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Swift dispatch
My Fourth Time We Drowned: Seeking Re...
In August 2018, Sally Hayden received a Facebook message. ‘Hi sister Sally, we need your help,’ it read. ‘We are under bad condition in Libya prison. If you have time, I will tell you all the story.’ More messages followed from more refugees.
They told stories of enslavement and trafficking, torture and murder, tuberculosis and sexual abuse. And they revealed something else: that they were all incarcerated as a direct result of European policy.
From there began a staggering investigation into the migrant crisis across North Africa. This book follows the shocking experiences of refugees seeking sanctuary, but it also surveys the bigger picture: the negligence of NGOs and corruption within the United Nations.
The economics of the twenty-first-century slave trade and the EU’s bankrolling of Libyan militias. The trials of people smugglers, the frustrations of aid workers, the loopholes refugees seek out and the role of social media in crowdfunding ransoms. Who was accountable for the abuse? Where were the people finding solutions? Why wasn’t it being widely reported?
At its heart, this is a book about people who have made unimaginable choices, risking everything to survive in a system that wants them to be silent and disappear.
With Eyes Wide Open by Erick B. Gichuru
With Eyes Wide Open Novel is a Raw African account of losing innocence, self-discovery and the madness that lies in between!
With Eyes Wide Open Novel is about us. We all have a dark side! At some point in our lives, we’ve done or said something that we are truly ashamed of. For some of us, our forefathers are still turning in their graves. They say we become different versions of ourselves before we become who we truly are.
Set in the heart of Africa and inspired by life itself, the author vividly captures the messy human experience that might hit too close to home.
Author: Erick B. Gichuru
Genre: Literary Fiction; Romance
Type: Print Paperback
Length: 273 Pages
Publisher: Thelocco Publishers
An African nights entertainment by Cy...
"Put your money on this sheepskin," said the old man, "and if, by the time I finish my tale, there is one of you awake, that man shall claim everything we have collected." Young men, old men, children, women, they all put some money on the sheepskin beside the story teller. He waited till they had sat down.
He himself settled comfortably on the catifa and smiled. "It is a long tale of vengeance, adventure and love. We shall sit here until the moon pales and still it will not have been told.
It is enough entertainment for a whole night." - from the Introduction to AN AFRICAN NIGHT'S ENTERTAINMENT
The Daughters of Nandi by Dr Nokuthul...
Through three historical periods, 3 women who are extraordinary in their different ways will seek to get restitution for Nandi Mhlongo, mother of Shaka ka Senzagakhona.
This book seamlessly weaves fact, fiction and spiritualities while subverting the way the reader perceives history.
It explores a wide variety of themes such as love, betrayal, tradition, culture, politics and so much more.
Poems from East Africa by David Cook ...
The spirit of the poetic flowering of the 1960s is encapsulated in this comprehensive anthology. The collection gives voice to some fifty poets from Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, writing in English.
The diversity of the interests and styles of the individual poets is illustrated: a blend of the gentle lyricism that is a feature of East African writing. All the major poets are included, and many not so well known.
Unbound: Twitter thoughts for the hea...
About Unbound: Twitter thoughts for the heart and mind
This collection of Twitter Thoughts, Poetry and Affirmations reflects our journey as human beings of ascending out of the darkness – a journey transpiring in seven parts with a whole depicting growth, completion, and completeness: Reckoning, The Fall, Ascension, Whole Again, New Beginning, Gratitude, The End.
Each fragment incorporates enduring tweets and tips to become unbound and takes the reader through a journey of reflection, healing and transformation.
"I invite you to this lyrical journey and to dive into this collection of tweets – thoughts, affirmations and poetry that saved me – with an open mind. My hope is that you find musical notes in the texture of the words and let yourself be carried whenever your heart hears and sings them." – Verlaine-Diane
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.
Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach.
If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself ― but first she has to make it there, alive.
The Binti Series
Book 1: Binti
Book 2: Binti: Home
Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade
What Happened to Janet Uzor by Miracl...
