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38 Reflections on Mwalimu Nyerere
edited by Mark J. Mwandosya, J.V. Mwapachu
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

38 Reflections on Mwalimu Nyerere
edited by Mark J. Mwandosya, J.V. Mwapachu
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

African Visionaries
edited by Agnes Ofosua Vandyck
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

At Home, Away from Home
by Tanure Ojaide
Cissus World Press, USA

Born to Rule
by Tah Asongwed
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Buhari: The Making of a President
by Jimi Adebisi Lawal
Safari Books, Nigeria

Bushmen, Botany and Baking Bread
edited by Tony Dold, Jean Kelly
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Citizen of Zimbabwe
by Stephen Chan
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Compagnon! journal d’un noussi en guerre : 2002-2011
by Karel Arnaut, Marcus Mausiah Garvey
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Development as Rebellion (HB Box Set)
by Issa G. Shivji, Saida Yahya-Othman, Ng’wanza Kamata
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Fordsburg Fighter
by Amin Cajee edited by Terry Bell
Cover2Cover Books, South Africa

From Bush to Bush
by Steven Wondu
East African Educational Publishers, Kenya

From Goatherd to Governor
by Edwin Mtei
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Garfield Todd: The End of the Liberal Dream in Rhodesia
by Susan Woodhouse
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Girl on the Edge: A Memoir
by Ruth Carneson
Cover2Cover Books, South Africa

Growing Up With Tanzania
by Karim Hirji
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Growing Wild
edited by Jasmin Rindlisbacher, Alan Cohen
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

A Hat a Kayak and Dreams of Dar
by Terry Bell
Cover2Cover Books, South Africa

Hopes and Dreams That Sound Like Yours
edited by Taboom Media
MaThoko's Books, South Africa

I Am Because We Are
by Chidiogo Akunyili-Parris
Safari Books, Nigeria

I am Nala
edited by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
Nala Feminist Collective, Kenya

Inungi
by John Stanford
Mvusi Books , South Africa

Is Every Cab Driver Called Roger?
by Mounira Chaieb
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Letter from America
by Gil Ndi-Shang
Spears Media Press, Cameroon

Lewis Nkosi. The Black Psychiatrist
edited by Astrid Starck-Adler, Dag Henrichsen
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Making a Difference
by Libertina I. Amathila
University of Namibia Press, Namibia

Mama Penee
by Uazuvara Katjivena
University of Namibia Press, Namibia

Award

May I Have This Dance
by Connie Manse Ngcaba
Cover2Cover Books, South Africa

Mhlakaza in the Changing Southern Africa
by Vincent A. Mhlakaza
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Mukwahepo. Women Soldier Mother
by Ellen Ndeshi Namhila
University of Namibia Press, Namibia

My Life, My Purpose
by Benjamin W. Mkapa
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

My Life, My Purpose
by Benjamin W. Mkapa
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

my mother, my madness
by Colleen Higgs
Deep South, South Africa

Mzee Rukhsa
by Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Award

Mũkami Kĩmathi: Mau Mau Woman Freedom Fighter
by Wairimu Nderitu
Mdahalo Bridging Divides, Kenya

Nass El Ghiwane
by Omar Sayed
Senso Unico Editions, Morocco

Not My Time to Die
by Yolande Mukagasana
Huza Press, Rwanda

Not Yet Sunset
by Grace Acan
Fountain Publishers, Uganda

Obama Senior. A Dream Fulfilled
by Fredrick Donde
East African Educational Publishers, Kenya

The Odd Man In
by Denis Norman
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

The Other Side of Biafra
by Tony Amadi
Safari Books, Nigeria

Out of Place
by Nuraan Davids
African Minds Publishers, South Africa

A Person My Colour
by Martina Dahlmanns
Modjaji Books, South Africa

Quotable Quotes Of Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere
by Christopher C. Liundi
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Re-Living the Second Chimurenga
by Fay Chung
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Royauté et Politique
by Fo Angwafo
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Saffron
edited by Zaheera Jina
African Perspectives, South Africa

Singing Our Unsung Heroes
edited by Walter Gam Nkwi
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

A Son of Two Countries
by Casmir M. Rubagumya
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Sowing the Mustard Seed
by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Moran Publishers, Kenya

Stronger than Faith
by Oduor Ong'wen
Vita Books, Kenya

There Goes English Teacher
by Karin Cronje
Modjaji Books, South Africa

The Trials and Tribulations of a ZIPRA Soldier
by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Twelve + one
edited by Mike Alfred
Botsotso Publishing , South Africa

Unquiet. The Life and Times of Makhan Singh
by Zarina Patel
Zand Graphics, Kenya

Where are you from?
by Ulla Dentlinger
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

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