Putumayo`s series of world music CDs for children travels to Africa, a continent that is exuberantly rich in music & culture. ” African Playground” is filled with great songs by artists from Senegal to South Africa, including a previously unreleased track by world music superstar Angelique Kidjo. Children & their families will love the upbeat rhythms & appealing melodies on this musical tour. Parents & educators will appreciate the accessibly presented cultural information & musical fun facts.” African Playground”

Includes:: entertaining & informative multi-lingual liner notes, song lyrics, cultural information, a music glossary & colorful illustrations. CD Track listing:1 Angélique Kidjo, ` Battu` (Benin) 2 Them Mushrooms, ` Jambo Bwana` (Kenya) 3 The Mahotella Queens, ` Mbube` (South Africa) 4 Mose Fan Fan, ` Hello Hello` (Congo) 5 Vieux Diop, ` Sing Lo Lo` (Senegal) 6 Dr. Victor, ` Kalimba` (South Africa) 7 Tarika Sammy, ` Hendry` (Madagascar) 8 Samite, ` Munomuno` (Uganda) 9 Saleshe Damassae, ` Hoya Hoye` (Ethiopia) 10 Bakithi Kumalo, ` Sangoma` (South Africa) 11 Baba Ken Okulolo, ` Laba Laba` (Nigeria) 12 Tete Alhinho, ` Barco Di Papel` (Cape Verde) 13 Aura Msimang, ` Lango Mo` (South Africa) About this series: Putumayo World Music was established to introduce people to the music of the world`s cultures. The label grew out of Putumayo clothing company, founded by Dan Storper in 1975 & sold in 1997. Co-founder Michael Kraus joined Storper to help launch Putumayo World Music in 1993. Since then the label has become known primarily for its upbeat & melodic compilations of great international music characterized by the company`s motto: “guaranteed to make you feel good!”

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Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He`s planned the crime for some time, but still, the act of murder requires a bit of psychological & logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn`t prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima`s life & criminal exploits with his own. Continuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts, Gregoire`s final shot at offing Germaine leads to an abrupt unravelling. Lauded in France for its fresh & witty style, African Psycho`s inventive use of language surprises & relieves the reader by sending up this disturbing subject. ...

Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He`s planned the crime for some time, but still, the act of murder requires a bit of psychological & logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn`t prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima`s life & criminal exploits with his own. Continuing with the plan despite a string of botched attempts, Gregoire`s final shot at offing Germaine leads to an abrupt unravelling. Lauded in France for its fresh & witty style, ” African Psycho`s” inventive use of language surprises & relieves the reader by sending up this disturbing subject. ...

An African safari is arguably one of the most alluring & easily understood dreams of our time. Just the thought of an African safari evokes thoughts of adventure, a journey through nature's greatest spectacle, a glimpse of the earth before man.[i] African Safari[/i] is an exploration of all that the word safari encompasses, from journeys on horseback & dugout canoes, the quiet drifting of a balloon & the tension of waiting on foot to the smell of dung, soil & the rain. [i] African Safari[/i] is an intimate odyssey through the great wilderness of Africa & an eye on its wild denizens, spiced with the echoes of a romantic history.[i] African Safari[/i] is divided into eight chapters: South Africa (Kruger & the Kgalagadi) Namibia (Etosha, Damaraland & Kaokaland) Botswana (Okavango, Chobe, & Linyanti) Zimbabwe (Mana Pools & the Zambezi) Zambia (North & South Luangwa) Tanzania (Ngorongoro & the Serengeti) Kenya (Masai Mara, Amboseli, & Tsavo) Rwanda & Uganda (Parc des Volcans & Mgahinga) ...

