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  • Xala

    A razor-sharp satirical novel of post-independence Senegal, exposing the hollow pretensions and moral rot of an emergent corrupt elite.El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye is a wealthy member of the new Senegalese business elite who celebrates his economic ascent by taking a third wife, nineteen-year-old N'Gone. On the wedding night, his triumphant world shatters when he is struck by the xala—a curse of ... Read more

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  • God's Bits of Wood

    It is 1947 and the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway have come out on strike. Sembène Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evokes all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in history.'Ever since they left Thiès, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up, and new verses were born at the hazard of chance or ... Read more

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  • Against Wind and Tide

    The African American Struggle against the Colonization Movement

    Series Book 10 - Early American Places
    How, and why, free blacks resisted relocation to Liberia: "A fine contribution to the story of African colonization movements in early American history" ( The Journal of American History).Against Wind and Tide tells the story of African Americans' battle against the American Colonization Society (ACS), founded in 1816 with the intention to return free blacks to its colony, Liberia. Although ACS ... Read more

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  • Ciao Ousmane

    The Hidden Exploitation of Italy's Migrant Workers

    In 2013 Ousmane Diallo, a 26-year-old Senegalese olive harvester, lost his life when a gas canister exploded in a Sicilian field. As an African migrant, he was little mourned. But though they've been deliberately forgotten, neither the events of Ousmane's life nor his tragic death are uncommon. Across Italy today, African workers toil in the fields that make it one of Europe's largest exporters of ... Read more

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  • Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas

    7th International Conference, InterSol 2024, Dakar, Senegal, July 3–4, 2024, Proceedings

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, InterSol 2024, held in Dakar, Senegal, during July 3–4, 2024.The 29 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. They are classified under the following headings: Energy, ... Read more

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  • Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas

    8th International Conference, InterSol 2025, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, July 3–4, 2025, Proceedings

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, InterSol 2025, held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, during July 3–4, 2025.The 19 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions.They were organized in topical ... Read more

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  • Green Energy and Networking for Smart Cities

    Papers from the EAI International Conference on Green Energy and Networking 2024

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Green Energy and Networking for Smart Cities examines the emerging field of green communications, networking, and the Internet of Things (IoT), offering a comprehensive overview of innovative technologies that promote sustainability in communication systems. It thoroughly explores sustainable urban development strategies, focusing on integrating green energy and networking technologies within the ... Read more

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  • Bio-Based Polymers and Composites

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    When applying human ingenuity and experience to natural resources and processes, scientists and researchers can maximize the potential of nature for human benefit. In that vein, this book explores the latest breakthroughs in natural biopolymers, green composites, and green nanocomposites, a field that is rapidly expanding. The volume looks at bio-based polymers and composites for environmental ... Read more

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  • Nanostructured Materials Engineering and Characterization for Battery Applications

    Nanostructured Materials Engineering and Characterization for Battery Applications is designed to help solve fundamental and applied problems in the field of energy storage. Broken up into four separate sections, the book begins with a discussion of the fundamental electrochemical concepts in the field of energy storage. Other sections look at battery materials engineering such as cathodes, ... Read more

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  • Mathematics, Computer Science, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

    6th Scientific Days of Doctoral School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (S2DSMCS), Dakar, Senegal, December 17–19, 2024

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume gathers selected, peer-reviewed papers presented at the Sixth Scientific Days of the Doctoral School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (S2DSMCS), held from December 17–19, 2024, at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. The works contained within showcase research activities developed by a new generation of mathematicians and computer scientists from Africa, Europe, Asia, ... Read more

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  • The Confessions of Matthew Strong

    A Novel

    A wildly original, incendiary story about race, redemption, the dangerous imbalances that continue to destabilize society, and speaking out for what’s right.One could argue the story begins the night Allegra Douglass is awarded Distinguished Chair in Philosophy at her top-tier university in New York—the same night her grandmother dies—or before that: the day Allie left Birmingham and never looked ... Read more

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  • Ousmane Sonko -The Reflection of the Continent

    OUSMANE SONKO — THE REFLECTION OF THE CONTINENTWhat happens when one man becomes the political mirror of an entire continent?Ousmane Sonko is not merely a Senegalese political figure.He has become a symbol.For some, the symbol of disruption.For others, the symbol of courage.For a generation of Africans, he represents a deeper question:Can Africa finally reclaim full ownership of its future?In ... ... Read more

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