After her sister Laura is murdered in South Africa, Berry and her estranged father travel there to participate in the dedication of a memorial in her name.

A disgraced former State Department star starts over at a Congo mining facility that's being oppressed by corrupt interests.

When Mama gets a new job and a new house, everyone is excited about moving except Jamela who likes her old house just fine. When Mama tells Jamela about her new job and a new place for them to live, Mama is excited but Jamela isn't. She likes so many things about the house they live in now -- the squeaky front gate she swings on, the view from her window, the neighborhood sounds and smells. But on moving day Jamela is ready to help -- although none...

A boy and his daddy come up with lots of different ways to stay close to one another while the daddy is in Africa for four weeks.

The author, a member of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, presents text and her own photographs of twenty-six things, from A to Z, representative of all African peoples.