A Little Bit of Love's Magic
A young woman finds the person her heart desires with the help of a bit of magic. Noura is a young I.T. consultant whose weak point is her family. She is at that age when the pressure to get married has hit a new high, but she is not in love with her current boyfriend of three years. After losing a bet, she has to pay a visit to a babalawo in order to obtain a love charm. Despite initial scepticism, Noura follows through with the bet and obtains a charm that is supposed to lead her to true love. The instructions are straightforward, "use this charm and the first person you encounter afterwards will be the love of your life". The only issue is that the first person Noura sees is another woman. Bewaji has just moved back to her family home after almost a decade in the United Kingdom. She is looking for nothing more than a haven where she can relax, paint and not think about the row that was the reason she left in the first place. Of course nothing goes as planned, barely a week since Bewaji has returned and her father is trying to play matchmaker. There is also the matter of the gorgeous Noura who seems to believe that she is in love with Bewaji.
Pelong YA Ka
Pelong ya Ka, a collection of essays and sketches in Sotho was first published in 1962 in the Bantu Treasury Series imprint of Witwatersrand University Press. S. Machabe Mofokeng is regarded as one of the greatest essayist and dramatist in Southern Sotho. His first book, Senkatana (a play) was published in 1952. Pelong ya Ka comprises 20 essays which range from meditative, descriptive, and narrative to polemic style, with the tone of voice characterised by melancholy, humour, and satire. The essays span over a wide range of themes, as suggested by their titles, e.g. Pelo (The heart), Bodutu ('Solitude'), Death ('Lefu'), Nako ('Time'), Pampiri ('Paper'), Ho kganna mmotokara ('Driving an automobile'), Sepetlele ('Hospital'), Lenyalo ('Matromony'), and Boqheku ('Old age'). Nhlanhla Maake says of this collection "Mofokeng's essays fuse simplicity with dept." Pelong ya Ka is part of the African Treasury Series published by Wits University Press.
O To Ge!
The book "O to ge" is a compendium of the salient political history of Kwara from formation leading up to the epochal political change and all the inherent dynamics that facilitated the "O to ge" movement of 2019. It encapsulates the different struggles within and outside of the camp, key actors, intrigues and the bold and the underlying factors that led to the success of the "O to ge" movement in Kwara State, Nigeria.
The Evolution of the Igweship.
Rivaling Quintin Winks' 'Tanzania-Culture Smart', 'The Evolution of the Igweship' takes you on a tour of one of the oldest African institution, especially of the Igbo tribe in the Idemili part of Nigeria. It is history and criticism of an African culture from an academic view, with a good douse of entertainment. It is littered with stories and events in history around the Igweship, with the view of showcasing the past, while forging a solution for moving ahead as a people and a tribe. You would come away from this book feeling educated about a people and a tribe. It is a culture guide for historians, inquisitive minds and Afrocentric individuals.
Monographies Ngemba
"Diviser pour mieux r矇gner". Tel semble avoir 矇t矇 depuis les imp矇rialismes, l'un des principaux leitmotiv de l'administration coloniale afin d'矇teindre toutes les vell矇it矇s d'矇mancipation et inf矇oder le pouvoir traditionnel ? l'administration centrale. Apr癡s les ind矇pendances reconquises, les nouveaux chefs d'Etats pontes de l'administration coloniale ont perp矇tr矇 la m礙me politique ? l'int矇rieur de leurs jeunes nations. Des d矇coupages administratifs dont le seul objectif est de fragiliser l'autorit矇 des chefs traditionnels, confin矇s plus que jamais au r繫le d'auxiliaires...non plut繫t de supp繫ts de l'administration. Le d矇vouement quasi-religieux que les populations t矇moignaient nagu癡re ? l'endroit de leur roi-que le colon par m矇pris a appel矇 "chef"-, a amen矇 les autorit矇s ? conclure que ces royaut矇s traditionnelles constituaient un obstacle ? la consolidation des fondements de l'Etat unitaire. C'est ainsi que, de gr矇 ou de force, l'autorit矇 traditionnelle se trouve enr繫l矇e dans l'appareil administratif. Dans Monographies Ngemb?, l'auteur se faufile avec le lecteur dans les d矇dales de l'histoire du peuple 矇ponyme, ? travers les diff矇rents rois qui ont r矇gn矇 ? Bafounda, Bameka, Bamendjou, Bamougoum et Bansoa depuis leur cr矇ation. Il nous restitue ici un r矇cit 矇mouvant, ? partir des t矇moignages d'acteurs rencontr矇s sur le terrain. Car acceptons-le, l'histoire du Cameroun telle que nous l'a servie le colon n'a 矇t矇 qu'un leurre visant ? nous assimiler et servir davantage ses int矇r礙ts. Nagu癡re idol璽tr矇 par le peuple, le roi au troisi癡me mill矇naire de l'癡re chr矇tienne est r矇duit ? une esp癡ce d'otage coinc矇 entre le marteau de l'administration et l'enclume d'un peuple de plus en plus exigeant. Et tr癡s souvent entre la politique men矇e par ces autorit矇s et les aspirations populaires, il ya un net divorce.
