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For an entirely different more light-hearted African childhood, you might enjoy [[Twenty Chickens for a Saddle by Robyn Scott]] - or for the powerful and emotional take on the contintentcontinent's troubled history there's [[Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] {{amazontext|amazon=0099565420}}{{amazonUStext|amazon=0099565420}}
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