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Pour la première fois, des enregistrements historiques de Léopold Sédar Senghor sont remis à la disposition du public sous la direction de Philippe Sainteny dans le cadre des émissions radiophoniques de RFI. Les archives sonores, ici réunies, de l'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel et de Radio France Internationale, nous permettent de redécouvrir l'une des figures marquantes de l'Afrique contemporaine.

Tensions run high as Caleb de Leon, a young Jewish Confederate soldier, celebrates Passover with his family's newly freed slaves in the de Leons' crumbling antebellum mansion. This gripping drama explores a little-known aspect of the Civil War, unearthing dark family secrets on the way to a shocking climax.

Brought to you by Penguin. *Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2018* *Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 2018* Translating as 'initiation', kumukanda is the name given to the rites a young boy from the Luvale tribe must pass through before he is considered a man. The poems of Kayo Chingonyi's...

The Ugandan Tales is set in Uganda and is about the struggles of ordinary Africans against post-independence African rulers that preach freedom and emancipation but have turned into oppressors. This collection of poetry dives deep into topics of police brutality, social injustices, and oppression through the landscape of the tortured cities. Ordinary people seek to reassert their rights against an intransigent regime that is determined to keep them oppressed. The poems chronicle everyday struggles that are faced at the hands of fellow Africans masquerading as Pan-Africanists.

In these eclectic mix of riveting short stories, Sade Adeniran the award-winning author of Imagine This, explores a selection of shorts that range from love at first sight in Tube Ride, to a chilling encounter with a painting, in The Painting. Some of the stories are steeped in sorrow, others put a smile on your face.

"Where does all the grief go when it's not tugging at your wrist?" Enyegue's debut collection is an ode to girlhood, to Blackness, to generational trauma, sexual assault, and mental health. This collection does not aim to heal anyone who listens to it, but instead help them confront their own healing. Rather than sugar-coated bullets that enter you lightly, these poems are designed to hurt.

After watching the movie Selma, seven-year-old Nashida was shocked about race relations in America. Her parents vowed to teach Nashida about her culture every Saturday to help her understand America's unruly past. Nashida shares history lessons and her museum experience with listeners.

Behind Enemy Lines is a collection of stories about ordinary people and anti-heroes dragged into a search for meaning in their lives - whether it is a simple search for identity and love or a bigger struggle for Africa's political freedom. The canvas of their actions, motivations, and circumstances is a Zimbabwe of the past, present, and future. Humorous, acerbic, funny, and tragic, the stories cover the whole gamut of emotions.

Avec pour toile de fond les bouleversements politiques du Nigeria des années 1980, le portrait inoubliable d'une femme qui fait le choix de la liberté... envers et contre tout. Yejide et Akin vivent une merveilleuse histoire d'amour. De leur coup de foudre à l'université d'Ifé, jusqu'à leur mariage, tout s'est enchaîné.

Blossoms of the Savannah follows the lives of two young sisters on the verge of womanhood. Taiyo and Resian both become aware of the conflict between their personal dreams and their duty to the Nasila tradition and culture. H. R. Ole Kulet addresses the elusive concerns of female genital mutilation and early marriages among the Maa community of the Massai and captures the listener's imagination as he traces the girls' excruciatingly painful steps to victory.

Shining a light on the remarkable, untold stories of reconciliation in Rwanda since the genocide in 1994, Kill the Devil is a love story between a survivor and a perpetrator of genocide in a lesson for our times and for all time.

Miguel is a man with a troubled past and transforms into a man who is self-centered with destructive social patterns. He meets Amelia, a beautiful divorcee with two children, and uses a charade of love, protectiveness, and kindness to lure in her children to love and trust him. Amelia is swept off her feet with his charming personality, handsomeness without knowing that the unhappy man feels no one deserves to be happy. Amelia would not listen to the warning from Miguel’s mother, that her son is not good for her.

À la mort de sa mère, Youssef, un professeur marocain exilé en France depuis un quart de siècle, revient à Salé, sa ville natale, à la demande de ses sœurs, pour liquider l'héritage familial. À travers lui, les voix du passé résonnent et l'interpellent, dont celle de Najib, son ami et amant de jeunesse au destin tragique, happé par le trafic de drogue et la corruption d'un colonel de l'armée du roi Hassan II.

Flowers and Bee Stings is a contemporary poetry collection that examines the themes of pain, self-discovery, and freedom, as well as the beauty of happiness and healing through trials and tribulations. Divided into 10 sections, this audiobook is a metaphor for dealing with life and pain, but over coming those obstacles. The poems were written to inspire and encourage one to move beyond their past hurts and pains. For with healing comes hope and with hope comes freedom. Find yourself again and begin again.

Sassy, successful Faith Brown has earned her place in the boardroom through hard work and sheer ambition. Making family is not on her agenda when there are businesses to develop and competitors to outdo. So when a casual affair with smooth and irresistible tycoon Mark Essien leads to an unplanned pregnancy, she's determined not to make the mistakes her mother made by living with a man just for the sake of her child.

Der Literaturnobelpreisträger von 2021 erstmals als ungekürzte Lesung. Sansibar, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Der zwölfjährige Yusuf lebt mit seiner Familie im ländlichen Ostafrika. Als der Vater sich verschuldet, wird der Junge an einen Gläubiger verkauft, an "Onkel Aziz". Von einem Tag auf den anderen landet er in der Stadt, zwischen afrikanischen Muslimen, christlichen Missionaren und Indern vom Subkontinent.

Amana hopes his dark secrets will never catch up with him. But when nearby villagers discover a mauled body near him, the residents assume the traveling monk is to blame. Amana suspects the grisly handiwork of a bloodthirsty, mythological creature. Determined to clear his name and catch the culprit, Amana follows the trail of bloody clues. When shadows from his own past tie in with the demonic attack, he's torn between his vow of pacifism and his duty to protect the defenseless.

Seen as the rebel Essien, Tony has always felt like an outsider. With a daredevil lifestyle, he's more at home in leathers than in a suit, and more likely to be seen gracing the red carpets at a movie premiere with a starlet draped on his arms than in a boardroom. Still, he's determined to prove himself to his family and build a successful movie business. Spotting Rita Dike at an event, he sees the potential star of his new movie and his next pleasure conquest.

Lara Johnson is coping with the emotional scars of losing both parents in a tragic incident and facing the challenges of starting a new school. Getting involved in a relationship isn't on her priority list. Certainly not this illicit desire for a man, who demands the best from her, yet leaves her breathless in his presence. All Ike Thomas wants to do is to keep out of trouble and get through the one year internship required for his degree program.

In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside those who have moved on or occasionally drop back in. The women he interviewed spent endless hours with him, discussing their careers, offering insights into the iconic shows, changes on Broadway over the last century, and the art (and thrill) of taking the stage night after night.