Fiction and Non Fiction

In the beautiful cities of Pachuca, a story unfolds in a big hacienda, filled with history and secrets. “The Hacienda of Jesus García of Pachuca,” takes you into a world where love, power, and the past are all mixed up in a fascinating tale. Catalina, a woman with beauty and big dreams, grows up in a tough situation, and her ambitions lead her to marry Jesus García. But ambitions are like hunger—they never really go away. Her teenage desire to be with an African man comes back when she meets Flomo. Flomo is a young man from Liberia, and he's torn between his dreams and his love for Teta. Should he give in to Catalina's advances, hoping it'll help him reach his goals, or stay true to Teta back in Liberia? It's a tough choice, but Catalina, who's very intriguing, makes him give in, right there in Jesus García's hacienda. Jesus García is a Mezcal farmer who owns a hacienda passed down from his father. He's a dreamer and falls in love with Catalina quickly. But he realizes Catalina's dreams are too big for him, and he feels betrayed. This sets the stage for his revenge. In the walls of the hacienda, secrets come out, and the characters face the weight of their family's past. "The Hacienda of Jesus García" explores a place where what happened before affects what's happening now, and the characters have to deal with their wants, dreams, and the history of the García family. Here is the retelling of the Biblical story of Potiphar’s wife and Joseph, told elegantly in the most lush language.

I woke up one ominous morning in Oxford to find out I had been, for the lack of a better word, set on fire. A hit piece disguised as investigative report by an irritant student newspaper had told the world I was a fraudulent professor amongst a litany of other lies. And like most coordinated slander campaigns, the article was quickly syndicated to other local newspapers for wider coverage.

As we embark on this odyssey with them, we find ourselves aboard a bus departing from Plateau, the landscape shifting outside the window mirroring the internal tumult of our protagonists. Kanani's fervent prayers and Faisi's silent acquiescence form the backdrop against which their complex relationship unfolds. Yet, amidst the dust of the roads and the weight of societal expectations, there exists an uneasy tension—a discord between their spiritual convictions and the skepticism of the observer.