The Mzungu Boy
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The Mzungu Boy
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Author : Meja Mwangi
language : en
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Release Date : 2005
The Mzungu Boy written by Meja Mwangi and has been published by Groundwood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A twelve-year-old Kenyan boy is befriended by the white landowner's son, and they are both caught up in powerful forces as a rebellion arises in the area.
Mzungu Boy
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Author : Meja Mwangi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-01
Mzungu Boy written by Meja Mwangi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01 with categories.
Little White Man
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Author : Meja Mwangi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Little White Man written by Meja Mwangi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Friendship categories.
For Kariuki, life in his small Kenyan village is one great adventure. It gets even more interesting when he meets Nigel, an English boy who is visiting his grandfather. Kariuki befriends NIgel even though the rest of the villagers fear him and call him "mzungu boy."
Going Down River Road
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Author : Meja Mwangi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-11-01
Going Down River Road written by Meja Mwangi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-01 with Fiction categories.
After an exhausting day of hard labour, Ben finds oblivion in the seedy bars and clubs of River Road – anything to leave his cockroach-infested rooms and ignore the reality of living paycheck to paycheck. At times, it's difficult to remember that it wasn't always this way. Somehow, he went from a promising career as a soldier to a disgraceful dismissal and a steady decline into poverty. Now the only thing Ben has left to lose is hope. Writing with colourful realism, Meja Mwangi paints an unforgettable depiction of life in Nairobi's slums – drawing attention to the hardships of the working poor and their disillusion with uncaring politicians. '[Mwangi is] among the leading Kenyan writers.' New York Times 'Riveting.' Guardian 'The finest African novel ever.' Professor Ibrahim Bello Kano
Burn My Heart
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Author : Beverley Naidoo
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2007-07-05
Burn My Heart written by Beverley Naidoo and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The Mau Mau - the name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a State of Emergency, with violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. This is an intensely personal and vivid story of two boys: one black, one white. Once they were friends even though their circumstances are very different. But in a country driven by fear and prejudice, even the best of friends can betray one another . . . Internationally acclaimed and award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores new territory in this beautifully realized and moving story set in Britain's colonial past.
Muzungu
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Author : Pamela Sisman Bitterman
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2011-02-03
Muzungu written by Pamela Sisman Bitterman and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Muzungu, the Swahili word for white folk, translated literally means "confused person wandering about." During the author's months working and traveling through Kenya, this description fits her to a tee. Her audacious Kenyan adventure makes for a bucket load of anecdotes and impressions born of heart and hands-on experience-enough to knock your socks off. The devil in Africa is in the details, and Muzungu is there in the trenches - raw, down and dirty, unapologetic. The author witnesses religious elders morphing into villains, political leaders exposed as criminals, tribal chiefs engaging in forbidden rituals, disease obliterating a generation, dedicated missionaries at the ends of their ropes, and a country in violent revolt. Her husband is railroaded and sentenced to prison. Her co-worker, the author's stalwart bellwether for hard fact and unlikely personal guide into the shadowy underbelly of the country, ultimately commits suicide. She is present for a bizarre meeting between doctors and activists from President Bush's AIDS Relief Project. With these topics being ever-present on today's world stage, this is one story that is dying to get out there. The author's white skin and declaration that she is a writer become her free pass through each successive door and ticket to all events, bar none: in the hospital wards, surgery rooms, orphan clinics, homes, schools, villages, churches, government offices, during tribal ceremonies and throughout the commission of heinous crimes. The reader will meet an African mission's peculiar band of residents up close and personal, their unsparing good, bad and ugly. The author herself is not immune to this intense scrutiny. Quite the opposite, in fact. No pious filter softens this writer's lens. A living newsreel of realities informs the narrative. Candid conversations and interviews are recorded verbatim and in their entirety. The real "AIDS in Africa" will be disclosed. Western definition does not apply. In fact, the reader may come to realize that few concepts familiar to them can be applied in Kenya. The term "lost in translation" emerges as a gross understatement. Fellow volunteers who find themselves trapped in the foxholes during a horrific national political revolution witness and report from the front lines.Secret tribal rituals are described in graphic detail. Long-established cultural traditions are examined. Western religion's influence is dissected. Foreign intervention is challenged. History is revisited. Kenya is deconstructed. The reader is invited into a tiny school where the students create a children's picture book for the author in the hope that she can get it published for them in America. Vignettes from the Orphan Feeding Program and the Mobile Medical Clinic will break hearts. Tribal chiefs, church bishops, heads of Non-Governmental Organizations, leaders of Faith-Based Operations, representatives of all manner of self-righteous American and European groups desperate to leave their idealistic fingerprints on the continent, hold forth. Those with their fingers truly on the pulse of the people furiously demand to be heard as well. However, it is the locals themselves who provide the most unwaveringly transparent view of the Kenyans and their condition. Muzungu is complete with color photographs that will touch anyone who has ever had a financial, spiritual, anthropological, sociological or humanitarian interest in Africa, or those who are simply adventurers at heart. Unlike other books on the subject of Africa, this one is specific to the author's own uniquely personal experience with Kenya - too fantastic to be believed. Almost.
Kill Me Quick
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Author : Meja Mwangi
language : en
Publisher: East African Publishers
Release Date : 1973
Kill Me Quick written by Meja Mwangi and has been published by East African Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Africa categories.
The Boy Gift
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Author : Meja Mwangi
language : en
Publisher: East African Publishers
Release Date : 2006
The Boy Gift written by Meja Mwangi and has been published by East African Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Fiction categories.
Toma Tomei had nine daughters, but wants a son so that he can become Chief Councillor and leader of his peoples. His political rival Old Jonah opposes his ambition, and consults a witchdoctor to try and ensure Toma will never beget a son. When Toma's wife gives birth to a baby boy however, it seems his plotting has failed. But then, the boys' looks suggest Toma may not be the father after all...
The Book Of Lost Things
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Author : John Connolly
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-11-07
The Book Of Lost Things written by John Connolly and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-07 with Fiction categories.
A 12-year-old boy, mourning the death of his mother, takes refuge in the myths and fairytales she always loved--and finds that his reality and a fantasy world start to meld.
The White House Boys
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Author : Roger Dean Kiser
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-01-01
The White House Boys written by Roger Dean Kiser and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hidden far from sight, deep in the thick underbrush of the North Florida woods are the ghostly graves of more than thirty unidentified bodies, some of which are thought to be children who were beaten to death at the old Florida Industrial School for Boys at Marianna. It is suspected that many more bodies will be found in the fields and swamplands surrounding the institution. Investigations into the unmarked graves have compelled many grown men to come forward and share their stories of the abuses they endured and the atrocities they witnessed in the 1950s and 1960s at the institution. The White House Boys: An American Tragedy is the true story of the horrors recalled by Roger Dean Kiser, one of the boys incarcerated at the facility in the late fifties for the crime of being a confused, unwanted, and wayward child. In a style reminiscent of the works of Mark Twain, Kiser recollects the horrifying verbal, sexual, and physical abuse he and other innocent young boys endured at the hands of their "caretakers." Questions remain unanswered and theories abound, but Roger and the other 'White House Boys' are determined to learn the truth and see justice served.