 | Travels in West Africa by Mary H. Kingsley
Buy new: $28.99 / Used from: $17.59 Interesting. Has many references to Cameroon, one of the most diverse countries in West Africa in terms of topography, climate and ecological niches, and culture.
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 | West Africa (Multi Country Guide) by Anthony Ham
Buy new: $21.11 / Used from: $0.96 Getting to the cool places and people.
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 | The Rainforests of West Africa: Ecology, Threats, and Protection by Claude Martin
Buy used from: $10.74 some of the coolest places are the rainforests (well, sometimes they're hot!), but if you want cool, cool places, go to the mountains...
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| The Rainforests of West Africa: Ecology - Threats - Conservation by Claude Martin
Buy used from: $35.00 Like the above, but newer
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 | Myth and Reality in the Rain Forest: How Conservation Strategies Are Failing in West Africa by John F. Oates
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $7.90 What can be done to save some of those cool places for the people who live there and depend on them, as well as for those of us who'd like to visit them someday and see some neat birds...
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 | Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series) by Ruth M. Stone
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $12.12 Oh, the joy of West African music, both traditional and modern!
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 | Think Global: West Africa Unwired by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.98 Haven't listened to this CD, but it ought to be good, especially if it has mokossa!
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| Larger Birds of West Africa by D. A. Bannerman
Buy used from: $5.00 Once you get to the cool places, get your binoculars out, the birds are everywhere!
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 | Birds of West Africa (Collins Field Guides) by W. Serle
Buy used from: $11.88 More birds, newer format
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 | The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.96 From the excerpts, this is a very nifty read, with lots of references to African origins/diaspora of humans
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 | The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 It's a small world. We, in America, can no longer dream as a country alone. We must effect change as part of a larger group, not just as Americans, but as global participants. What happens in the rest of the world (including Africa!!) is increasingly crucial to our own future.
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