African Politics
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() It Began With a StoryFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of teachers and a principal working with a seventeen-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who would not follow instructions. Once his personal history … | David Starr | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() Sisters in StruggleFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes as context the recent history of the Sudan, and recounts one family’s experience living through the 1983-84 violence in the country, their journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia and … | David Starr | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() The Race for a Seat on the UN Security CouncilFrom: Canada is Not Back |
Examines the Trudeau government’s commitment to winning a seat in the UN Security Council in 2020. Explores Trudeau’s position on major international issues, including the Israeli … | Jocelyn Coulon | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() Three Simple WishesFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Discusses a recent history of a family from the Eritrea province of Ethiopia and the violence they experienced prior to being approved to come to Canada as refugees. | David Starr | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() This is What War Looks Like to WomenFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a woman born in Liberia in 1982 who escaped the civil war in Liberia by moving to Ivory Coast where war soon broke out as well. She then found her way to a refugee … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Keeping Hope AliveFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the story of how a man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was a teacher and activist which made him a target of the army. Details his struggles to claim asylum and finally … | David Starr | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() These Things Happen in AfricaFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the life of a man from Somalia who lost his leg delivering supplies to a UN refugee camp and then became a refugee in Uganda before being approved to come to Canada with his family. | David Starr | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() The Last Song of Akol CholFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Details the life of a young boy from the Sudan who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the war. When his family came to Canada in order to get him the services he needed they placed him in … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |