Paperback features over fifty pages of bonus materials, including a sneak peek of Insurgent, an author Q&A, a discussion guide, a Divergent playlist, faction manifestos, and more! In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent).
On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives.
For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made.
Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen.
But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, the first in a trilogy of dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance."
Kiruki –
Until the Lion knows how to write, the story of the hunt always glorifies the hunter!
This is the predicament of many Africans as their stories out there are told by their conquerors. In many cases, what should come out heroic and simmering with bravado limbs in Ignominiously and sits at the back without so much as arousing a whiff of excitement from the congregation! This is the narrative ABANTU seeks to neutralize.
ABANTU is the story of the Mt Kenya Bantu chronicling the long journey from the Nile to Mt Kenya – also called Kirimaara by the Ameru, the earliest settlers in the region. The book covers and demystifies many commonly talked about myths of origin of the Agikuyu, Aembu, Akamba, Abagusii and the Ameru. In the process, it creates a common thread that sews them back together as they left the ancient kingdom of Meroe circa 300 AD.
Cultural ceremonies of Ngurario, circumcision and warfare are covered in interesting detail that should incite the reader to carry out more research…
… AND,… DID YOU KNOW THAT THE MAASAI ARE GENETIC COUSINS OF THE MT KENYA BANTU?
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