Brilliance of hope
Intended to record a crucial element of African history in the making, this short story anthology depicts experiences of the Zimbabwean diaspora through perspectives of writers based in Australia, Dubai, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe. The fictional and autobiographical narratives herein collectively reflect on the resilience and hope intrinsic to the Zimbabwean dispersion. Entangled in a common quandary, these writers echo the particulars of what it means to be displaced as a first generation immigrant: TahRudo D M ManyereSibonginkosi Christabel NethaSamuel ChambokoPriscilla ShumbaTariro NdoroBrain Garusa Tinashe Junias ChipenyuIvainashe Earnest NyamutsambaA K MwanyekondoJames Wanangwa Kajumi KuwaliNobuhle N NyoniFlavian Farainashe MakovereLazarus Panashe NyagwamboSamantha Rumbidzai Vazhure
Speaking Beyond
Speaking Beyond is a collection of Gameli Tordzro's poems that span from the 1980 to the present interspaced with stories that chapter a combination of factual narratives of his life experience and the imaginary realities of life. The book is a poetic insight into Tordzro's life in Ghana and Scotland and documents instances of challenge, reflection and deep reflection on life as a gift and life as interaction and exploration.
Layers of Onions
Bestselling Author of RICHER with CHARACTER, Victor Alade in this new novel, tells a compelling fiction about the pursuit of destiny for two princes in series of events that gravitate to a central point: Leadership."Whoever wants to lead a people must also learn how to firstly serve the same people."In hilarious and reveling twists, Layers of Onions is an African folktale that rallies for hope and moral consciousness among leaders and young people. As you will learn in this first series, Ladele's grandpa, as influential and knowledgeable as he is almost ruined his age long reputation because of sexual relationship he had with the Queen earlier. This puts to question the paternity of one of the two princes.Set in the immediate post civil war in Nigeria, the novel tells about the impact of war on ordinary people in no ordinary fashion. This is an African story like no other.Layers of Onions: The Golden Silhouette is just the start of a lifelong story that tells readers that there is absolutely 'nothing new under the heavens.'
A Dangerous Love
"A tightly coiled story of obsession and crime that plays out in an era of lawlessness"Terry-Ann Adams, author of Those Who Live in CagesA Dangerous Love is an exhilarating, true love story that plays out in the chaos and lawlessness of the political turmoil that was South Africa in the late 80s and early 90s. The mayhem and desperation of a country whose social fabric is unravelling is mirrored in Karen Daniels's own life, and hers is an up-close-and-personal account of life as a young woman of colour in the anarchy of early post-apartheid South Africa.Karen Daniels was only 21 when she met Martin, a mysterious, dangerous man who, at 22 years of age, had the world at his feet. Captivated by this man, she was soon caught up in a love affair that turned into obsession and violence. Gutsy and charming, Martin wasn't born into a life of crime and drugs, but his greed and passion soon pulled him into the underworld and he was overcome by a darkness he could not escape.Hold your breath as Karen takes you with her on a roller-coaster ride into an abyss of armed heists, crime, and violent abuse. Her story shows how having such intense and conflicting emotions for a man - loving him and being petrified of him - is only a few heartbeats away from hate.Karen's eventual escape from this life is a success story that has taken her to the heights of the corporate world, and encouraged her to become an advocate for human rights and women empowerment. Her story is one of human resilience, courage and determination. It offers hope to those struggling to break free from their circumstances, and will inspire anyone who wants to live their best life and go from surviving to thriving.
Songs of a Stranger at the Smiling Coast
Obinna Chilekezi's Songs of a Stranger at the Smiling Coast is a collection of poems that revolves around love, loss and nature. The poet renders in powerful lines the beauty and burdens of the rivers Niger and Gambia.Obinna Chilekezi announces his arrival with a strong love collection that invokes passion. The poems in this collection underline the compelling passion of the poet, which is held together by motifs of the African pastoral landscape and rivers. He employs imagery and sample diction to convey his love on the wings of time. Chilekezi's lines echo Neruda.
God Has A Sense of Humor
I miss my husband's girlfriends.Whenever he was having an affair, he became a new man; more witty, more talkative, and friendlier. He shaved daily and traded his frayed underwear for snug boxer briefs. Whenever they broke up with him, I suffered with him as he would always, somehow, take it out on me and turn my life and our home into a living hell. Even our dismal sex life was affected. Call it the guilty husband syndrome, but a few years ago, I discovered that whenever we were intimate, it meant he was going to be intimate with someone else the very next day. But even that stopped years ago. My marriage had come to a point where I was happier when he was happy in his extramarital affairs' I know it sounds weird. I used to see it that way too, but I don't anymore. If you are the type of wife that believe that women should be the weaker vessels, you get to a point where the only thing you want is peace. If other women make your husband happy enough to make him leave you alone and not call you names, you no longer see the situation as strange. In fact, you even begin to thank those women for it.That Saturday as I watched my husband mope around the house, looking like the weight of the world was on his shoulders, I suspected that some errant girlfriend had caused his current malady. Perhaps, she had found out he was married with kids, or had grown bored with him and decided to look for some other lover, maybe even someone younger. I would have told him it served him right, but I knew the consequences. All I could do was feel sorry for him and for myself, and hope that I could find a way to placate him before things got worse. I summoned up courage-yes, it is funny that to go near my husband, I had to summon courage and even plead the blood of Jesus- went over to him and placed a hand gently on his shoulder. "Are you all right?" I asked desperate not to annoy him. He turned slowly and looked at me as if a filthy, homeless person had touched him. He stared in disbelief at the hand I placed on his shoulder, and I quickly snatched it away...
