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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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.
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 …
A Fine Balance
Year: 1995Critics have lauded this book as one of the greatest novels of the late 20th century. Set in Bombay (now …
Maru
Year: 1971“Maru” is set in a remote village in Botswana in the 1960s. The novel is an examination of racial prejudice …
How the world works: a teacher’s post primary resource
Year: 2010A teacher’s guide to global justice issues for transition year.. This pack promotes awareness about the causes of global inequalities, …
Millennium Development Goals
Year: 2005An interactive animation that outlines basic information about the Millennium Development Goals.
If the World Had 100 People
Year: 2006An animation designed to sketch a portrait of the world in terms of population and wealth distribution. It is a …
Water and Sanitation
Year: 2010 | Published by: 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better WorldHIV and AIDS
Year: 2011 | Published by: 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better WorldAnimation presenting the basic facts around the issue of HIV and AIDS.
Poverty
Year: 2009 | Published by: 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better WorldThis animation provides basic facts around the issue of poverty.
Condomise Africa
Year: 2010 | Published by: Mosten Mutale and Mark MwanamwalyeThis short film tells the story of Fred Tembo from Garden Compound (a high density poor urban settlement) in Lusaka, …
Cultures Colliding
Year: 2008This is a short film about a group of young people from Dublin and Zambia who came together to create …