Western Africa

A Swoon-Worthy Curvy BWWM Fake Dating Interracial Short Romance Mona James, a plus size lonely podcast producer, never planned for one impulsive lie to turn into a whirlwind fake romance with a brooding, camera-shy mechanic. Phoenix Willow agrees to play the part, but the more time they spend together, the more pretend starts to feel dangerously close to real. With growing attention and undeniable chemistry, their carefully drawn lines begin to blur. What happens when a fake love starts to feel like the only thing that’s ever made sense? ❤️African American Woman/White Man Interracial ...

My Service is a Dark & Sensual Interracial Short Romance Tasha: I wanted to be the perfect housekeeper—silent, efficient, invisible. But the moment I stepped into Dominic Kalu’s cold, dark mansion, my obsession burned too hot to hide. He was everything I fantasized about—dangerous, dominant, and impossible to reach. So I crossed a line I couldn’t uncross... and when I caught his attention, I knew I’d never be just the help again. Dominic: My life was built on control—of my body, my career, my world. Then she arrived, curvy, quiet, with deep brown eyes that looked right through ...

Beryl Markham, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west, describes her childhood on a farm in Kenya, her apprenticeship as a horse trainer, and her later career as a pioneer aviator who piloted passengers and supplies in a small plane to remote corners of Africa.

Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book tells a different story. Interweaving political and social history and drawing on a rich array of sources, Michael Gomez unveils a new vision of how categories of ethnicity, race, gender, and caste emerged in Africa and in global history.

Beginning in prehistoric times, West Africa has always been an incredible region. Early nomadic tribes settled into some of the earliest communities on Earth and learned how to work with metal. Various West African tribes then became adept at working with metal and were some of the most skilled artisans in the world. As civilizations developed in West Africa, nomadic tribes turned into urban societies that built kingdoms. Eventually, some of the greatest leaders in the world created mighty West African empires.

Art T. Burton sifts through fact and legend to discover the truth about one of the most outstanding peace officers in late 19th-century America - and perhaps the greatest lawman of the Wild West era. Fluent in Creek and other Southern native languages, physically powerful, skilled with firearms, and a master of disguise, Bass Reeves was exceptionally adept at apprehending fugitives and outlaws, and his exploits were legendary in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Part 4: Love Ain’t Dead is a Interracial Vampire Marriage of Convenience Romance Tayla thought the truth would set her free—but some truths are meant to bind. As her world twists into something both dangerous and divine, she must face an impossible choice between the past she lost and the future waiting to rise. Love was never supposed to be part of the deal… but neither was forever. And in a world where death is only the beginning, happily ever after comes with a high price. A Steamy & Emotional Paranormal Interracial Romance This novella is the final part of the "Unholy Sugar" ...

Part 1: Sugar Ain't Sweet is a Sexy & Dark BWWM Possessive Alpha Vampire Romance In the forgotten swamp city of Selwood, Mississippi, where jasmine wilts in the heat and secrets curdle beneath porch lights, Della Walker makes her living under Miss Lou Ann’s red-light roof. One humid night, a black Rolls glides through the moss-laced dark, and inside it waits a devil dressed with diamond cufflinks—with eyes as vicious and tempting as a snake. Julien de Saint-Clair doesn’t ask for her. He selects her, like he’s plucking a rose for the fire. And before the magnolias can bloom again, ...

My Hero is a Sweet & Steamy Slow-Burn BWWM Short Romance Zari: I lived in the background of my own life, curled around pain, ruled by a body that never quite obeyed. With lupus, even the smallest things felt like battles, and love? That felt impossible. Until the building’s brooding maintenance man started looking at me like I was different from the rest and became my hero when I needed it the most. Rynn: She didn’t know I was watching. But I was, every day. The woman who limped down the hallway and still managed to carry on like her pain didn’t matter. I told myself it was nothing, ...

An inspiring exploration of the goddesses of the West African spiritual traditions and their role in shaping Yoruba (Ifa), Santeria, Haitian vodoun, and New Orleans voodoo.

