Book Review

AllAfrica News: Book Listings and Reviews

• Uganda: Lend Money to the Poor on Suitable Terms
  Book: Banker to the Poor
  
  
• Angola: New Maiomona Book to Be Launched Tuesday
  A new book by angolan writer, Joao Maiomona titled "as Colheitas do Senhor Governador" ( The Governor harvests) is to be launced Tuesday at a ceremony in the Angolan Writers' Association.
  
  
• Zimbabwe: About the Book Huchu's Book
  Title: The Hairdresser of Harare
  
  
• Uganda: Mohamed Amin Moved the World With His Lens
  Book: The Man who Moved the World
  
  
• Rwanda: Reviewing Nyerere in Elections Year
  For those concerned with Africa's liberation, it becomes increasingly important to anchor our steps in the reality of our environment and to benchmark our progress to the giant leaps forward obtained by our elders.
  
  
• Uganda: Rwandan Genocide - the Killers' Account
  Book: A Time for Machetes
  
  
• Africa: The African Diaspora and the Disciplines by Tejumola Olaniyan and James H. Sweet
  Charts a new course for African diaspora studies
  
  
• Nigeria: The Parliament of Idiots - Tryst of Sinators
  Tayo Olafioye's Parliament of Idiots: Tryst of the Sinators is a poetry collection for all seasons. From its rare striking title, dazzling in all its semantic and stylistic possibilities, to its content and form, the collection rings in the reader's mind like a great cathedral bell. Long after the reader has finished reading it, s/he seems not to have finished reading it; in other words, something keeps stretching the mind, keeps reminding the reader about the collection. The recent debacle in the House of 'Legislathieves', where the supposedly honourable citizens turned themselves to dishonourable beasts, using their deft filthy talons to tear one another's shirts, no doubt, ricochets the mind back to this collection.
  
  
• South Africa: Beer, Sociability, and Masculinity in South Africa by Anne Kelk Mager
  "A compelling story of how one of the most successful corporations in South Africa managed to thrive during the apartheid period. . . . At the same time, this is a study of the history of beer drinking, corporate culture in South Africa, the public sphere under apartheid and after, and gender and race relations." —Ivan Karp, Emory University
  
  
• Africa: Chinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa
  2006 was the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the first diplomatic ties between China and African countries and saw an increased focus on the relationship between China and Africa. In June 2006, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao visited ten African countries to promote China–Africa relations. In November, African heads of state met in Beijing to learn of a massive Chinese package of aid and assistance, including preferential loans, cancellation of debts, and numerous other initiatives.
  
  
• West Africa: The Epic of Kelefaa Saane by Sirifo Camara
  "Historically and literarily important . . . an excellent teaching tool in courses on African history, literature, oral tradition, and folklore." —Jan Jansen, University of Leiden.
  
  
• Tanzania: Africa's Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere by Chambi Chachage & Annar Cassam
  The death in 1999 of Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, left a cavern in the consciousness and conscience of the people of Tanzania and Africa.