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4.0

The really cool thing about this book is its breadth -- it doesn't pretend to be a complete look at the continent of Africa, or any country within, but the photographs manage to convey some of the similarities and differences throughout. The Rwandan bush is densely, wetly forested; on the next spread, the Chad bush is dry and dusty. Snowy mountains high up in Morocco; camel-thorn trees in Namibia; incredible stretches of desert in Mauritania.

None of these photos is intended to provide a comprehensive look, but they give enough of a look to get a sense of the continent's vast diversity and cultures. Credit also to the book's producers for making their point about AIDS in a compassionate and restrained manner.
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