My Funny Africa
A rare collection of nearly 200 enthralling, authentic bushwhacker anecdotes, most of which are superbly illustrated by a handful of celebrated African artists. There are over 50 mainly African contributors from all walks of life including famous conservationists, legendary game guides and bestseller authors. This collectors item will intrigue and entertain the very young and the very old and everyone else in-between. It will bring memories flooding back to those who live or have lived in African and inspire those who haven't, to go to Africa. The authenticity, unbelievable in many instances may, to the uninitiated, even be educational. It will allow you into the minds of those who have experienced human-wildlife interactions hardly heard of before, which makes it all the more special. These wonderful tales about to fade into the oblivion of time as with many species of wildlife nearing extinction, needed to be 'captured' and saved forever. There is little doubt that this book is unique; there is very little else with which it can be compared. A perfect example that fact is indeed stranger than fiction.
Broken Vase
There are poems I've wanted to scrap off from this book, I feel like I have let you see parts of me that I hate looking atParts of me I sometimes don't want to be associated withParts of me I don't want in my legacyParts I don't want my child to knowThe sad thing is, I'm a storyteller and, these are not just my stories.These are your storiesFind yourself in them."I have felt the pain, anger, anxiety and helplessness of being human. I have related to the love and the need for its presence. I have floated and risen by letting go and knowing for sure that the vase is as important as the flowers inside." Kim Chokera
A Seed In The Dust
A Seed In The Dust is a remarkable narration of one woman's journey through family crisis, grief and trauma to emerge with an unbroken spirit. It is a candid look into a deeply dysfunctional past, painful secrets and loss - all shaping the life of a child coming of age as a woman who rises to serve a nation.A painfully beautiful story that is at once heart wrenching and magnificent, it cuts through the silence around the issues that are carefully hidden in childhood memories and the private struggles that are not openly discussed. The memoir seeks to deliver courage and faith to the reader who may be questioning their own journey. The past is not who we are, it's the path we take to our destiny.
The Kee - Toe Saga
Share humorous, thought provoking stories of rural life in America. Experiences shared by all, prompting humor and reflection. remember, inside we're all still the child of long ago, or the present.
Black Seeds
They grew even on unsoiled grounds -- only to become profound. Take a philosophical journey about the Black Seeds -- with Darick Spears.
The Competent Youth
HOW TO BECOME COMPETENT AND ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS OF IMPACT ...even if it seems as if there's no more hope for you. Are you among the several millions of youths who question their potentials?Do you feel insufficient about your capabilities in certain areas of your life?Have you considered and thought you could make a better leader if you had the seat of governance?Do you feel you can make a better Nigeria from the ruin we now have? If you have answered yes to any of the above questions, then what I'm about to share is very important to you. I am James Useghan. Just over a decade ago, I was battling a severe kidney challenge and it felt like I would die from it. I soliloquized in pain everyday, hoping and wishing that the sting of pain will eventually fade away someday. I was in this hurtful, depressed, sick position for over ten years and was bedridden at some point until I decided to reach out to the power embedded in us all, and that was how His salvation in me brought life back to my drying bones. Fast forward to now, I ventured into activism, public speaking, and have been aired on several platforms including Channels TV, Silverbird TV, AIt, to name a few. Having had to fight the battle of competency and the feeling of insufficiency myself, I knew it was time to share my tale to youths, like you, out there so that you can begin to work in line of your purpose in building a good nation, as well as a wonderful world. In this book, THE COMPETENT YOUTH, you'll not only be stimulated or motivated to do great things, but you'll be able to reach out to your deeps immediately to unleash that powerful force that is key to the creation of a new world order and a better Nigeria. The change you desire is in you, and the best way to begin is by realising how competent you are! Start towards your competency journey NOW by getting the book, THE COMPETENT YOUTH! I'll catch you right inside the book's pages. Yours, James Useghan.
Good Pedigree
"Every child that comes from a proper home gets morning blessings from their parents. This is a tradition. It ensures you do well in life. A wise child should cherish a parent's prayer." Iye has everything a good village girl should want - a respectable family, a boyfriend who wants to marry her. But why isn't she happy? Why does she want more? When her traditional father catches her in public with her boyfriend, she realizes what she truly wants. And it is not the village life. Independence, education, a career ... Her dreams. Iye is accepted to university, in Lagos - a world away from everything she knows. She quickly learns how exhilarating, but also frightening, the city can be. Struggling to be herself, she has to choose who her friends are before it is too late. Family revelations and personal disaster threaten everything Iye has worked for. Will she succumb to the jealousy and materialism claiming so many around her? Or will she prove to herself that her dreams are worth fighting for?
The Seasons of Change
The Seasons of Change is a text which discusses four seasons in which people experience during the process of life. These changes can impact one's mood and perception pertaining to self and worldview. The four seasons include: The Season of Innocence, The Season of Corruption, The Season of Depression, and The Season of Redemption. Each of the four seasons focus on self perception, personal and professional conduct, power and greed, deceit, hopelessness and self-vindication.
