A Book Inspiration
LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 2017 – Political science professor and author Scott Straus has won the 2018 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for his 2015 book, “Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa.” [Read more…] about Scott Straus wins Grawemeyer Award
The If Man: Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the Inspiration for Kipling’s Masterpiece
Dr Leander Starr Jameson, the inspiration for Kipling’s masterpiece
A rollicking biography of Dr Leander Starr Jameson—hero, rogue and rascal of Empire and the man who inspired Kipling to write his masterpiece, If- [Read more…] about The If Man
The Maasai of East Africa is a strange and mysterious tribe. Mostly known for their brightly colored clothes, shaved heads and houses made of animal dung, they are a semi-nomadic people whose very existence helps sustain the wildlife of East Africa. [Read more…] about The Serengeti and the Maasai
What makes an African person? Do they have to have black skin, to have been born there, or to have had African parents? None of which incidentally apply to Moira Cooke, author of ‘A Heart for Africa’. [Read more…] about A Heart For Africa