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  • THROUGH BLACK EYES: Journeys of A Black Artist To East Africa and Russia. by Fax, Elton C.
    Fax, Elton C.
    THROUGH BLACK EYES: Journeys of A Black Artist To East Africa and Russia.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dodd, Mead, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of Fax's trips first to African - to Uganda, Northern Sudan, Ethopia, Tanzania - and then to Moscow and the then Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. "In each of these exotic areas, so different in many respects, he was to find the history of oppression by colonialism, as it had occurred in similar ways among his own people at home. Everywhere he went the artist in Elton Fax recorded with beautiful drawings, even as the text did in words, what he saw with his own discerning eyes to produce a fascinating parts of the world." Illustrated with drawings by the author/artist. Index. x, 203 pp. ISBN: 0-396068421.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tears to dj, minor edgewear)

    Book ID: 61477
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  • THE WHITE PUMPKIN by Hills, Denis
    Hills, Denis
    THE WHITE PUMPKIN

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the author's experiences in Africa and in Uganda, a country he loved and where he taught for many years, and also the story of Amin's abuse of power, and of the author's arrest and death sentence for calling him "a village tyrant ruling by fear". Illustrated with 40 photographs by the author. ISBN: 0-394406532.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder mark, toning to pages)

    Book ID: 91660
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  • KINTU. by Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga.
    Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga.
    KINTU.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Oakland, CA: Transit Books, 2017. First edition - An award-winning debut - "The year is 1750. As he makes his way to the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda Kingdom, Kintu Kidda unleashes a curse that will plague his family for generations. As the centuries pass, the tale moves down the bloodline, exploring the lives of four of Kintu Kidda's descendants. . . Blending Ganda oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has brought to life an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters to produce a powerful epic and a modern classic." First published in Kenya in 2014, winner of the Kwani Manuscript Prize, longlisted for the Etisalat Prize for African fiction. Introduction by Aaron Bady. viii, 443 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88058
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  • ORPHAN. by Oculi, Okello.
    Oculi, Okello.
    ORPHAN.

    Edition: First printing, a paperback original.

    Nairobi, Kenya: Modern African Library/East African Publishing House, (1968). First edition - Collection of poetry by this writer who was born in northern Uganda. Illustrated by E. Christensson. Glossary. 104 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated white wrappers (name of poet Elizabeth La Place (Harrod)) on first page.

    Book ID: 90841
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  • THE AFRICAN COMMUNIST: No. 53 Second Quarter 1973. by South African Communist Party.
    South African Communist Party.
    THE AFRICAN COMMUNIST: No. 53 Second Quarter 1973.

    Edition: Digest magazine, 1st printing.

    London: Inkululeko Publications, 1973. First edition - Cover article is Southern Africa on the March. Also includes Alex La Guma on North Vietnam, articles on Uganda, Kenya and Namibia and more. Illustrated with maps and photographs, includes book reviews. 126 pp. We have many other issues of this journal available.

    Condition: Very good.

    Book ID: 90924
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  • KAWAHA. by Westlake, Donald E.
    Westlake, Donald E.
    KAWAHA.

    Edition: First thus.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Reissue of a book originally published in 1982 with a new introduction for this edition by the author. SIGNED on the title page. A story of grand larceny set in Idi Amin's corrupt Uganda. Map. xi, 475 pp plus afterword. ISBN: 0-89296-533-9.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47054
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