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The four winds transport Tonieh, an African-American boy, from a park near his home to a distant land where they hope the young boy can reverse an evil spell.

A collection of stories from the Dan ethnic group of Liberia.

When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.

Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground, has fled America to West Africa, where she and her husband become friends with Charles Taylor, the notorious warlord and now ex-president of Liberia.

After moving with his family to Liberia, twelve-year-old Linus discovers that he has a mystical connection with the black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes in Africa, which he is told will give him some of the snake's characteristics.

Presents the autobiography of the woman who survived years of exile from her home in Monrovia, Liberia and, upon her return to her war-torn country, became a radio celebrity who went into the ghettos to find and befriend former child soldiers as well as war-lords and record their stories in an attempt to achieve reconciliation and forgiveness.

A strange animal called the Vingananee beats up all the other animals and eats their stew until the tiny Tree Toad offers to fight him.

Describes the events that led to civil war in the West African republic of Liberia and the efforts of one Liberian family to emigrate to the United States and rebuild their lives in Houston, Texas.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf recounts her rise to power as Africa's first woman president, describing how she overcame abuse, imprisonment, and exile to become president of the Republic of Liberia in January 2006, and describing her efforts to bring social justice and democracy to her country and its people.