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Fair Trade Sugar from Wholesome Sweeteners

Wholesome Fair Trade Natural Cane Sugar is made from sugar cane grown in Malawi, Africa. It is a high-quality, natural sugar produced from freshly squeezed sugar cane. No bone char or animal by-products are used to make or de-colorize this sugar making it ideal for vegans.

24 oz., pack of six

$27.77

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Books

Fiction

The Heaven Shop

By Deborah Ellis

Recommended by GAIA

From Amazon: At her father’s funeral, Binti’s grandmother utters the words that no one in Malawi wants to hear. Binti’s father and her mother before him, dies of AIDS. Binti, her sister, and brother are separated and sent to the home of relatives who can barely tolerate their presence.

Compelling and uplifting, The Heaven Shop, is a contemporary novel that puts a very real face on the African AIDS pandemic, which to-date has orphaned more than 11 million African children. Inspired by a young radio performer the author met during her research visit to Malawi, Binti Phiri is a compelling character that readers will never forget.

Non-Fiction

Ndu Ku Ona: I See You with My Heart

By Mary Tuchscherer

Recommended by GAIA

From Amazon: “Nda Ku Ona: I See You with My Heart” by Mary Tuchscherer brings together the voices of African and North American women in empowering creative dialogue. This first powerful anthology of essays by Malawian and North American women chronicles the flame of understanding that can grow between women from very different cultures.

Films

Seasons of a Life

From Amazon: A housemaid, who is sexually abused by her boss and made pregnant, is forced to give up her son in order to go on with her education. Six years later she comes back to claim her son. A moving story about sexual abuse, women rights and the legal justice system in Malawi that tackles universal themes in an African setting, helping understand modernization and democratization processes.

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