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Human Development Report 2011: Sustainability and Equity – A Better Future for All
Year: 2011 | Published by: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)The 2011 Human Development Report (HDR) themed on ‘Sustainability and Equity’, argues that sustainability and equity (e.g. social justice) must—and …
Leave It Out: Developing anti-homophobic bullying practice in schools
Year: 2008 | Published by: Save the ChildrenA resource to help change attitudes and behaviours within the school community.
Global Education Guidelines – a Handbook for Educators to Understand and Implement Global Education
Year: 2010 | Published by: North-South Centre (NSC) of the Council of EuropeThe Global Education guidelines is meant to be a pedagogical tool to support educators from formal and non-formal sectors to …
The Bottom Billion
Year: 2007 | Published by: Oxford University PressIn this latest book, former World Bank economist Paul Collier has identified fifty eight stagnating countries where nearly one billion …
Maru
Year: 1971“Maru” is set in a remote village in Botswana in the 1960s. The novel is an examination of racial prejudice …
A Fine Balance
Year: 1995Critics have lauded this book as one of the greatest novels of the late 20th century. Set in Bombay (now …
Burger’s Daughter
Year: 1979 | Published by: Viking PressSet in South Africa during the apartheid regime, this novel is about the beginning of a young white woman’s political …
The Famished Road
Year: 1991 | Published by: Anchor BooksBen Okri’s Booker prize-winning novel draws on the Nigerian belief in “spirit children” who die and are continuously reborn.
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo
Year: 2000 | Published by: Fourth Estate LondonThis thrilling book recounts the extravagant tyranny of Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) for …
The Grass is Singing
Year: 1950 | Published by: Thomas Y. Crowell CompanyThis is Lessing’s first novel and tells the story of Dick and Mary Turner, ‘white’ farmers in a remote part …
Country of My Skull
Year: 1998 | Published by: Random HouseThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa oversaw three committees dealing with human rights violations, reparations and amnesty …
Do They Hear You When You Cry
Year: 1999 | Published by: BantamThe 17-year-old Fauziya Kassindja made headlines in 1996 when she was the first female to be granted asylum in the …
Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight
Year: 2002 | Published by: MacMillanAlexander Fuller’s much-talked-about memoir records her childhood in war-torn Africa, with a focus on the difficult relationships between settlers and …
Disgrace
Year: 1999 | Published by: Secker and WarburgThis Booker Prize winning novel set in post-apartheid South Africa, is about redemption, the shift in political power and the …
King Leopold’s Ghost
Year: 2002 | Published by: PaxWhen US historian Adam Hochschild published his award winning account of the brutal plunder of the Congo it raised a …
God Grew Tired of Us
Year: 2006 | Published by: Lost Boys of Sudan, National Geographic Films, Silver Nitrate PicturesWinner of both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, the film God …
Allah is not Obliged
Year: 2007 | Published by: Anchor‘Allah is not obliged to be fair about the things he does on earth.’ These are the words from the …
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
Year: 2010 | Published by: United NationsThis report is the United Nations annual assessment of global progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. It analyses each Millennium …
State of the world population report 2011: People and Possibilities in a World of 7 Billion People
Year: 2011 | Published by: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)This report looks at the dynamics behind the numbers. It explains the trends that are defining our world of 7 …
World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
Year: 2011The World Bank publishes its annual World Development Report (WDR) with a focus a different specific development challenge each year. …