Leah Johnson has spent years hiding her heartache. As a Black woman in a town where society dictates who she can be—and who she can love—she knows better than to dream of a future with Adam Davenport. Her best friend. Her fiercest protector. The only man she has ever wanted. But longing for him is dangerous, and giving in could cost her everything. Adam Davenport has built his life around keeping Leah safe, even from himself. He has always known that loving her openly would put a target on her back. In Bonham, a man like him can take whatever woman he pleases—except her. So he forces ...

Short & Cozy BWWM Interracial Romance After losing her mother, Ava sets off on a solo van life journey to find herself. But a sudden near death experience places her in the hands of a handsome lifeguard named Shawn who comes to her rescue, igniting a spark neither of them expected. As their paths cross in unexpected ways, Ava finds herself torn between the past she's trying to escape and a future with a man who might just change everything. Will Shawn be the one to heal her heart, or will their fate be lost in the tide? ❤️African American Woman/White Man Interracial Romance 💙Dual POV...

Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived in Africa as a Western colonial import? How can Christians in Northern and sub-Saharan Africa, indeed, how can Christians throughout the world, rediscover and learn from this ancient heritage?

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that had fallen into obscurity. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu tells the incredible story of how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist and historian from the legendary city of Timbuktu, later became one of the world's greatest and most brazen smugglers.

Protector is a Steamy Possessive Billionaire Stalker Interracial Short Romance Kenya: I was just trying to survive—juggling bills, camming on OnlySpice, and keeping my real life and online persona separate. Then he showed up—ruthless, rich, and ready to burn down my world just to make me his. Ian: I watched her through the screen for months—sweet, filthy, all mine in my head before she even knew my name. The moment I saw her in danger, I stepped out of the shadows... and dragged her into my world, where I could finally touch what I’d only dreamed of being mine. Sensual, Dark & ...

Muse is a Modern Class/Divide AMBW Interracial Short Romance Tiara: I was just a cam girl doing my usual set on OnlySpice when a DM from my top-tier admirer popped up—short, direct, and nothing like the flirty fan messages I usually got. It felt like the start of a fairy tale, the kind that made you wonder if happily-ever-after could really begin in your inbox. Sian: I stumbled across her stream by accident, expecting nothing more than another pretty face chasing attention—but there was something in her eyes, in the way she moved, that made my chest ache with the kind of inspiration I ...

African Founders explores the little-known history of how enslaved people from different regions of Africa interacted with colonists of European origins to create new regional cultures in the colonial United States. The Africans brought with them linguistic skills, novel techniques of animal husbandry and farming, and generations-old ethical principles, among other attributes. This startling history reveals how much our country was shaped by these African influences in its early years, producing a new distinctly American culture.

Part 2: God Ain’t Home is a Possessive BWWM Vampire Captive Romance Julien de Saint-Clair has lived long enough to know beauty always suffers in the end, but when he looks at Della Walker, all he sees is a woman too radiant to be consumed by her trauma. So he stages a reckoning in blood, forcing her past to kneel before her and confess to all of his sins. She watches him and when she doesn’t scream, he knows he’s ruined her—in the way all great art ruins its muse. An Interracial Southern Gothic Vampire Romance. This novella is a part of the "Unholy Sugar" series. Needs to be read in...

A Steamy AMBW & BWWM Interracial Romance Series (Close Proximity, Fake Dating, Love Triangle) The Men of Amore Series is full of sweet & spicy BWWM and AMBW couples with satisfying romance tropes from high tension love triangles to close proximity and even a fake dating romance. A steamy collection packed with heartwarming interracial romance with swoon worthy men for hire and the black women who fall for them. ✔️ BWWM & AMBW Interracial Romance ✔️ Dual POVs ✔️ Steamy with plenty of angst & heart ✔️ Male Escorts ✔️ Curvy FMCs ✔️ Close Proximity, Love Triangles, Fake ...

Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. In this updated edition of the classic work, Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs.