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  • The Detective Python

    Unequal society, where a few who are close to the corridors of power pocket national wealth and flagrantly display ill-gotten affluence, drives a youth to unbridled quest for a piece of the action. Trapped in poverty, Chigazu ultimately ends up in self destruction, adding to the ever-fl owing tears of his mother, Nkiru, whose moral standard fuelled rather than abated the situation. The Detective ... Leer más

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  • Seeing

    A strange protest triggers a descent into paranoia and chaos in this "illuminating parable"—a sequel to the Nobel Prize-winning author's Blindness (Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian, UK).On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, ... Leer más

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  • Reluctant Neighbors

    The acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love recalls his lifelong struggle against ignorance and racism while sharing a train ride with a bigoted white neighborOn a commuter train traveling from New Canaan, Connecticut, to New York's Grand Central Station, a well-heeled white suburbanite reluctantly takes the only available seat and eventually strikes up a conversation with the black man sitting next ... Leer más

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  • Devil on the Cross

    Series Libro 5 - Penguin African Writers Series
    The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee’s novel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison—featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the multiple prize–winning novel The Old Drift and the nationally bestselling work of criticism On MorrisonOne of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fame, Devil on the Cross is a powerful fictional critique of capitalism. ... Leer más

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  • Anthills of the Savannah

    de Chinua Achebe ...
    A searing satire of political corruption and social injustice from the celebrated author of *Things Fall Apart"Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both ideologies of the African experience and political agendas, in order to lead us to a deeply human universal wisdom." —Washington Post Book World*In the fictional West African nation of Kangan, newly independent of British rule, the hopes and ... Leer más

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  • He Gave us a Valley

    After twelve years of missionary work in the northeast province of what was the Belgian Congo, building up a simple medical service, civil war erupted with horrific effects. During the war Helen was brutally beaten and raped and left with no choice but to return to Britain (this story is told in Give me this Mountain'). She quickly returned to the Congo in 1966 to assist in the rebuilding of the ... Leer más

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  • 491 Days

    Prisoner Number 1323/69

    Series series Modern African Writing
    On a freezing winter’s night, a few hours before dawn on May 12, 1969, South African security police stormed the Soweto home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, activist and wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and arrested her in the presence of her two young daughters, then aged nine and ten.Rounded up in a group of other antiapartheid activists under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act, designed for the ... Leer más

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  • Fool or Physician

    Memoirs of a Sceptical Doctor

    Most of the antipodean beachcombers were heavy drinkers. It was a way of life with them. An Australian trader consulted me one day because of a serious drink problem he had.‘I only had ten cans yesterday, doc,’ he said. ‘And today I haven’t had any. I just don’t feel like it. Today’s the first day in ten years I haven’t had a drink.’I looked at him. He was yellow; he had hepatitis.‘Well,’ I said, ... Leer más

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  • Living Sacrifice

    Sacrifice is a term of the past, not of today. Today, no one is expected to sacrifice anything. We are surrounded by game shows that give you riches if you answer a few questions on general knowledge or guess the right box to open. The unspoken spirit of the age is 'if something is difficult, do something else instead. If something is expensive, borrow it or borrow the money to buy it'. What place ... Leer más

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  • Touch my Blood

    de Fred Khumalo ...
    As a teenager Fred Khumalo greeted his friends with a handshake and the words 'touch my blood'. It implied friendship and trust. The saying became his name. More than that, it became the way he viewed his world. Everything touched Fred Khumalo. Twice he was bewitched. Twice his father - the 'moegoe', the 'country bumpkin' - took him to inyangas to have the 'demons' banished. Twice his mother - the ... Leer más

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  • Out of Africa - A Collection of Short Stories

    Can loving parents turn around the life of a wayward teenager? What price do we pay for helping a stranger? How far can a drug addict go to get his fix, and is there anything a mother can do to stop him? What does it take to change the life of a thug? Can HIV stand in the way of a seasoned criminal? Countless men deal with abusive spouses in their homes...and bottle it up. Is there a remedy for a ... Leer más

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  • The Blind Child

    Experiences Public Life (Based on a True Story)

    de Rudo Moyo ...
    The book highlights the problems and challenges encountered by disabled people especially the blind in their endeavour to climb the social ladder. It is a portrayal of the negative attitude among the public at large towards disability. Society associates disabled people with failure and under achievement which is of course untrue. The book is indeed an autobiography of the author himself as he ... Leer más

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