Great Collection of Tetela Proverbs on the African Wisdom
Great Collection of Tetela Proverbs on the African WisdomBy: Ambaye Albertine Tshefu, Elisabeth Mukanga Ndjeka and Albert Tshefu Empenge, Great Collection of Tetela Proverbs on the African Wisdom is a rich and charming collection of wisdom. Proverbs are an important and creative tradition of the Tetela tribe of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This book includes nearly 300 proverbs written in Tetela, French, and English.While some proverbs are similar to English sayings - "It is the survivor who narrates the story," "Nothing is impossible until the death," - others are unique - "Do not take fog for rain," "The basket of the prickly ants is difficult to carry and to put down." With short explanations, each proverb's meaning is illuminated for reflection and application.Filled with wisdom for a proper moral life, family relationships, leadership, encouragement, and reminders, these proverbs are both representative of the Tetela culture and universal in their hope and encouragement. About the AuthorAmbaye Albertine Tshefu is the sixth child in her family. She has always had a passion for writing. Tshefu received a bachelor's degree from Metropolitan States University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has worked as an ultrasound technologist, but currently works as a substitute teacher. She has three daughters and two grandchildren.Elisabeth Mukanga Ndjeka is the widow of Albert Tshefu Empenge, magistrate. She is the mother of ten, including twins. She has grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, grandnephews, and great-grandnephews living on Africa, Europe, and the Americas. She recorded these proverbs to share her tribe's culture and wisdom with her family.
Unity in Flight
This volume was our first anthology of fiction (2001)and included work by writers who had been published in the Botsotso literary journal. The themes reflect the turmoil of the 1980's and the new issues raised in the 90's. Maropodi Mapalakanye's stories focus on the political-military struggle against apartheid with an emphasis on the deadly 'twists of fate' that insurrection spawns with regard to the need to resist and its collateral damage to oppressed people. Peter Rule deals with more personal issues such as the anguish of rape and homophobic violence, the devastation of AIDS and the trauma of surviving police interrogation. Zachariah Rapola brings a surreal and tragic touch to stories about lonely misfits in Alexandria, Joburg's oldest African township. Michael Vines, on the other hand, writes about arty white suburban youth whose alienation is just as acute despite their wealthier environment. Phaswane Mpe's stories all foreshadow his novel Welcome to our Hillbrow which also deals with student life in Johannesburg and the ramifications of the Aids epidemic. Lastly, Kolski Horwitz touches on both the general political landscape of decolonization and internal corruption within the liberation movements as well as the shifting tides of sexual behaviour.
We Jive Like This
The Botsotso Jesters poetry performance group was founded in 1994. After a few member changes, it solidified in 1996 with the line up that published this first Botsotso book. The collectively written poems that provided such powerful performance material are followed by individual collections of each of the five. Anna Varney's graphics set the tone for many future books in which the combination of written and visual images becomes a striking factor.
No Time to Mourn
No Time to Mourn is a collection of short stories, poems, artwork and photography penned, produced and presented by South Sudanese women. It reflects the lives of the women writers and artists, and at the same time gives voice to the very real lived experiences and lives of every woman of South Sudanese heritage. The ideas and experiences in this book span decades they straddle borders, they cross continents and describe events that are hard to imagine, even with some knowledge of South Sudan's history. It is hard not to be moved as you read what many of these authors have lived through as they strive to achieve those basic of human rights: life, liberty and security. Through this book, we learn more about the cost of war and the value of peace, and how they affect women's abilities to found a home, bear and raise children, stay healthy and safe, secure education for themselves and their children, seek professional fulfilment and even fall in love, all while navigating society's often narrowly defined gender roles.
The Coming of Otungwi
This is a story is about a nation called Otungwi located deep in the heart of Africa. It follows its journey through the struggle of peace and prosperity. This is seen through the eyes of dynasties that have ruled over this country since its beginning. The story captures the different dynasties' perspectives and visions for their homeland and the lengths to which they are willing to go in order to attain their goals at the end of the day. It entails the challenges the rulers of this nation face and how they overcome diversity.
thorns in her flesh
THORNS IN HER FLESH is an illustrated collection of poems by a black woman on love that is often like a rose flower; magnificent in its beauty but burdened with pricking thorns. It is also about the realities of family relationships and the socio-cultural, spiritual, economic, and political complexities of life in the African context. In this collection of poetry, Eshe has thrown together poems of different themes; something akin to mixing lemon slices and balls of sugar in water. She hopes you, her dear reader, would be kind enough to stir and enjoy a tall glass of lemonade! The book is split into four chapters: Pricking Companions, Hyena Dance, Tangled Knots, and Liquid Fire
A Victim of Injustice
It is very important that one looks before one leaps, for every decision or action produces a consequence. But it is absolutely unjustifiable for an innocent person to go through hell as a result of someone else's actions. Sadly, that was the exact terrible ordeal an only girl-child suffered.Serwaa-Akoto was unluckily rendered a victim of injustice. And despite her incomparable beauty and immense personal charm, her burning desire to get married and have children remained elusive.The story portrays some of the traditional beliefs and practices of the African society. In the course of development, however, most of them, especially those that either raised ethical issues or violated human rights, have been modified to fall into line with modernity. It thus provides valuable insight into our unique culture and civilisation. It is simply a must-read novel for the African diaspora especially. But readers must be 18 or above since the story contains scenes of romance, violence and crime.
Africa
In Africa: Through a Mirror, Saikou Camara acknowledges that the African has been brutalized, dehumanized and depersonalized by legalized colonial supremacy for over 300 years. In spite of all the injustice, as a born proud African, he makes a call to all Africans and people of African descent to come together and build our continent. He walks his readers around the African continent outlining preventable self-inflicting wounds that can be avoided. He shares the history of inaugural African leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, and other prominent African leaders, who worked with other Pan-African leaders such as Marcus Garvey. He also goes further to offer applicable solutions to some of the issues affecting the African continent for a way forward.
