Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson

Abyssinia's Samuel Johnson
Author: Wendy Laura Belcher
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 019979331X

Uncovers African influences on the Western imagination during the eighteenth century, paying particular attention to the ways Ethiopia inspired and shaped the work of Samuel Johnson.

Rimbaud in Abyssinia

Rimbaud in Abyssinia
Author: Alain Borer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1991
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The author's journey to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of poet Arthur Rimbaud in Africa.

Seerah of Prophet Muhammed

Seerah of Prophet Muhammed
Author: Yasir Qadhi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 776
Release: 2019-05-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781099278389

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi gives a detailed analysis of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from the original sources.Study the Biography of the single greatest human being that ever walked the surface of this earth, whom Allah sent as a Mercy to Mankind.

The Other Abyssinians

The Other Abyssinians
Author: Brian J. Yates
Publisher:
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1580469809

Reframes the story of modern Ethiopia around the contributions of the Oromo people and the culturally fluid union of communities that shaped the nation's politics and society.

The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros

The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros
Author: Galawdewos
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0691164215

A "geadl" or hagiography, originally written by Gealawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions.

Uncommon Grounds

Uncommon Grounds
Author: Mark Pendergrast
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2010-09-28
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0465024041

The definitive history of the world's most popular drug. Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever a brilliantly entertaining guide to the currents of one of the world's favorite beverages.

Freedom Dreams

Freedom Dreams
Author: Robin D.G. Kelley
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2002-06-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807009784

Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C. L. R. James to Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X, Kelley writes of the hope that Communism offered, the mindscapes of Surrealism, the transformative potential of radical feminism, and of the four-hundred-year-old dream of reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. From'the preeminent historian of black popular culture' (Cornel West), an inspiring work on the power of imagination to transform society.