A year after their best friend, Janet Uzor dies in a drowning incident, Pamela and Ebere are trying to cope and move on in their own unique ways. Pamela buries her emotions, while Ebere has been on a mission to find out what really happened to their friend, an excellent swimmer, whose death seems unfair and unconscionable.
When Pamela begins to receive sinister letters threatening her life, she finally has to confront her fears, and with the help of Ebere, on/off boyfriend Eche, good friend Daniel Kalio, she sets out to find out who is after her life.
In order to do this, they have to uncover the truth and the circumstances behind the death of Janet Uzor.
Bridges are for Burning by Bina Idonije
On the eve of Valentine’s Day, Oghogho ‘Gigi’ Dempster wore her heart on her sleeve. At almost thirty-one, she was single and ready to mingle after nearly two years of relegating her love-life to the curb in favour of growing her fledgling social media company.
Her beautiful best friend Alana was newly pregnant for the love of her life, Benjamin Halal, and her sister Efemena ‘Fifi’ was married to wealthy aristocrat, Lotanna Dike.
But on that February 13th night, Gigi wasn’t looking for what her best friend and sister had; not love or marriage, but a temporary connection and intimacy. How could she have known that that night would dramatically alter the course of her life?
To My Girls, With Love. A Mother̵...
'This is an absolute must read, not only for your girls but for all the girls.
The wisdom you shared will not only help the girls become responsible citizens, it will also help them become God fearing and have values that will help them survive on earth and beyond.
This book will be read in many generations to come. I see this book as a start that led the three magi to Bethlehem and I strongly believe that it will lead the young girls to the right path in their life. This is truly a girl companion.' - Oltesh Thobias, author, speaker and trainer.
Declare Your Interest by Hamisi Wawire
Fazul, a young and ambitious teacher gets into an undeclared love relationship with the new madam Fatim.
What follows is emotional twists and turns that not only leave readers glued but also carry them into the world of the protagonist: Fazul, with betrayals, hypocrisy, suffering and perseverance, one thing stands out: truth will always triumph.
By Hamisi Wawire.
The Real You: Unpacking You By Angie ...
We spend much of our lives chasing our dreams and busy with the rat race thinking we are living meaningful lives, but in reality, we are not. What we have overlooked is the fact that God created each of us for more than we are experiencing, and we need to align with His original plan for us.
The Real You is an eye-opening book, which aims to show you how to align with who God created you to be and His purpose for your life. The real you is made up of and expressed through eight aspects of your life – spirit, soul, body, social, financial, professional, leadership, and geographical.
The Real You is a book that will bring strategic alignment to your life by showing you the importance of developing an intimate relationship with God.
Learn how to live as the Real You and deliver value to the world in a way that is unique to you.
Hardly Working by Zukiswa Wanner
Zukiswa Wanner sets off on an adventure-filled road trip with her partner and son.
Travelling through six borders, on busses and on the backs of trucks, Wanner celebrates the 10 years since her debut novel, The Madams, was published by having a reading in as many countries as possible.
Between protests against bond notes in Zimbabwe and celebrating her birthday, Wanner reconnects with good friends and gets the opportunity to give her son an African education that he’ll cherish for years to come.
A Broken Peoples Playlist by Chimeka ...
A Broken People’s Playlist is a collection of short stories with underlying themes so beautifully woven that each story flows into the other seamlessly. From its poignant beginning in “Lost Stars” a story about love and it’s fleeting, transient nature to the gritty, raw musical prose encapsulated in “In The City”, a tale of survival set in the alleyways of the waterside.
A Broken People’s Playlist is a mosaic of stories about living, loving and hurting through very familiar sounds, in very familiar ways and finding healing in the most unlikely places.
The stories are also part-homage and part-love letter to Port Harcourt (the city which most of them are set in). The prose is distinctive as it is concise and unapologetically Nigerian. And because the collection is infused with the magic of evocative storytelling, everyone is promised a story, a character, to move or haunt them.