And After Many Days
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
In the aftermath of a teen's disappearance from bustling Port Harcourt in 1995 Nigeria, a once-ordered family is irreparably shattered in ways that prompt its youngest member, Ajie, to embark on a quest for answers that reveals long-forgotten secrets andregional brutalities.
The Last Villains of Molo
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Bone, Bomu, Bafu, Ngeta and Rock find themselves in Ngando slums having fled the ethic-based violence in Molo. With little to do, they engage in all maner of trade to eke out a living. The entry of Nancy - stylish sophisticated and shrewd - catapults them into a nightmare that leads to destitution, betrayal, desperation, revenge, friendship and lasting love. This is a story of a new generation that rises above the confines of hatred and retribution and reasserts the
Status
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
"Status : Emo is a romp through the mind of the young Egypt. Written in 2010, it predicts revolt and hints at culture wars to come."--Front flap.
Bom Boy
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Leke is a troubled young man living in the suburbs of Cape Town. He develops strange habits of stalking people, stealing small objects and going from doctor to doctor in search of companionship rather than cure. Through a series of letters written to him by his Nigerian father whom he has never met, Leke learns about a family curse; a curse which his father had unsuccessfully tried to remove. BOM BOY is a well-crafted, and complex narrative written with a
This is Not a Flowerpot
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
In This is not a flowerpot, author Amy Schoeman - with keen observation and an enduring sense of irony - chronicles Lizelle's journey from being a woman with no clear idea of what she wants to one who chooses personal freedom and control over her life. Sometimes shocking, often funny, this wry account of an imprudent marriage is abidingly entertaining. Above all it carries the torch for the abused woman.
Morenga
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
A daring and brilliant military tactician, Morenga was fluent in several languages and by all reports a man of compassion, intelligence, and integrity, as he led his people towards freedom.
Outlaw
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Kidnapped by a man who claims to be a remorseless outlaw with terrorist ties, British ambassador's son Jake and his sister, Kas, begin to doubt their captor's identity when they discover unsettling facts about the corrupt local government. By the award-winning author of Hacking Timbuktu.
Vanishing Herds
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Norpisia's spiritual journey towards environmental environmental restoration, and her hubsband's physical journey in search of his birthplace are intertwined in this novel. From a simple pastoralist, Norpisia relentlessly pursues her conservation ambitions and eventually becomes a renowned conservationist and succeeds in rehabilitating degraded forests and wetlands.
Running with Mother
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Unsentimental and unselfpitying, this short but powerful novel by Chris Mlalazi vivifies an account by Rudo, a fourteen-year-old school girl who observes the terrifying events that take place in her village. Running with Mother provides us with a gripping story of how Rudo, her mother, her aunt and her little cousin survive the onslaught. Shocking as the story that unfolds may be, it is balanced by the resilience, self-respect, unselfishness and stoicism of the protagonists. Mlalazi's novel is written with
Little Mother
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. After ten years, the two women reunite. When Domenica gives birth to a son, Barni, also known as Little Mother, is at her side. Together with the
The Kupferberg Mining Company
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Some members of government have their own agenda when they request private access to a restricted area of desert for a military exercise. A community, known only under the name of the Kupferberg Mining Company, have existed in secret until now. While on an excursion to Pelican Bay, Rudolf de Wet notices armed men in the distance. He finds murdered tourists and when shots are fired in his direction, the questions seem endless. What is going on? Who are these
Contemporary British Women Writers
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Essays illustrating the range and diversity of post-1970 British women writers.
The Translator
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Although they work in the same department at Aberdeen University, she as a translator, he as a lecturer in Postcolonial Politics, Sammar and Rae live in worlds divided by simple facts
Absent. The English Teacher
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
When MR George loses his job teaching English at a private secondary school in Bulawayo, `his pension payout, after forty years of full-time service, bought him two jam doughnuts and a soft tomato. `When he backs his unmsured white Ford Escort into a brand new Mercedes Benz. the out-of-court settlement sees him giving up his house to the complainant. Beauticious Nyamayakanuna. and becoming her domestic servant. Through the prism of this engaging post-colonial role reversal, and spiced with George's lessons
Memory in The Flesh
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
This prize-winning novel, the first to be written by an Algerian woman in Arabic, is set against Algeria's struggle against foreign domination as well as its post-independence struggle with itself and the fate of revolutionary ideals in a post-revolutionary society. The story, spanning more than four decades of Algerian history, from the 1940s to the 1980s, revolves around a love affair between Khaled, the middle-aged militant who turns to painting after losing his left arm in the struggle, and Hayat,
Exhumed, Tried and Hanged
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Exhumed, Tried and Hanged elucidates the abuse of folk good faith and ignorance by a conceited, ruthless and grasping leadership that sows carnage among the natives of Etambeng, culminating in unprecedented exodus, untold suffering and death of the people in neighbouring villages. Upon the death of the perpetrator the few returnees are made to listen to the gruesome stories of how the aggrieved children of his victims took revenge on his corpse.
Freedom Never Rests
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Lying bare the political and personal intricacies of community struggles, this extraordinary story portrays the historical roots of the service delivery revolts that have swept South Africa in recent years. This novel centers around an engaging and tragic couple: an unemployed ex-shop steward and revolutionary, Monwabisi Radebe, and his wife, Constantia, a former nursery school aide turned local councilor in the fictional Eastern Cape township of Sivuyile. As the council implements an American-financed project of prepaid meters, water cut-offs are
Leading the Night
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Deprived of being heard, people still have a voice. They make it heard in ways that disturb the status quo. This book is an engagement with such voices. Can Deni, Wairi, Yaadi, matatu people, militia people and taxi drivers in Kenya also ask "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" as Nelson Mandela did. Why do two men wearing bling bling turn into two snakes dancing in Rika's imagination? The web of corruption is intricate. No-one can lead
Maryam's Maze
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
A new paperback edition of the story of a young woman lost in a chaotic world
The Crown of Thorns
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Release : 16 January 2021
Chief Nchindia held the Elders of his Council in total contempt, inwardly vowing to disagree with them at every point where disagreement was possible. What starts like a big joke develops into grim tragedy: the statue of the god of Nkokonoko Small Monje is discovered to have been stolen and sold to a white man! The tradition demands instant execution of the culprits. Was their Chief involved in the theft? What was worse, the crime or the punishment? Linus Asong