Download or read book Once Upon a Time I Lived in Africa written by Kobus de Villiers and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, following on from his top selling book Top Secret, Kobus shares more of his personal experiences growing up in Africa and as a young conscript in the Bush War. Kobus has a way with words and gives factual accounts with his wry sense of humour that always keeps you interested and smiling.Africa. The dark continent. Home to green forests and arid deserts. Home to the big five. Where the dust trails of vast herds of wildebeest can veil the sun. A place often misunderstood and yet still to be completely explored. Africa was also the origin of man. The origin of human exploration and the search for who we are and where we came from. The cradle of myths and legends, of stories shared around the last glowing embers of the campfire. If you have not experienced a delicate mauve sunrise stealthily advancing across the grasslands of the endless savannah, you cannot count yourself as one who has lived among the lions. This is a privilege often reserved only for the chosen few who were born there. Or those who dared to travel there. I was one of those who were lucky enough to grow up there. To experience her whims and learn to read her moods and hear the stories. Often people ask me questions, wishing to know what is was like. Over time I realised that I had to tell some of the stories, share some of our secrets, take you there, show you what it was like to grow up in a magic land. Kobus de Villiers is a retired aeronautical engineer. He lives with his French wife in Vancouver, Canada. They also like to spend time on the south coast of France.

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Africa written by Joseph G. Healey and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich collection of nearly a hundred stories from every part of Africa--legends and folktales, myths and parables, poems, prayers and proverbs--probes deeply into the heart and our relationships with God and one another.

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Africa written by Joseph G. Healey and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stories from Africa brings us to a place where the elders gather the children around the fire at night and narrate the stories and events that make them a proud and memorable people. The stories--some, myths from the past and others, accounts of life today--tell of the mystery of being and the relationship of both human and non-human creation with the Creator. They teach the human heart about compassion, forgiveness, joy, peace, and unity; indeed, of the value of harmony within all creation.

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in the Motherland written by Osunwa-Oguamanam and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Africa written by Diaka Conde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Africa the education of the kids goes through several paths. one of these ways was the tales, in the moonlight all the children were gathering around the grandparents, to listen to tales and learn lessons from it .This collection of 50 wonderful stories will give you and your little ones a virtual travel to Africa and make them discover every part of Africa through stories about animals, fairy tales , super heroes , princesses , folktales , legends, myths, educational and sensational African bedtime stories , from many years ago .

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Africa written by Diaka Conde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-03 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Africa the education of the kids goes through several paths. one of these ways was the tales, in the moonlight all the children were gathering around the grandparents, to listen to tales and learn lessons from it .This rich collection of more than 20 wonderful stories will give you and your little ones a virtual travel to Africa and make them discover every part of Africa , animals stories, fairy tales , super heroes stories , princesses , folktales , legends, myths, educational and sensational African bedtime stories , from many years ago .

Download or read book Once Upon the Earth written by Michael C. Mbabuike and published by Timbuktu Pub. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of the story for all ages, Once Upon The Earth: An African Folktale. This short mythology of living and dying is now embellished with more pictures and drawings depicting Africa's progress in time and in space. It is a mythological attempt to explain the mysteries of our existence and of death, tuus confirming the inevitability of being born some day and of dying some day, some time.The fictitious events happened when the entire universe was devoid of any type of racism or discrimination. All beings lived in perfect harmony.The setting is decidedly theocentric and children are given the vital lessons of life and of the divie presence in our midst.The sory is didactic, entertaining and spells out vividly the enduring qualities of democracy, of truth and honesty and of respect for the law. Both adults and children learn from the storyline and from the characters of the story. It is once upon a time which has become once upon the earth.

Download or read book African Trilogy Volume 1 Once Upon a Time in Africa written by Zidrou and published by Europe Comics. This book was released on 2017-06-21T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one thought he'd ever dare to return. In this African country where the dictatorship has banned all forms of cultural expression, the storyteller named Once-Upon-A-Time has already had a brush with death. For refusing to stop performing his puppet shows, he lost both his hands, severed at the wrist with the slash of a machete. Now he's back, ready to begin performing again, and ready to take on the powers that be...

