Headwin Thengala

BOOK: A LETTER TO MY FORMER PUPIL, AUTHOR: EDWIN NGALA. A Letter to My Former Pupil is a story that captures the tribulations, celebrations, excitement and nostalgic memories of lives and times of the teacher and the pupil, at Alama Academy, the academic powerhouse. The story is written in a letter format, often refers to as epistolary in literary jargon. Though,it does not use either of the formats(friendly or official letters). Perhaps, because the narrator had no address of the his recipient. It's a reply to the unsolicited letter the narrator had received. The sender had placed between the page of the composition exercise book that had been collected for marking. A common habit among the innocent, adventurous, young minds. This is one story that any person who has been into a classroom, can relate to.