An African safari is arguably one of the most alluring & easily understood dreams of our time. Just the thought of an African safari evokes thoughts of adventure, a journey through nature`s greatest spectacle, a glimpse of the earth before man. African Safari is an exploration of all that the word safari encompasses, from journeys on horseback & dugout canoes, the quiet drifting of a balloon & the tension of waiting on foot to the smell of dung, soil & the rain. African Safari is an intimate odyssey through the great wilderness of Africa & an eye on its wild denizens, spiced with the echoes of a romantic history. African Safari is divided into eight chapters: South Africa (Kruger & the Kgalagadi) Namibia (Etosha, Damaraland & Kaokaland) Botswana (Okavango, Chobe, & Linyanti) Zimbabwe (Mana Pools & the Zambezi) Zambia (North & South Luangwa) Tanzania (Ngorongoro & the Serengeti) Kenya (Masai Mara, Amboseli, & Tsavo) Rwanda & Uganda (Parc des Volcans & Mgahinga). ...

Encompassing the enormous range of traditional, h&-crafted textiles from every region of Africa, this illustrated volume explores the materials, dyes, decorations & techniques of the people who create them. Five sections cover the major geographical areas & examine the materials, dyes, decorations & techniques that characterize them. John Gillow has conducted first-hand research across the continent, recording everything from the simplest items designed for everyday use to sumptuous garments required for major life events, such as births & funerals, marriages & coming-of-age ceremonies. ...

During the 1970s & 1980s, Peter Matthiessen took part in a number of expeditions to Africa, witnessing first-hand the continent`s many & diverse peoples & wildlife. The fruits of these journeys are three of the most impressive essays on the natural world of the late twentieth century. The Tree where Man Was Born documents wild landscapes, peoples & animals, observed in a series of journeys in East Africa, from the Sudan, south through Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania, exploring the Serengeti, the Maasai Mara, the Ngorongoro crater & the archaeological sites of the Rift Valley. African Silences recounts two expeditions made to West & Central Africa, including Zaire (as it then was), Gabon & the Central African Republic. Sand Rivers describes the Selous game reserve in Southern Tanzania, one of the largest, but least-known refuges for animals left on earth, & provides an unforgettable portrait of this area & the fierce, lonely men who created it. These three classic works represent Matthiessen the naturalist at his finest; written an all-encompassing curiosity & knowledge that brings alive the people, places & wildlife he encounters, & updated with a new introduction by the author. ...

Now, nearly two decades after these photographer`s landmark African Ceremonies & with a greater sense of urgency, this book completes the journey, covering disappearing rituals & ceremonies from some of the most inaccessible corners of the African continent, to create the definitive statement on this subject. This new landmark volume will set the standard for capturing a visual testament to the vanishing traditions of African peoples. No other book like this exists or can ever be created again, as more than 40 percent of what has been documented here has already vanished. For the last 15 years of their four decades of African fieldwork, world-renowned photographers Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher have continued their journey across Africa, seeking out remote communities to record the sacred ceremonies, powerful art forms, & boundless creativity of the people living there today. This ground-breaking book is a testament to these vanishing moments & peoples. African Twilight is a celebration of the powerful artistry & boundless creativity of Africa`s cultural heritage for audiences worldwide, transporting viewers into a world of connections between individual & community, body & soul, land & people. All of the photography is previously unpublished. ...

This remarkable yearbook by Danielle & Olivier Follmi, a follow-up to their successful Buddhist Offerings, presents the wise words of a leading personality in African literature for every day of the year, accompanied by Oliviers beautiful, moving photographs of African people & places, from the Himba shepherds to the Peul nomads, from the deserts of Namibia to the forests of Rwanda & the savannah of Cameroon. ...

This is a history of Africa from the origins of mankind right up to the South African general election of 1994. Africans have been pioneers struggling against disease & nature in an overwhelmingly hostile environment, & their social, economic & political institutions have been designed to ensure survival & maximise numbers. These institutions enabled them to survive the slave trade & colonial invasion, but in the context of medical progress & other twentieth-century innovations the same institutions have bred the most rapid population growth the world has ever seen. This demographic growth has lain behind the collapse of colonial rule, the disintegration of apartheid, & the instability of contemporary nations. Thus Iliffe depicts the history of the continent as a single story, binding today's Africans to the earliest human ancestors. ...