Download or read book Tiny Human Protection Agency written by Landman, Megan and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Richards is a grumpy teacher who has gone too far. A group of 13 angels who call themselves The Tiny Human Protection Agency intervene to show Mr Richards the truth. He is taken through a whirlwind of emotions and visual memories as he learns more about the lives of his students. Will this journey lead him to the truth of his own childhood? Or will the angels fail him again? Tiny Human Protection Agency is a novel of interlinked children's stories which shade light on innovative and interesting ways to teach and impart knowledge to students.
Download or read book Ashes written by Weene, Kenneth and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of years have separated Wyndel Blackman and his mother from his father’s homeland in Africa. Now they have come from America to scatter his father’s Ashes. What will they learn on this journey? What will they teach the people of that distant community?
Download or read book A Sky for a Foreign Bird written by Sassi, Fethi and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sky for a Foreign Bird emerges as pioneering work of romance. This poet gives for his lovely readers a graphic picture of a hug and kisses never to end and never stopped!
Download or read book Blooming Cactus written by e. mbambo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From invisibility to invincibility, Mikateko takes us through verses of despair, assault, discrimination, fear and hopelessness that girls and women encountered in a system that does not serve their interests to the life of purpose, power and freedom that girls and women continue to wedge in the face of all odds. This is one anthology that has the power to break and mend you. Mikateko has freed us all!" - Dr. Toyin Ajao (PhD), Researcher, Teacher and Storyteller
Download or read book Ouafa and Thawra About a Lover from Tunisia written by Arturo Desimone and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ouafa and Thawra is a nomadic collection: well-travelled and restless, but with roots firmly in revolutionary Tunisia, a tumultuous country where people are sweet/ where even the hypocrisy is sweet. Arturo Desimone travels fearlessly between genres, too, with sketches deepening the reading experience and a postscript essay on Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring adding context to the poems (and offering the controversial but sound claim that the Arab Spring was catalysed by the events of 2003 in Iraq). Desimone is wholly original: his poems simultaneously draw on a breathtaking, freewheeling sense of linguistic innovation, and on a timeless well of imagery and mythology." - Jacob Silkstone, managing editor of Asymptote journal, co-founder of The Missing Slate
Download or read book Zimbolicious Anthology An Anthology of Zimbabwean Literature and Arts Volumen 6 written by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zimbolicious Anthology: An Anthology of Zimbabwean Literature and Arts is the 6th yearly volume of Zimbabwean Literature and the arts. This year's anthology is extra-special in that we feature Zimbabwe's upcoming young visual artists who recently won or got highly recommended and exhibited their artworks through the National Art Gallery, in a competition sponsored by Morgan & Co and in association of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. These artworks varies from installation, mixed media, drawings, paintings and tackled the issue of being "Masked", resultant of Covid 19 pandemic. These artworks are accompanied by Tinashe Muchuri's illuminating critical reception essay. Chrispah Munyoro's artworks are personal and are of struggle, and Tendai Rinos Mwanaka's artworks deal with a number of issues such as US racism, the issue of Jihad terrorism, climate change and global warming. The poetry section tackles a gamut of issues from governance, spirituality, environmentalism, love, relationships, etc... and the fiction section has 4 bittersweet short stories dealing with illegal mining mob deaths (Mathew T Chikono), coming of age love story (Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe), a slice of bus travelogue (Nicole Kazembe), writing mother's body (Oscar Gwiriri). The nonfiction has two essays; Chipo Martha Bute deals with a personal journey to discovery and worthiness and Tendai Rinos Mwanaka deals with Zimbabwe's politics.
Download or read book A Letter to the President written by Chirasha, Mbizo and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His eagle eyes scan beyond the boundaries of his native Zimbabwe to right the crookedness of men with dubious ideals and reckless twists in lands abroad. Caressing his Lenovo mistress upon a night, he relives in recorded poesy, memories of victims of corruption and the false memoirs of looters of the land. A Letter to the President, is a collection of his experimental poetry. Here is the man on a mission and with a mission. Words are slings and rocks on his quiver. Tireless and resilient; no ugliness is too ugly to stay below his radar. His weapon of choice is his pen. Dipped in acid, as he says, no thug escapes the roast of his laser beam that put them on the spot light.
Download or read book Notes from a Modern Chimurenga written by Rinos Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notes from a Modern Chimurenga is an extensive collection of Zimbabwes political struggle short stories. It covers: the modern Chimurenga period from the formation of tribal trust lands (The Tortoise); the liberation wars (Zanzibar, Eating Whilst Running); the Gukurahundi massacre (Gukurahundi); the late 1990s democratic struggles pitting ZANUPF against the MDC (The List, Mbuya Chitungwiza, Operation Murambatsvina, Notes from Mai Mujurus Breast, Breaking the Silence); the individual struggle within this democratic struggle (Mushazhike, Nyadzonya); the resultant migration and exilitic stories (Limpopo Bones, Germinston 1401); the corruption (Nyakasikana, Tree of the Year); the mismanagement of the country, the beatings and killings (Leonard, Karidza, Raising A Cain again); and the continuing democratic struggles.
