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To Be True To Oneself by Morningflowe...
TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY by Anthony Mbu...
Have you ever had something so tragic happen in your life that made you question everything? A relentless series of events that tested your faith?
In Triumph Over Adversity, Anthony Mbuthia deep dives into the pain of being burned as a child, enduring the scars they left behind and fighting the stigma that came with those marks. He also takes us through his struggles of being separated from his family for over 5 years and the heartbreaking experience of almost losing his mother.
Through these trials and tribulations, Anthony narrates his extraordinary path to overcoming adversity, offering a compelling testament of faith's unwavering strength. His story is more than just a narrative; it's a wellspring of inspiration, a beacon of hope, and a catalyst for bolstering your faith.
Join him in "Triumph Over Adversity," and let his incredible journey serve as your source of inspiration and a faith rekindler, showing you that even in the darkest of times, triumph is possible.
A moving Horizon memoir by Francis Mu...
MY TENTH LIFE by Susan Ngure
This book is about navigating dangerous and treacherous journeys drawn from my experiences. It’s about that feeling and drive that I must see tomorrow. It’s about the triumph of the human spirit. It’s about cultivating and enjoying friendships. It’s about looking back and acknowledging change in oneself and being happy with who one is. Before I was mercifully ushered into what I call “MY TENTH LIFE”, I lived through nine others – just like a cat. Nine lives have taken me through the trenches of physical pain, raging storms, and harrowing paths and dug emotional scars in my soul.
However, this book is about my “MY TENTH LIFE”- the one I presently live. The one that is as good as a newborn’s, birthed and strengthened through these experiences. The one that is not devoid of pain but filled with the promise of tomorrow’s freshness.
The one unbound by a crumbling soul. The one I have been happy to choose, enjoy, and share with you. In it I give you a picture of the nine lives and why I cherish my Tenth. Hoping that through my life, you can see yourself, like a mirror. And with the experience of the Book, I hope you can be encouraged to write yours, because my story will only be complete with yours!
How it happened by Burudi Nabwera
This is the life narrative of Hon Burudi Nabwera, Kenya's first ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. It tells the story of his family lineage, early life, education, diverse careers (political, corporate and diplomatic) that spanned over half a century. He also describes his family life and how this influenced his career choices.
All these are weaved into the historical events of Kenya, from the time of the missionaries, colonialism and his role in agitating for independence in both the national and international arenas. As such, he worked closely with many influential leaders in Kenya including the first 3 presidents: Hon Jomo Kenyatta, Hon Daniel arap Moi and Hon Mwai Kibaki. His mentors included Hon Oginga Odinga and Masinde Muliro amongst others and shares profound reflections on all these relationships and how they enabled him to achieve all that he did. This is a story that will inspire one to accept failure and setbacks as a stepping stone to ultimately finding one's purpose.The Odyssey of an African Man by Edwa...
The Mkapa Years: Collected Speeches 3...
This collection of speeches, in three volumes, by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Third Phase Government, Benjamin William Mkapa (1995–2005), will serve primarily as reference documents to the vision of what he attempted to achieve in his ten years of leadership. His tenure as leader came at a time when Tanzania’s economy was in a dire condition. The legacy of the command economy, which had been in place for much of 1970s and 1980s, was still felt. There was resistance to change to adopt a market economy, evident in the political tensions and debates about privatisation, an approach following Structural Adjustment Programmes, imposed by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, that had led to stagnation of the economy; high inflation, deteriorating health, education, communication and transport sector services; and general gloom in the country especially among the poor.
The bold steps he took during the first half of his administration did not immediately endear him to the public. However, in ensuing years, slowly but steadily, positive results were achieved, and the social cost of change that the people had endured was appreciated. Relations with development partners and the multilateral agencies, that before he took office had sunk to the lowest ebb, were restored and Tanzania received the largest debt relief ever and henceforth was no longer unfit to borrow. Tanzania was on its way to new growth potentials and a vibrant private sector led economy.
These collected speeches tell this story and tell it well, in great prose laced with wit and quotations from world political and literary sources; evidence of his erudition as a literature student and journalist.
Tippu Tip: Ivory, Slavery and Discove...
Tippu Tip, notorious to some, intriguing to others, was a Zanzibari Arab trader living in the turbulent and rapidly changing Africa of the late 19th century. This biography transports the reader into his extraordinary world, describing its exotic cast of characters and the principal factors that shaped it.
His colorful life culminated in his engagement as governor of a province in the ‘Congo Free State’ of the Belgian King Leopold, and in his involvement in Stanley’s astonishing expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of the Egyptian southern province of Equatoria. This book is the first thorough investigation in English of this significant figure.
The lucid narrative unfolds against the political and economic backdrop of European and American commercial aims, while allowing the reader to see the period through African and Arab eyes. The fascinating figures who strutted the 19th-century African stage, and their hardly believable exploits, give this book an appeal reaching beyond the African specialist to the general reader.
Joan Wicken and Her Lifelong Collabor...
Many people have wondered about the life-long relationship between Joan Wicken and Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's stalwart and founding president. This book provides the first in-depth window into the life of this British woman, who was in many ways Nyerere's staunchest and most loyal supporter. She was his personal assistant, speechwriter, confidant, sounding board, and friend.
Finally in her own words, Wicken tells us about getting to know Nyerere and their decades' long collaboration. Readers will find out how she came to play such a significant role in Nyerere's life and, in essence, the building of Tanzania. She tells us much about the man as a person and how he experienced events in the country after Independence and leading up to his death.
In this interview with Aili Mari Tripp, Wicken talks about her early life and how she became Nyerere's personal assistant. Tripp shows us a side of Joan Wicken that very few would have seen. Her wit and dry humour is on display as she discuss the Mwalimu she served for almost 40 years and the country she called home for most of her adult life.
