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Madame Livingstone is based on the true story of the unlikely partnership between a Belgian and an African who were responsible for the sinking of a German battleship in the Congo during the First World War. Aviator Gaston Mercier, lieutenant in the Royal Belgian Army, arrives at Lake Tanganyika, Congo in 1915 on orders to…
A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book of 2022 A USBBY 2023 Outstanding International Book A 2022 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner (Graphic Novels & Comics Category) Honorable mention, 2023 Children’s Africana Book Awards 2022 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Overfloweth honoree Nominated for the TLA Maverick List All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa revives…
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING ANIMATION TEAM BEHIND THE FILMS KHUMBA, ZAMBEZIA, AND SEAL TEAM 2024 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2023 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Pearl has always felt more comfortable in the sea than surrounded by the people in her sleepy South African town who always seem to let her down. But…
2023 ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children The daughter of a river god, raised by a human father and bound to a tragic destiny. An African fantasy-adventure graphic novel inspired by the mythology of the Zambezi River and the history of the Kariba Dam, one of the largest dams ever constructed. From the director of…
From beloved Congolese comics creator Barly Baruti and Belgian comics critic Thierry Bellefroid, translated from the original French by Batchelder Award-winning translator Ivanka Hahnenberger A Harlem gangster’s trip to Central Africa to attend the legendary 1974 Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match becomes a one-way ticket to the seedy underground of Zaire-complete with espionage,…
“Vermeulen vibrantly, gloriously, unabashedly shares her “imperfect life.”—Starred Review Booklist In this graphic memoir, Cape Town artist Karen Vermeulen reflects on the absurdities of contemporary womanhood–from romance and friendship to the ever-elusive “self-care”. Trust her–Karen is trying really hard to be an adult. Harder than she should probably have to, as a thirty-something with a…
