Urban Dreams : Transformations of Family Life in Burkina Faso - Manfred Perlik Crime

Urban Dreams : Transformations of Family Life in Burkina Faso - Manfred Perlik CrimeClaudia Roth's work on Bobo Dioulasso, a city of half a million residents in Burkina Faso, provides uniquely detailed insight into the evolving life world of a West African urban population in one of the poorest countries in the world. Closely documenting the livelihood strategies of members of various neighbourhoods, Roth's work calls into question established notions of "the African family" as a solidary network, documents changing marriage and

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Emil is pulled into the orbit of Braeem Shaka - the leader of a Creole movement that is threatening the country's fragile racial progress with its demands for reparations - and ever further from the possibility of a return to his earlier life as a promising neurosurgeon

unfolding mystery regarding Jonas Crow's true identity

The path was clear

this is a modern classic of food writing and as much a bedside read as an indispensable kitchen resource

Blending travelogue and quirky history

surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world

Rassie preferred to watch hours of video and devise winning strategies

Cade softens

The only light in his sea of darkness is his boss's firecracker of a daughter who refuses to back down

A reckless healer

she landed her first postgrad job as an assistant to a dog photographer