FireCRACKER
From discussing the flames of hell to the fiery nature of racism, Tyler Lazarus scorches the earth with his most devastating, blunt blow of social observation leaving black people and white people behind in shocked silence. The bridge to both won't be a bridge to nowhere like other critics have tried to connect to in the past but undeniable truths that link both sides of the race coin that will leave each group feeling slightly uncomfortable. Of wounds, time and cultural healing, in a flourish of heated words, Tyler does his most expert dance through a minefield of issues and historical tension; displaying a range of sheer versatility and finally establishing his voice as a credible and important contender in the literary world, once and for all, taking on topics others simply lack the range, skill and life experience to cover. Of black and white thinking + to black and white people - and finally, to all people. From oddity to duality ☯️ what do aliens, alienation, slave reparations and Breonna Taylor and Abraham Lincoln all have in common? Find out in this fourth and final novel of 2020
The Trumpet and Other Poems from East Africa
"The Trumpet and Other Poems from East Africa" is a series of poems from Ugandan author Mugumya Amooti, R. who currently resides in Rwanda. The poems focus on six issues: (1) Politics and Governance in Africa, (2) Faith and Religion, (3) Materialism and Morality, (4) Love, (5) Nature and Society, and (6) Death and Metaphysics.
The Stories and Studies of African Values
Most African and other nations often build and develop their economic, social, political and other structures at the expense of their Value Systems which are often constructed by the prevailing norms, cultures, law and order in the societies.The Value System in each country is always the live wire that powers other vital structures, including security machinery. Thus it is possible to have security challenges in a country with good political structure and healthy economy. In order to reinforce their Value Systems, some countries embed what the nations stand for and against in their National Anthems and The Pledge to the nations.The neglect or shutting down of National Value Systems in most African nations give rooms for vices and crimes to be on the increase.This book is designed to be studied by parents, teachers and students in primary or junior and high schools in Africa with the objectives of imbibing African traditional and moral values into them. With particular focus on children and youths, through the use of stories; poems; proverbs; quotes and class activities, the author attempts to give vivid pictures of African Values as opposed to westernization which is clearly wiping out what the founding fathers of the nations on the continent stand for.
Escape From Freedom
Gukurahundi" is a word that generally evokes strong emotions in Zimbabwe, for it describes a dark period in the country's relatively young history. This novel tries to understand that part of Zimbabwe's unsavoury past through the eyes of a young man, Sipho Dube, who, at sixteen, leaves his home in Matabeleland South partly to seek his fortune in South Africa, but mainly to escape the ravages of Gukurahundi, which appeared to target young men.Separated from his travelling companions - all of them older than him - due to a flash flood as they try to cross the Limpopo River, Sipho finds himself alone, in a foreign land, with nothing. This starts him on a journey of self-discovery which culminates with him meeting and falling in love with Rumbidzai, an ethnic Shona, whose people are largely held responsible for the misery inflicted on Sipho's people by Gukurahundi.After ten years of living and working illegally in South Africa, Sipho travels back to his native land to find a completely different country where the people he meets have lost all hope; the promise and excitement of independence all but a distant memory. In conversations with the people back home, and later with other Zimbabweans in South Africa, Sipho begins to understand some of the history of the people of Southern Africa and how similar their cultures and Languages are. Colonisation, which was designed to serve the purposes of the colonisers, has changed Southern Africa's narrative to this day. He begins to understand that Gukurahundi, election violence in Zimbabwe, (and many other African countries), xenophobia in South Africa and elsewhere, can all be seen as the continuation of a narrative that started with a conference in Berlin, where all of the developed countries in Europe with an interest in Africa, met to carve up the continent without any input from the indigenous people of the said continent. The borders they created keep Africa divided and in competition with itself to this day, keeping the people of Africa poor, while they compete to give away their wealth of natural resources in exchange for the 'hard' currencies of their former colonisers and their allies.Throughout the book, the romance between Sipho and Rumbidzai is the constant thread that knits the story together, demonstrating the conflicts and contradictions that are necessarily present in Zimbabwe's ethnicity debate and the oft forgotten truth that all of humanity is the same.
Songs of African Fathers
The late African Presidents such as Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Nelson Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah and others declared the devastating war against poverty, ignorance, and other miseries. Their wise words, visions, and actions paved a way for a new Africa.These poems portray their paramount wisdom and knowledge that enrich nowadays generations. They fought enemies of African development and prosperity; they believed Africa can shine more than the stars. The following is an extract of the poem, 'Africa and Ignorance.' Perhaps, Africa and ignorance, Are enemies and best friends at once, Many times, Africa acts in ignorance, Its citizens get hurt in tolerance, Maybe, Africa has a lifelong love affair with ignorance, Because I don't see a serious severance, Since then, my Africa fell asleep, A sleepyhead land, who will wake it up? Some Africans are far to the limit of ignorance, Should they say no or be submissive to ignorance? I hope you have enjoyed this description. Grab your copy and have fun. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.Mniko Chacha is the Self-Published Author of five books namely: An Enemy of the Villagers (A book of stories), Kiraka Cha Ukombozi (This is a Novel in Kiswahili Language, ) Weka Pesa Pata Pesa (a book of poems in Swahili), Songs of African Fathers (This is a book of poems, ) and Storms and Pleasures (a book of Motivational Poems.) All these titles are available on Amazon websites.His various works have been published on various magazines such as: Ponder Sarvant, Rock City Eye Magazine, and the 13 Alphabet Magazine. He works on a new novel in Swahili, which he intends to release on 2022. Follow him through Facebook Mniko Chacha, Twitter @mnikochacha3, Linkedn Mniko Chacha, and Instagram mniko50.
