World Hunger

This 53 page resource on World Hunger covers four key areas related to hunger: understanding hunger; ending hunger; the international …

From the Local to the Global: Key Issues in Development Studies

‘Think global, act locally’ is a phrase often used to describe the importance of popular activism and an awareness of …

Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future

The 2012 Human Development Report for Africa explores why dehumanising hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, …

Kings of the Water

‘Kings of The Water’ tells the story of thirty-five year old Michiel Steyn returning to South Africa after a fifteen …

Three Letter Plague

This book is about the cultural obstacles, misunderstandings and stigma that, especially in rural the areas that challenge the efforts …

The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Peter Godwin’s latest book The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe, tells about the murderous violence dished out by …

A Sunday by the Pool in Kigali

This book is a love story told amid the backdrop of the world’s largest genocide in recent times. The Rwandan …

Chinya: CSPE module exploring development interdependence and rights & responsibilities through a global lens

Chinya is a comprehensive 16 page CSPE (Civil, Social and Political Education) module exploring development, interdependence and rights and responsibilities …

Your Place or Mine?

This pack examines issues raised by the relationship between land and power through historical and present day examples and encourages …

Africa Alive Publications

A series of 3 school textbooks developed by Self-Help Development International (now Self Help Africa), which focus on the challenges …

Failure Reports: learning from our mistakes

Engineers without Borders (EWB) Canada believes that success in development is not possible without taking risks and innovating – which …

Allah is not Obliged

‘Allah is not obliged to be fair about the things he does on earth.’ These are the words from the …

King Leopold’s Ghost

When US historian Adam Hochschild published his award winning account of the brutal plunder of the Congo it raised a …

Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight

Alexander Fuller’s much-talked-about memoir records her childhood in war-torn Africa, with a focus on the difficult relationships between settlers and …

Do They Hear You When You Cry

The 17-year-old Fauziya Kassindja made headlines in 1996 when she was the first female to be granted asylum in the …

The Grass is Singing

This is Lessing’s first novel and tells the story of Dick and Mary Turner, ‘white’ farmers in a remote part …

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo

This thrilling book recounts the extravagant tyranny of Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) for …

The Famished Road

Ben Okri’s Booker prize-winning novel draws on the Nigerian belief in “spirit children” who die and are continuously reborn.

Maru

“Maru” is set in a remote village in Botswana in the 1960s. The novel is an examination of racial prejudice …

Water and Sanitation