Muziki Wa Dansi Wa Afrika Mashariki (...
EAST AFRICAN POP MUSIC: THE HISTORY O...
Original Gangster: My Life as NYCs Bi...
A suspenseful memoir from the real life American gangster, Frank Lucas
In his own words, Frank Lucas recounts his life as the former heroin dealer and organized crime boss who ran Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. From being taken under the wing of old time gangster Bumpy Johnson, through one of the most successful drug smuggling operations, to being sentenced to seventy years in prison, Original Gangster is a chilling look at the rise and fall of a modern legacy.
Frank Lucas realized that in order to gain the kind of success he craved he would have to break the monopoly that the Italian mafia held in New York. So Frank cut out middlemen and began smuggling heroin into the United States directly from his source in the Golden Triangle by using coffins. Making a million dollars per day selling "Blue Magic"―what was known as the purest heroin on the street―Frank Lucas became one of the most powerful crime lords of his time, while rubbing shoulders with the elite in entertainment, politics, and crime. After his arrest, Federal Judge Sterling Johnson, the special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas' crimes, called Lucas and his operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever, an innovator who got his own connections outside the U.S. and then sold the narcotics himself in the street."
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his powerful memoir reveals what really happened to the man whose career was dramatized in the 2007 feature film American Gangster, exposing a startling look at the world of organized crime.
My Life is But a Weaving by Rhoda Nak...
An icon of the Uganda women’s right movement, a pioneer social worker and one of the first women parliamentarians, Hon. Rhoda Kalema has lived a remarkable life. Through this uplifting book, Rhoda shares the tumultuous events in her personal life and Uganda’s recent history, with humility and humor. Rhoda’s personal integrity, her courage, resilience and commitment to human dignity shines through. I have been privileged to know Rhoda and this book has inspired ME AFRESH. It has lessons for every leader.
Winnie Byanyima,
Executive Director UNAIDS
My Life is But a Weaving unravels the story of Rhoda Nsibirwa Kalema. The intricacies of time and experiences in this autobiography are akin to the journey of a river, characterized by moments of calm and clarity, torment and vigor, service and victory, faith and hope…artistically presented to evoke awe for the character.
No Need to Lie by Rolf Rainer
Call to Serve: Reflections on a Legac...
An intimate and powerful memoir by an internationally acclaimed environmental lawyer
“We are often shy to tell our stories. I write this in the hope that it will inspire others to share their stories to inspire and to encourage future generations”
– Donald W. Kaniaru
From colonialism early beginnings to the struggle for decolonization and beyond, Call to Serve tells a poignant story of personal and political struggle, survival and, ultimately, triumph. Donald Kaniaru was born during the Second World War. Losing his father at an early age, Donald wa raised by his Mother during the height of the Emergency. His battle to obtain an education led him from the foothills of Mount Kenya to Alliance High School, where he graduated in the African A-Level class of 1965.As part of a generation of pioneering statesmen, scholars, lawyers, educationists and others in the heroic struggle to build an independent nation, Donald joined Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969 after studying law at the University of Dar es Salaam. His career within the diplomatic corps flourished during a time of tremendous change in the global order.
Donald was instrumental in shaping events that led to the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, the first UN agency to be headquartered in the Global South. His riveting story highlights many seminal events in the global environmental arena, where Donald was a key protagonist.
Donald’s remarkable journey spans over three decades of dedicated service to international environmental law and diplomacy. His lifelong passion for education spans more than six decades of institutional impact at Alliance High School and Alliance Girl’s High School, as a student, parent, and leader. Offering A ring-side perspective to epic moments in the history of Africa’s struggle for independence and Kenya’s emergence as a player on the global diplomatic stage, Donald Kaniaru’s journey as a lawyer, diplomat, nation-builder and educationist is a story of triumph against overwhelming odds and selfless service to country and to humanity.
The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick La...
Kendrick Lamar is at the top of his game.
The thirteen-time Grammy Award-winning rapper is just in his early thirties, but he’s already won the Pulitzer Prize for Music, produced and curated the soundtrack of the megahit film Black Panther, and has been named one of Time’s 100 Influential People. But what’s even more striking about the Compton-born lyricist and performer is how he’s established himself as a formidable adversary of oppression and force for change. Through his confessional poetics, his politically charged anthems, and his radical performances, Lamar has become a beacon of light for countless people.
Written by veteran journalist and music critic Marcus J. Moore, this is much more than the first biography of Kendrick Lamar. “It’s an analytical deep dive into the life of that good kid whose m.A.A.d city raised him, and how it sparked a fire within Kendrick Lamar to change history” (Kathy Iandoli, author of Baby Girl) for the better.
Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of B...
After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their footsteps in the first official book. In doing so, BTS nurtures the power to build brighter days and they choose to take another step on a road that no one has gone before.
BTS shares personal, behind-the-scenes stories of their journey so far through interviews and more than three years of in-depth coverage by Myeongseok Kang, who has written about K-pop and other Korean pop culture in various media. Presented chronologically in seven chapters from before the debut of BTS to the present, their vivid voices and opinions harmonize to tell a sincere, lively, and deep story. In individual interviews that have been conducted without a camera or makeup, they illuminate their musical journey from multiple angles and discuss its significance.
In addition, portrait photos that show BTS as individuals and artists open the book, and throughout there are concept photos, tracklists of all previous albums, and over 330 QR codes. As digital artists, BTS has been communicating with the world through the internet and this book allows readers to immediately access trailers, music videos, and more online to have a rich understanding of all the key moments in BTS history. Complete with a timeline of all major milestones, BEYOND THE STORY is a remarkable archive―truly everything about BTS in one volume.