Lusophone African Short Stories and Poetry After Independence
In 1975, after much resistance, Portugal became the last colonial power to relinquish their colonies on the African continent. The tardiness of Portuguese decolonization in Africa (Cabo Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, S瓊o Tom矇 and Pr穩ncipe) raises critical questions for the emergence of national literary and cultural production in the wake of national independence. Bringing together the works of poets, short story writers, and journalists, this book charts the emergence and evolution of the national literatures of Portugal's former African colonies, from 1975 to the present. The aim of this book is to examine the ways in which writers contended with the process of decolonization, forging national, transnational, and diasporic identities through literature while grappling with the legacies and continuities of racial power structures, colonial systems of representation, and the struggles for political sovereignty and social justice. This book will be the first of its kind in English to include canonical, emerging, and previously untranslated authors of poetry and short-form fiction to a new public. Lusophone African Short Stories will bring to light and to broader audiences the important artistic engagement of writers from five African nations that are largely neglected outside the field of Lusophone Studies - Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and S瓊o Tom矇 e Pr穩ncipe. The literary production emanating from these locales offers perspectives and novel forms of engagement against the forces and legacies of Empire in the nearly five decades of postcolonial independence. The collection will make available to new readerships, scholars, and students, canonical and emerging literary thought and works that are borne out of the persistent struggle against imperialism and its racial, gender, sexual, and socioeconomic tenets. In this regard, the collection will feature an array of literary voices, genres, and aesthetics including novels, poetry, science fiction, Afro-Futurism, and postcolonial feminism. These recent artistic trends, we argue, are integral tools for individual and collective grappling with the political, societal, micro- and macro-economic, and cultural challenges of the postcolonial present. They have become modes of imagining communal subjectivity in new ways from the periphery of global capitalism and against forces of neocolonialism.
windows
'windows', the debut collection from Jesutomisin Ipinmoye, serves a chance to peer into the collective experiences that make us human, from our pain and loss to our hope and drive, all while underlining the human capacity for tremendous good and evil. the collection vibrates between different slices of life across Nigeria, all while telling the stories from the point of view of otherworldy observers, fascinated by what they see while unable to interfere. from exploring the complex relationships with an abusive father and his family to the tale of a man who in a drunken haze recounts to the police the story of how he was found in a park, with the dead body of the man who slept with his wife. so follow along and peer into the windows!
The Maganda Dimo Genealogy
Upto which of your ancestor do you know? Maganda is a sub-clan of the Kadimo residing in Yimbo, Siaya County. They are mainly found in Ndiwo (remember the famous Ndiwo Kipenji?) near Abora / Nyamboyo swamp on the shores of Lake Victoria. A small section is found around Usoga, just at the foots of Got Usenge (Usenge hills) where it is believed Dimo built a hut for his first wife, 'Nyangidia' who was later to die and turn into a respected spiritual Snake, Nyang'idia of Kadimo akin to the Omieri of Nyakach. To date, Nyang'idia pays rare visits to the Maganda lineage of Dimo....for it is believed that Mzee usually leaves some of his spirituality and deep secrets in his home...which is usually to be owned...or inhabited by his youngest son. It is due to this that Maganda remains a major pillar of the Kadimo. Historically, Maganda has had major heroes. It is believed than Nengo, later renamed Nengo Jamwa, from his brief sojourn in Uganda, brought in a special powerful spirit to the Land of Dimo which led to the Alego people who occupied parts of the current Kadimo, folding their belongings and relocating to Alego...without being told...and without a fight-battle or war...for they are Dimo brothers. So Maganda remains a major pillar of the great Kadimo, . Ths is a book worth your reading to know more about the Luo hidden power and other secrets, but most importantly, know how the walking beings are related to the historic Dimo, through the genealogy well articulated here.
Billowing Hearts
When Urenna Dinobi learns she can finally begin the process of adopting the little girl who stole her heart at an orphanage a few years ago, she is thrilled. Since she has been hurt in the past, her plan is to raise the girl and any other child she adopts in the future, alone. But when she meets Wole Billow, a kind and handsome entrepreneur, it takes everything in her to stick to her plan.Wole is smitten when he runs into Urenna -the fragile beauty who stole his heart ten years ago. Used to getting his own way, he puts together a plan to win her over. But with only a month to do so, and the annoying fact that Urenna seems totally uninterested in him, his success seems unlikely.
No One Stands Accused
In the face of sustained cosmic upheavals there is not one who can be sure this world will live to turn another century. Bludgeoned by the only news of a new bombing, a new melting of the glaciers, a new epidemic; a new political, economical, and social meltdown: not one who lives with the hope of a better tomorrow. Humans have survived a great many days of abiding uncertainty, battered by forces recognizable and obscure, but never has the reality of inevitable doom been more evident. Not in memorable history been the times more unprecedented. We have attempted in our every capacity to remedy the deteriorating possibility of a life of perpetual harmony, each rebuttal with a tendency at affirming the inconvenient reality. But examining our grim condition, thoughtfully, Moses Guvheya finds it not unredeemable. Many have written highlighting man's contribution to the fall both of his destiny and his habitat, but to never so nearer an end, Guvheya accentuates, it can only be man's conscious efforts, the antidote. At the heart of this short treatise, if there must be hope to nature quick and dead, one finds a persistent appeal for man to turn to his first Creed.
