by bookadmin | Nov 18, 2013 | Contemporary, Featured, News, South Africa, UK
It was a great loss to hear of the death of Doris Lessing, however she had lived a great and creative life in her 94 years. Lessing won the Nobel-prize for Literature in 2007 for her books, among more than 50 and most noticeably The Golden Notebook and The Grass is...
by bookadmin | Apr 20, 2012 | Africa, Education, Featured, News
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. Michael Leaf...
by bookadmin | Nov 12, 2011 | Africa, Featured, News
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’. Being an African person means being tough when faced with...