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Say You're One of Them (Oprah's Book Club)

by Uwem Akpan

Published: 2009-09-18
Hardcover : 360 pages

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We had a Library kit. The stories are told from a child's perspective. You felt their fear, their confusion about why is this happening tp me.

Relate the prejudices of Africa to the US history and our cultural conflicts.

With this knowledge how can we change our own attitudes and influence others (esp children)

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I was motivated to find the countries on a current map.Studies the religious and cultural conflicts (esp Rwanda)

by edwardsm012 (see profile) 06/04/14

Young women/mothers were very upset reading about the children. They mention palm tree wine (All Africa) I tried a couple world market type places to obtain African wine without success.

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"Say You"re One of Them"by Maureen E. (see profile) 06/04/14

5 short stories about children in different countries of Africa. This makes it easy to read some now-more later
The themes of poverty violence and social injustice of their living c
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