Aphorisms & Poemsof LIGHT
Jacob-the last born in his family- lost his mother when he was just 11 years old. His father died six years later. Left with no place to call home, 'Jack', as everyone calls him in the family, grew up in an uncertain environment living with one after another of his nine siblings for several years. A decade later, Jacob lost Patrick-another of his brothers with whom he had been living at the time-under mysterious circumstances involving police brutality. Destitute once again, Jack went to live with another brother. Four years later, and another blow: the untimely loss of his soft-spoken sister and counselor- Grace followed. His eldest sister Hellen had left the country to join her husband abroad and Grace was the remaining glue that held the family together. Devastated by these losses, Jacob would struggle for years to complete his undergraduate education at the University of Nairobi where he was pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Linguistics (English). He finally crossed that off his to do list in 2001. Thereafter he found a simple dwelling at the outskirts of Nairobi city where he lived in a room in the compound of a family who accepted him as he was. Even with these devastating experiences, Jacob managed to cross-off another to do-a master's degree in communication studies at the University of Nairobi in 2018- following another several years of struggle. In 2019, Jack experienced further devastation when he lost another brother Erick, who fell sick and within only 8 days, was gone. Jacob realized the time had come for him to choose to either live or die after more than a decade of maladaptive coping lifestyle.On the brink of desperation, Jacob set out on a journey of self-discovery. In his quest to understand the way the universe works, an overpowering feeling spawned nuggets of wisdom that he records in this collection of poetry. He set out to discover what brings hope and expectation of a better life for an ordinary person like him. Realizing that he had been groping in darkness, he comes to a point of illumination only after a long reflection of what it really means to live a meaningful and satisfying life. This work is a journey of discovering the essence of a fulfilling life. Away from his personal challenges, Jacob embarked on a spiritual literary journey, finding refuge in spiritual literature. It is out of this immersion that the muse to write a spiritually inclined book was seeded. The power of the written word transformed his perception of what the universe actually entails, unraveling for him the realization that life is basically a form of energy that is cultivated by vibration.This book is a journey of faith in the power of the source energy and should be read with a flexible disposition. It delves into the realm of the metaphysical. In this collection of poetry, Jacob conveys meaning by employing symbols and images, for the reader to decipher the meaning of the written word. The interpretation of this work offers divine inspiration with the sixth sense.Aphorisms and Poems of Light subscribes to the idea that as human beings we are more than just physical beings, endowed with meanings much deeper than the mundane that many have mistakenly viewed as the totality of the human experience. It is our hope that Jacob's journey to spiritual freedom will illuminate a path for you as much as it has done for him.
Leaves From Love’s GardenAnd Random Rhymes
A Collection of poems on love and relationship. This book was rumored to have existed for many years. Indeed, that can be put to rest. Barclay struggled with love. He lived without the love of his life, a woman, whose identity he took to his grave, but whose beauty, tenderness and intellect, he is noted to have sung every chance he had. By dedicating the book to her, he made sure to keep the mystery alive.
Yours TrulyAn Atoned Sinner
Yours Truly is a book length poem; a poetic novella, that talks about the challenges of a country, the pain that people undergo to satisfy others and how they live in a rotten society, This book touches on key issues that the society faces in its day to day lives including corruption, injustice, murder, hypocrisy, adultery, misuse of power, religion misconduct among others The author takes us through several events through letters he drafted during his stay in prison, atoning for his sins and seeking for forgiveness from the society, His letters are addressed to those who underwent pain during his reign as a government worker. Also he writes to those who used and dumped him, urging them to change and return to the good ways.Lewis Wamwanda's Yours Truly is a must read for those seeking to understand the sacrifices people go through to please those above them
RainA Song for All and None
A poetic meditation on History through the echoes of Oral Tradition, Rain recalls the song of storytellers born on the shores of the Great Lake Nam Lolwe at the eye of the Nile in the heart of East Africa. The first volume in the Dream Walker Canticle series, Rain tells the story of the Dream Walker Maya, one of history's empathic clairvoyants who experiences the story of humanity through the eyes of other Dreamers, unlimited by time or distance.Under the guidance of ancestral Spirits, Maya strives to find her bearings as she is swept up in the thousand-year saga of the devastatingly insidious legacies of colonizing empires that continue to ravage her home. Braving uncharted waters, Maya discovers illuminating truths concealed behind the veil of History's public myths.Her quest unites her across the centuries with ancestral Dream Walkers who will teach her to understand the power of her gifts, and Maya learns to fulfill her destiny as a visionary steward of both the Past and the Future in an ever-changing world.
RainA Song for All and None
Rain tells the story of the Dream Walker Maya, an empathic clairvoyant who experiences history through the eyes of other Dream Walkers across time.Under the guidance of ancestral Spirits, Maya strives to find her bearings as she is swept up in the thousand-year saga of the devastatingly insidious legacies of colonizing empires that continue to ravage her home. Braving uncharted waters, Maya discovers illuminating truths concealed behind the veil of History's public myths.Her quest unites her across the centuries with ancestral Dream Walkers who will teach her to understand the power of her gifts, and Maya learns to fulfill her destiny as a visionary steward of both the Past and the Future in an ever-changing world.A poetic meditation on History through the echoes of Oral Tradition, Rain recalls the song of storytellers born on the shores of the Great Lake Nam Lolwe at the eye of the Nile in the heart of East Africa.
