 | The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.20 A great starting point, written with warmth, compassion and understanding.
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 | A History of Ethiopia by HG Marcus
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £8.32 A thorough, densely packed (if occasionally dry) history of Ethiopia. Several incredibly interesting moments.
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 | The Devil's Cup: Coffee, the Driving Force in History by Stuart Lee Allen
Buy used from: £13.37 An entertaining and far reaching travelogue.
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 | The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat (Penguin Classics) by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £3.60 Utterly breathtaking account of Haile Selassie's final days.
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 | The Chains of Heaven: An Ethiopian Romance (non-fiction) by Philip Marsden
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £3.31 Vivid writing from a writer who loves Ethiopia.
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 | The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy by Philip Marsden
Buy new: £6.69 / Used from: £8.04 Fascinating historical account of Emperor Tewodros and his fall out with Queen Victoria.
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 | The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith
Buy new: £6.75 / Used from: £5.60 Densely packed and entertaining account of Africa's last fifty years. Brilliant but depressing!
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 | Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher
Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £0.01 A gripping story of 'ordeal travel'. Post-Mobutu Congo - not an ideal tourist destination.
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 | Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £5.13 An honest yet optimistic portrayal of Africa's past, present and future.
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 | The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa by Alex Garland
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Take a group of writers to Sudan and this is what you get. An interesting, varied collection of stories and articles. Result!
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 | Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent by Blaine Harden
Buy used from: £4.55 Dated but deeply interesting account of several African journeys. Really well written.
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 | We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
Buy new: £5.69 / Used from: £2.89 An account of the Rwandan genocide. A masterpiece of reportage with a strong emotional impact.
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 | Botswana Time by Will Randall
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £0.14 Incredibly light and enjoyable book from a writer who has an entertaining (if at times formulaic) way of spinning an interesting yarn.
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 | Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.57 Kapuscinski's final book and a fitting epitaph to a man who never lost his humility or his fascination with the world.
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 | Green Oranges on Lion Mountain: The Accidental Optimist by Emily Joy
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £2.88 Former VSO volunteer in Sierra Leone tells her story. A slow starter with an incredibly powerful ending.
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 | Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.05 A work of fiction which tugs at the heart strings and is superbly executed.
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