN 10: 0747520224
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The Circumcision of Women; A Strategy for Eradication by Olayinka Koso-Thomas The Circumcision of Women; A Strategy for Eradication
by Olayinka Koso-Thomas
£16.95   paperback   (1992)
ISBN 13: 9780862327019 | ISBN 10: 0862327016
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