Closet Space
Written by 20 closet poets and new storytellers, this anthology of urban African literature is a reflection of the continent's amazing diversity.
Thread of Lies
Thread of Lies, a harrowing and powerful composition of interrelated stories is built around the homophobic murder of a lesbian couple. Their deaths serve as the background and the catalyst for the narrative, written with a grim ferocity in a minimalistic yet graphic style. The unremitting depiction of violence, its violent consequences, and rampant homophobia are brought into sharp relief through the frightening presence of the character, Tito Ogheneovo. His madness fuelled by unswerving, brim-full fury, intertwine lives in Nigeria and New Zealand. He becomes the centre of attention in the subsequent search for the truth behind the murder. Thread of Lies, a significant part of the writer's 2013 Master's thesis, has been praised by lecturers at the Auckland University of Technology for having both the features of a novel and a collection of discrete stories because of the centrality of the character Tito and his growing violence. The events in the collection, dealing with causes and consequences, are in hectic orbit around the central, centrifugal act of violence in a manner best achieved by the composite novel approach.
?frica Sonr穩e Triste, En Silencio
?FRICA SONR?E TRISTE, EN SILENCIO?frica m獺s que un continente es una madre, la de toda la humanidad, desde donde sus hijos se fueron desprendiendo de su pecho en los propios albores de la evoluci籀n del hombre como especie.Como madre, desde sus tiernos brazos morenos no han dejado de desgajarse sus hijos d穩a tras d穩a, noche tras noche, cruzando los estrechos, los mares y el oc矇ano, unas veces por voluntad propia, otras por necesidad y en ocasiones, de manera a繳n m獺s dram獺tica, obligados por la crueldad de otros hombres, como ocurri籀 en la 矇poca de la esclavitud tras los grandes descubrimientos, cuando cruzaron el Atl獺ntico hacinados en barcos y galeras de esclavos, en lo que constituye uno de los episodios m獺s tristes, vergonzosos y repudiados de la historia humana.Hoy en d穩a aun sus hijos siguen abandonado los tiernos brazos maternos, expuestos a mil peligros y a las adversidades de un destino incierto, y lo hacen sonrientes, tristes, callados o melanc籀licos, como si cada uno de ellos llevara en su coraz籀n la enigm獺tica, pero franca sonrisa de su madre morena.Los que han tenido la suerte de convivir un tiempo en la sagrada tierra madre de la humanidad, sentir su calor, su aliento, su sonrisa triste, aunque parezca alegre, no pueden por menos que recordarla con cari簽o, con ternura; y si es posible hacer algo por ella, por aliviar su pena y su dolor, y tal vez en mi caso escribir estos humildes relatos inmersos en un mundo de realidad y ficci籀n, como siempre lo hago, entremezclando ambas cosas, aunque diste con ello de alcanzar a brindarle todo el homenaje que quisiera tributarle, porque merece mucho m獺s que esto la verdadera cuna de la humanidad.El contenido de esta selecci籀n consta de nueve relatos, la mayor parte vinculados a la segunda parte del siglo XX, m獺s cercano a la d矇cada de los 80, cuando los pa穩ses colonialistas se vieron obligados por diferentes circunstancias a abandonar el continente, dejando a sus hijos hu矇rfanos pol穩ticamente a que enfrentaran sus designios, muchas veces bajo el hostigamiento econ籀mico, pol穩tico y militar de potencias extranjeras no contentas con que estos pa穩ses pudiesen alcanzar su verdadera independencia y comenzar a transitar por la dif穩cil senda del desarrollo, tras asumir el dif穩cil reto de superar cientos de a簽os de atraso cultural que los separan de la civilizaci籀n occidental tomando esta, si se quiere, como faro del progreso.Bajo estas circunstancias se bosquejaron estos relatos, aunque uno en particular se traslad籀 en un sentido m獺s alejado de la historia, hasta la 矇poca de la esclavitud y la trata y tr獺fico negrero desde la ruta de la costa atl獺ntica de ?frica: Angola, Guinea y Senegal, hasta las Am矇ricas.En la esencia de los relatos se manifiestan los m獺s genuinos valores del ser humano, alejados en lo posible, de la crueldad, la venganza, la violencia o cualquier otro sentimiento nocivo, por lo que prevalece la ternura, la amistad, el agradecimiento y la convivencia 矇tnica multicultural y hasta con los animales.Son diez relatos: Un ni簽o ovimbundo, Kuingo, Liona, Palanca preta gigante, O Tristeza, Mellizos, Falsa acusaci籀n, Los favores del Soba, Eu tenho um problema y La odisea de un pr穩ncipe africano, los cuales dejamos bajo el lente cr穩tico e infalible de los lectores, pero sobre todo como un homenaje sencillo, pero sincero al continente africano en su totalidad, sin distinci籀n de idioma, lengua, religi籀n cultura o naci籀n y tambi矇n a las personas de otras regiones que han colaborado con su desarrollo y m獺s a繳n a las que ofrendaron sus vidas en ese intento.
