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  1. Nigeria: Book On Ills of Mobile Phone Radiation Launched

    Lagos state Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social development, Prince Ademola Adeniji Adele has revealed that the inherent danger associated with use of mobile phones are mostly suffered by Nigerians especially Lagosians.

  2. Botswana: Book Review

    Little Giant of Bechuanaland is the story of pioneer missionary Reverend William Charles Willoughby (1857 to 1938) and his dedicated wife Bessie Willoughby. He is most famous for his role with the "Three Chiefs" when they went to London in 1895, something that has been written about extensively, but not completely. Professor Neil Parsons called Willoughby a "pathfinder" in his book King Khama, ...

  3. Nigeria: At Olokun Festival,Olusola, Adams Andasabere-Ameyaw Express Relevance

    Famous writer, Thomas Stearns Eliot who is primarily known for his poetry, devoted some significant amount of attention to the matters of civilization and culture. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States of America but emigrated to Britain, he started

  4. South Africa: Denis Hurley - Renewing the Church, Opposing Apartheid

    Durban author and veteran social activist and campaigner for peace and justice, Paddy Kearney, launches Guardian of the Light, the first full biography about the astonishing life and phenomenal work of Archbishop Denis Hurley – one of the most significant Catholic leaders in South Africa in the second half of the twentieth century.

  5. Cameroon: Match Commissioners Clamour for Status

    This is the object of a book written by Evini Avang that was launched last Friday at the conference hall of the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education by Minister Michel Zoah.

  6. Zimbabwe: Yvonne Vera Inspired Her Mother

    'Like daughter, like mother'. . . The norm appears to be that parents inspire their offspring. Seldom is it the other way round. Yvonne Vera, who died in April 2005 and was one of the most prolific writers Zimbabwe has produced, inspired many people not least her mother Ericah Gwetai.

  7. Zimbabwe: Book Review - White Gods, Black Demons

    Daniel Mandishona's White Gods, Black Demons is an anthology of 10 short stories published under the Weaver Press stable. Its magic is that it feels startlingly familiar, whatever your politics may be. Each portrait in the 110-page collection is the product of prodigious observation and research that resembles a return to the 16th century Every (wo)man theatrical genre.

  8. Liberia: Liberia and the United States During the Cold War by D. Elwood Dunn

    Exploring the dynamics and limitations of reciprocity in Liberia-US relations, the book offers a perspective on security and economic assistance as instruments of foreign policy.

  9. Ghana: Asokore Chief Launches Book On Ghana @ 50

    A book on the collection of the 16 papers delivered during the public lectures in connection with Ghana's 50 years anniversary celebration was launched in Accra on Tuesday.

  10. Zambia: Mwanawasa - Candid, Courageous

    Levy Patrick Mwanawasa: An Incentive for Posterity

  11. Uganda: Book Review - the Making of the Taliban

    Central Asia occupies a large chunk of our planet, stretching from the Middle East to western China, including northern India, the oil states and the countries whose name ends in "---stan".

  12. Ethiopia: Book On Auditing Launched; Said Badly Needed to Relate to Local Realities

    A book on auditing relating to local features of Ethiopia was launched at a ceremony organized by the Department of Accounting and Finance of the Addis Ababa University on Monday at the Faculty of Business and Economics hall. The book is authored by Professor Yohannes Kinfu and Ato Engida Bayou. Panel discussion took place in which many stressed the huge contributions of a book on auditing ...

  13. Namibia: New Book Explores the Heritage of the Haikom

    THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has published a book on the cultural heritage of the Haikom, one of the marginalised San-speaking groups, who lived in the Etosha National Park for centuries until they were evicted by the South African apartheid regime in the early 1950s.


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