Download or read book Aida Hurray for Somo and Other Stories written by Austin Ejiet and published by Fountain Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of short stories brings together a body of creative work compiled during the writer's life. It includes the author's early experimental writing, and more recent fiction. The stories reflect three decades of violent history in Uganda, and some of the more admirable human responses to the brutality.

Download or read book Looking for Trouble and other Mostly Yeoville Stories written by Colleen Higgs and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012-03-25 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for Trouble is a collection of short stories set in Yeoville from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The stories capture with a dark humour the lives of young people trying to make a go of things, given the constraints of the country and the volatile period. Most of the stories have been published in literary magazines or in collections in South Africa, the UK and Uganda.

Download or read book Love Interrupted written by Reneilwe Malatji and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diverse chorus of female voices recount misadventures with love, husbands, and in-laws. A collection of short fiction from South Africa.

Download or read book The African Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Thin Line written by Arja Salafranca and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arja Salafranca is an accomplished writer, having twice won the Sanlam Literary Award in South Africa. The stories in her new book engage and reel in the reader on that 'thin line' from the start. The carefully drawn characters are haunting: Corinna trapped in her huge teenage body, Cleo in love with a married man after all these years, and poor skinny Mark, as he sees his love teeter away from him.'Ten Minutes to Hate' tells of an armed robbery in a packed theatre, and its effect, emotionally and psychologically, on two of the people involved. 'Collage' is the story of a possessive love so fierce, that only death can resolve it. Searingly honest, sometimes painfully so.

Download or read book Running and Other Stories written by Makhosazana Xaba and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning her back on what is considered conventional, Makhosazana Xaba engages with her subject-matter on a revolutionary level in Running and Other Stories. She takes tradition - be that literary tradition, cultural tradition, gender tradition - and re-imagines it in a way that is liberating and innovative. Bracketed by Xaba's revisitings of Can Themba's influential short story, The Suit, the ten stories in this collection, while strongly independent, are in conversation with one another, resulting in a collection that can be devoured all at once or savoured slowly, story by story. By re-envisioning the ordinary and accepted, Xaba is creating a space in which women's voices are given a rebirth.

Download or read book National Bibliography of Uganda written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mirror and Nine Other Short Stories written by Nkwentie, Susan Nde and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2014-03-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young girl's dreams are cracked like a mirror and children are caught between two fathers harbouring teenage grudges we wonder at life's surprises. These are short stories that present a cross section of an African society presenting life in the village, life in town, portraits of teenagers and adults we encounter every day. These are stories about our struggles with the inevitable forces of life, providing some subtle and interesting insights to these struggles. They have been told by a woman who has, in these stories, proven to be a keen observer who mentally records the thrills, frustrations and idiosyncrasies of the people she encounters. We would wonder, laugh and sympathise with the characters she has so vividly recreated.

Download or read book The Old Man in a State House Other Stories written by Tanure Ojaide and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Man in a State House and Other Stories is a literary canvas which captures the restless matrix that is today's Africa: the corruptive influence of a corrosive oil economy, environmental degradation, wealth and hubris, love and more. Tanure Ojaide has published sixteen collections of poetry, a memoir, three novels, two short story collections and scholarly works. He has numerous literary prizes and is currently the Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Download or read book The Wages of Corruption written by Oke Akombi and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption is endemic in Cameroon. Twice, Transparency International have accorded the country the infamous first place in corruption. As one of many concerned Cameroonians, Sammy Oke Akombi was moved and they realized that something was in fact wrong somewhere and something had to be done somehow. This collection of short stories is his contribution to the collective resolve by concerned Cameroonians to wage a war against this most unusual friend of fairness. The stories seek to elicit awareness about a social ill that is ironically championed by the very politicians, functionaries, educator, leaders and power elite whose duty it is to keep society healthy and on the rails. The stories are on corruption in different segments of society and about the people who perpetrate it. Almost everyone is immersed in it and so must make every effort to resurface from it. It takes only the will to stay alive because the wages of corruption like any other sin can only be death.

Download or read book An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord written by Joseph Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Season of Waiting written by David Omowale and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tales of Abunuwas written by Suzi Lewis-Barned and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Towards Turkish American Literature written by Elena Furlanetto and published by Interamericana. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author aims to expand the definition of Turkish American literature beyond fiction written by Americans of Turkish descent to incorporate texts that literally 'commute' between two national spheres. Her analyses include literary works of Elif Shafak, Halide Edip, Güneli Gün and Alev Lytle Croutier.

Download or read book The Journey of Our Minds written by Isulabasha Dancing Pencils Writing Club and published by Umsinsi Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is made up of poetry, short stories and essays from Isulabasha Dancing Pencils Writing Club. This club consists of young adults and adults of Nkandla community. It is mentored by the Librarian, Khethiwe Nkabinde who is employed for Nkandla Public Library. This is their first publication as they are planning to grow and publish more original work. This mentor was trained by Felicity Keats under the auspices of KZN Department of Arts Culture and Tourism.

Download or read book A Place of No Return written by Mervyn G. Powell and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Freeman, a recently retired teacher, returns on holiday to Igana, a West African country where he once taught. But much has changed and the elected government has given way to a military regime. The holiday is not what Mark expected and his journey takes him across the country with a companion he had not anticipated and on an adventure he would never forget.