Download or read book Once Upon a Time Is Now written by Megan Biesele and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2023 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years after her first fieldwork with Ju/'hoan San hunter-gatherers, anthropologist Megan Biesele has written this exceptional memoir based on personal journals she wrote at the time. The treasure trove of vivid learning experiences and nightly ponderings she found has led to a memoir of rare value to anthropology students and academics as well as to general readers. Her experiences focus on the long-lived healing dance, known to many as the trance dance, and the intricate beliefs, artistry, and social system that support it. She describes her immersion in a creative community enlivened and kept healthy by that dance, which she calls "one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind." From the Preface: A few years ago I finally got around to looking back into the box of personal field journals I had not opened for over forty years. I found a treasure trove. It was an overwhelming experience. So much that I had forgotten came vividly alive: I laughed, wept, and was terrified all over again at my temerity in taking on what I had taken on. To do justice to the richness of these notebooks, I realized, I would have to do a completely different sort of writing from anything I had ever done before.

Download or read book Africa A History written by Alvin M. Josephy and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us still know less about Africa's past and peoples than we do about the continent's wild animals. And what we do know is colored by romance - safaris and treks and camel caravans, Solomon's mine and Tutankhamun's curse, the shores of Tripoli and the snows of Kilimanjaro. Yet the ancestor of all humankind may have lived in Africa. The world's longest-lived, literate civilization was African. Through the ages, great civilizations rose and fell in what was once called "darkest" Africa, leaving behind mysterious fortresses and splendid art. Christianity and Islam battled age-old beliefs - and each other. Traders on camels were followed by explorers in caravels and by a plague of invaders, hungry for ivory and diamonds and the "black gold" of slavery. In just the last half century, independence has swept away the old maps and colonial ways to jar the balance of the world. Here is Africa's story.

Download or read book It s a Continent written by Astrid Madimba and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We need this book' SIMON REEVE 'Illuminating' FINANCIAL TIMES Why is Africa often perceived as a single country? What role did African soldiers play in the Second World War? Who else led the charge against Apartheid in South Africa? How did an African man become one of the wealthiest people in history? It's a Continent unravels these untold stories and delves into the fascinating and diverse cultures of Africa's 54 nations. With its bold and colourful narrative, It's a Continent breaks down this vast and complex continent, chapter by chapter, focusing on each country's unique history. From ancient kingdoms to modern struggles for independence, from overlooked heroes to monumental achievements, this book shines a light on the pivotal moments that have shaped Africa's position on the global stage. This book is a corrective to the misconceptions and misrepresentations of Africa as a monolith. Through its pages, you'll discover Africa's diversity, beauty and complexity and gain a deeper appreciation for its rich heritage and contributions.

Download or read book Once Upon A Time In Africa written by Yolanda King and published by TWENTYSIX. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandma Rose and grandpa Jeff are out for a stroll when the churchbell chimes and shrinks grandma with every strike. She disappears and reappears in an African national park as a lioness, where, with a computer, the animals have summoned her for their annual play staged for the visitors of the park in which she is the protagonist. She lives in a camp and rehearses her part. She meets other animals as well as the park rangers who all live to entertain the tourists. At the end of the season, the computer returns her to grandpa Jeff.

Download or read book Misoso written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twelve folktales from different parts of Africa.

