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África · Rutas Literarias ÁFRICA ‐ AFRIKA Rutas literarias. Destinos internacionales Ibilbide literarioak. Nazioarteko norakoak Se acerca el verano y la biblioteca pone a disposición de sus lectores más viajeros una selección de rutas literarias, cinematográficas y musicales por los cinco continentes. Mil sugerencias culturales para completar la información más práctica de las guías de viaje. Uda iristen ari da eta liburutegiak bere irakurle ibiltarienei bost kontinenteetan zehar ibilbide literario, zinematografiko eta musikalen aukeraketa bat eskeintzen die. Hamaika iradokizun kulturalak bidai‐giden informazio praktikoena osatzeko. BURKINA FASO ∙ BURKINA FASO música ∙ musika KIENOU, Amadou. Taabali. Felmay, 2006 libros ∙ liburuak ARRETXE, Jon. Griot. Elkar, 2004 CABO VERDE ∙ CABO VERDE música ∙ musika BAU. Ilha azul. Harmonia, 2005 CHANTRE, Teofilo. Rodatempo. Tropical Music, 2000 EVORA, Cesaria. Mar azul. Lusafrica, 1992 LURA. Di korpu ku alma. Lusafrica, 2005 TAVARES, Sara. Xinti. World Connection, 2009 libros ∙ liburuak CASO, Ángeles. Contra el viento. Planeta, 2009 LOPES, Baltasar. Chiquinho. El Cobre, 2003 PORTELL, Raimon. Una canción de Cabo Verde. La Galera, 2006 CAMERÚN ∙ KAMERUN música ∙ musika BASS, Apolo. Another world without racism. 2006 BONA, Richard. Munia. The tale. Universal Music, 2003 DIBANGO, Manu. The very best of Manu. Africadelic. Wrasse Records, 2003 MBASSI, Coco. Sisea. Tropical Music, 2003 NYOLO, Sally. Béti. Lusafrica, 2000 www.bibliotecaspublicas.es/civican/ CivicanLib.blogspot.com/ * material disponible en otras bibliotecas de Navarra / Nafarroako beste liburutegietako material librea libros ∙ liburuak BARLEY, Nigel. El antropólogo inocente. Anagrama, 1991 EBENÉZER, Bassi. Pequeñas cosas. Esas maravillas. Bassi Ebenezer, 2006 EGIPTO ∙ EGIPTO música ∙ musika ATLAS, Natasha. Halim. Beggars Banquet, 1997 FADL, Mahmoud. Love letter from King Tut‐ank‐amen. Piranha, 1998 RAMZY, Hossam. Rhythms of the Nile. 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