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Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth - by Francine Prose

£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780300274158 | ISBN 10: 0300274157

A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy. “A lucid and persuasive reinterpretation. Readers won’t see Cleopatra the same way again.”—Publishers Weekly “W ... more
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Midnight in Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt's Roaring '20s - by Raphael Cormack

£10.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780863569364 | ISBN 10: 0863569366

1920s Cairo: singers were pressing hit records, dramatic troupes were springing up and cabarets were packed – a counterculture was on the rise. In bars, hash-dens and music halls, people of all backgrounds came together as a passionate group of art ... more
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Liberia's Women Veterans: War, Roles and Reintegration - by Leena Vastapuu, illustrated by Emmi Nieminen

£19.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786990808 | ISBN 10: 1786990806

The Liberian civil wars of the 1990s and 2000s became notorious for their atrocities, and for the widespread use of child soldiers. Girls and young women accounted for up to 40 per cent of these soldiers, but their unique perspective and experiences ... more
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She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak - by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan and Rafeeat Aliyu (Editors)

£12.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911115595 | ISBN 10: 1911115596

“We decided to put together this collection of thirty narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, the caricaturising and the writing out of history.” This stirring and intimate collection brings together 30 unique narratives t ... more
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Cut: One Woman's Fight Against FGM in Britain Today - by Hibo Wardere

£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781471153983 | ISBN 10: 1471153983

Imagine for a moment that you are 6-years-old and you are woken in the early hours, bathed and then dressed in rags before being led down to an ominous looking tent at the end of your garden. And there, you are subjected to the cruellest cut, ordered ... more
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Bite of the Mango - by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland

£7.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781408805190 | ISBN 10: 1408805197

An astonishing story of one girl's journey from war victim to UNICEF Special Representative.� As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumours of rebel attacks were no m ... more
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Breaking the Silence: Journeys to Recovery - POWA Women's Writing Competition 2008 - by Various authors

£9.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781920196196 | ISBN 10: 1920196196

Survivors of violence are often forced to flee � emotionally and geographically � from sites of violence. Women cross vast emotional and geographical borders in order to flee from violence to find a place of safety. This year, POWA called for entries ... more
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The Legacy of Efua Sutherland - by Co-edited by Anne V. Adams & Esi Sutherland-Addy

£16.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780954702311 | ISBN 10: 095470231x

This unique book published 11 years after ETS�s death will rekindle an awareness of the cultural dynamism, activism and Diasporic connections that Efua Theodora Sutherland achieved through her lifetime�s work. Efua Sutherland, Ghana-born ed ... more
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Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Female same-sex practices in Africa - by Ruth Morgan & Saskia Wieringa

£14.95 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781770090934 | ISBN 10: 1770090932

This unique book documents same sexuality in East and southern Africa. Eight of the chapters have been co-authored by women activists spanning six different countries. They have collected personal narratives on a range of issues related to sex and se ... more
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Gorillas in the Mist - by Dian Fossey

£9.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780753811412 | ISBN 10: 0753811413

For thirteen years Dian Fossey lived and worked with Uncle Bert, Flossie, Beethoven, Pantsy and Digit in the remote rain forests of the volcanic Virunga Mountains in Africa, establishing an unprecedented relationship with these shy and affectionate b ... more
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Desert Flower - by Waris Dirie

£8.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781860497582 | ISBN 10: 1860497586

"Born a Somalian nomad, by the time she made it as a top model, she'd survived genital mutilation and a face-off with a tiger... She's now a UN special Ambassador. Take a cue from Waris's charm and courage."(Company)"A story that traverses continents ... more
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