Download or read book Remembering Africa written by Jo Paroz and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a 30-year career in New Mexico, it was time for a change, but what to do next? That was the dilemma. Jo was seeking something unknown and unnamed until she found her way to Africa, a place where she could live out her dream of adventure and travel. Remembering Africa: Moments in Time is the author's memoir of the two years she lived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, while teaching at an International School with students and teachers from many different countries. Through her personal stories, she portrays both the humor and struggle of daily life in Dar and working at the International School there. She provides a window for the reader to share her travel adventures to the exotic island of Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Namibia, and safari adventures into the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, etc. Jo was enchanted with the land and people of this amazing continent, and she recorded events from those memorable years in a journal. When she returned to the states, the memories of her life in Africa lingered and begged to be shared. Remembering Africa had to be written. The poem "Moments in Time", written by Jo, was inspired by her experiences while living and working in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Zimbabwe written by Alan Webb and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Daniels narrates his family’s origins, beginning with their arrival from England among the 1820 Settlers that landed in Cape Town, South Africa. Starting with nothing except a plot of land and the promise of prosperity in the Dark Continent, his ancestors John Henry and Kathleen Daniels, build a legacy that will intertwine their European heritage and that of the Black, indigenous people of Africa. Generations later, their mixed-race descendant Joseph Daniels, born in the turbulent years leading up to Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980, strives to adapt to an environment rife with racial contradictions, political tension, and violence. Joseph shares the tender, harrowing, and humorous moments of his family’s lives, set against a backdrop of Zimbabwe and South Africa’s rich culture and history. Starting with the clash of African kings in Southern Africa, Joseph’s multigenerational tale moves through European colonization, the Rhodesian Civil War, Zimbabwe’s independence, and Robert Mugabe’s long presidency. By the time Joseph comes of age in the 1990s, he must navigate the complexity of his mixed-race Coloured identity while seeking to establish his generational inheritance and legacy. An episodic novel that sweeps across the centuries, Once Upon a Time in Zimbabwe is replete with historical detail and unforgettable characters. At turns adventurous, romantic, thrilling, and heartbreaking, the story of Joseph Daniels and his family is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Download or read book Once Upon a Time in Africa written by Richard Denham and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I opened Donna's journal that had lain on a shelf, unopened, for over 43 years. I was immediately transported back to 1967 the year I met the young nursing student who would within six months become my wife and with whom I would spend the next two years in Tanzania, East Africa as CUSO (Canadian University Services Overseas) volunteers; our two-year honeymoon. With little experience in love and marriage and even less experience in our chosen professions, we ventured out with a guitar, an accordion, our newly minted college certificates (architecture technology and nursing) and a whole lot of energy ready to see and experience the world.Living first in a mud hut, then for a couple of weeks in a down-at-the heels brothel, and finally in a flat owned and furnished by Public Works, I recall the travails of learning to prepare meals with one pot, keeping dry goods free from weevils, creating a Christmas tree out of a cactus – with disastrous results for the cactus – creating a home that soon became known as a stop-off point for volunteers, missionaries and travellers of all backgrounds, facing the reality that I had to change some of my personal habits if I wanted to keep the love I had just found, and of interacting with the local police and learning very quickly what it means to be “a minority”.Much of the story focuses on the daily challenges and small victories that each of us enjoyed working with situations totally outside anything we had experienced to date. With the purchase of an undependable piki-piki (motorcycle), overcrowded slow and decrepit local buses, and thumbs made for hitchhiking, the reefs, beaches, national parks, mountains and plains all offered adventure and undreamt of beauty. The story describes in detail our participation in a hunting safari that would be impossible to do today, and, of course, no stay in Tanzania would be complete without a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. The final chapters of the book highlight reflections that we now see these two years, how they shaped our career choices, and formed the basis for raising our four children and our lives as a couple for these past 45 years.

Download or read book The Green Heart of the Tree written by Annette S. Woudstra and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woudstra's literary essays, rooted in personal experience and travel, are long and loving looks into the mysterious heart of Africa. Her writings explore topics as diverse as volcanic eruptions and wild trees, African art and ritual, life in Rwanda, and turtle eggs in warm sand. "Like Annie Dillard, Annette Woudstra is a poet of observation. She carefully works experience and reflection to create sentences and scenes of exceptional clarity and grace." -Greg Hollingshead