Download or read book Writing Woman Anthology written by Tendai Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2023-09-18 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving stories has been primarily women’s domain since time immemorial. When women write, they speak from their hearts; emotion flows and carries the readers with the powerful currents. Women directly bear the brunt of family life fall outs, be it oppressive family and social rules and confinement or physical abuse when they don’t comply and submit. Even if they remain silent, submissive, their very existence makes them get intimidated. This volume, Writing Woman Anthology: Personal Essays and Short Stories, Volume 3, has exceptional stories from 13 African and Asian writers that brings together the diverse themes that humans struggle with in order to reconcile with emotions and conditions, which are depicted with realistic verve. Each story has a compelling narration of women’s pain and suffering.
Download or read book Nationalism Mis Understanding Donald Trump s Capitalism Racism Global Politics International Trade and Media Wars written by Mwanaka , Tendai Rinos and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nationalism: (Mis)Understanding Donald Trump’s Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars, Africa VS North America Vol 2, we have 10 essays, 3 fiction pieces, 51 poems, 2 plays from leading and upcoming writers, essayists, academicians and poets from the two regions, Africa and North America and their Diasporas, in these among other countries, USA, Canada, Sweden, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Kenya, UK etc…, coming together to transact around issues to do with the nationalism espoused by Donald Trump. Cornell dissects issues to do with blackness and racism using Fanon’s theories, Nyongesa deals with the Fetishism of Donald Trump’s policies known colloquially as Trumpism, Opicho calls it ‘inoracy’, Donald Trump’s statement, “Shit-hole”, some essayists took to the personal narrative you would find in Mhondera and Kantey’s essays, yet Pravda used the middle ground between playwriting, Filmmaking and the essay form, Ofodile investigates the problematic issue of Boko Horam terrorism in North Nigeria, Bearly looks at capitalism, so does Koffi with his French Language essay which is also translated into English, Ifeachor in his poem has praise for Donald Trump, Hall goes back to apartheid South Africa period and as a direct tangent Matshoba deals with Xenophobia in his letter written from the future. Smith looks at the white supremacist demonstrations, for or against Trump, Thompson and Swanson encourage us to unfocus on Donald Trump, and Thompson rightly blames us for allowing the likes of Donald Trump and the kind of Nationalism and Capitalism he stands for to grow. Thus this collection of writings is rich, robust and very interesting and will be invaluable to scholarship to do with Nationalism, Capitalism, Media freedoms, Global Politics, Racism and International trade.
Download or read book The Epistle of Udume written by Solomon Awuzie and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Epistle of Udume follows Udume’s journey from childhood to adulthood. Set in some recognizable Nigerian spaces, Udume is crucial to the novel where the other characters’ experience stems from his connection to them. Udume’s positioning as the narrator in the novel makes him central to its explorations of the themes that are connected to the happenings in Nigeria. Once again through this novel, Solomon Awuzie masterly weds his artistic vision in a creative matrimony.
Download or read book Zimbolicious Anthology Volume 8 written by Tendai Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the current economic and political situation in our country, poets, writers, artists, and other creatives have defied the odds and continued to churn their works and submit to produce this marvelous anthology. This eighth installment continues the tradition of giving new writers the platform to shine and to the seasoned writers, a shebeen to meet again and prolong the tradition. We hope you continue to read and follon the Zimbolicious anthology series.
Download or read book Ghetto Symphony written by Mavolwane, Mandhla A. and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-10 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghetto Symphony is an orchestra of short stories and poems which vividly portray the socio-economic situation affecting teens and young adult groups across Zimbabwe. It is a compilation of an underground poet’s readings and writings which highlight the restrictions faced daily by the masses, and also project innovative ideas to overcome the dark cloud hovering over the future of Zimbabwe.
Download or read book Phenomenology of Decolonizing the University written by Zvikomborero Kapuya and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epistemic Eurocentric boarders, expand towards the global south, they dehumanise and obliterate existing forms of thinking through colonialism and coloniality. In doing so, the global south has lost the sense of being self, Africans have become non-thinking objects. This has led to a series of ceaseless conflicts, poor leadership, and developmental crisis and provides fertile ground for Eurocentric superiority. This book Phenomenology of Decolonizing the University: Essays in the Contemporary Thoughts of Afrikology is a diagnosis of the problems of the mind in the global south and provides solutions in the decolonisatiom of the mind such as humanising the university, the rewriting of African stories and facilitates an epistemic rebellion.
Download or read book When Escape Becomes the Only Lover written by Mwanaka, Tendai Rinos and published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Escape Becomes the only Lover is a continuation and crystallization of issues dealt with in A Portrait of Defiance. The poet deals with a broad subject matter, love in all its forms, spirituality; this spirituality is individual it is the artist’s spiritual world. He deals with dreams, voice, word, numbers, poet’s vocation, wars, language, etc… He is the prophet of his dreams, his world, his future… There is strong experimentation and innovativeness in the writing, in the text, in form, in style, in content matter, the writer is a discoverer, every horizon is a life horizon. There is the dissecting of that space where art criticism meets art mimesis, and this space is offered as the future of art criticism. The storyteller refuses to die thus the collection proffers escape as the ultimate lover who can help us deal with the insanities of our time.
Download or read book Another Chance and the Reign of a Rogue A Novella written by Chinweike Ofodile and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another Chance is essentially the account of the experience emanating from misplaced girlhood represented in the character Akwanwa. The novel highlights some of the critical questions related to Nigerian society.
Download or read book Writing Robotics written by Rinos Mwanaka and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Robotics, Africa Vs Asia Vol 2 follows Writing Language, Culture and Development, Africa vs Asia, Vol 1. Writing Robotics features 18 writers and poets from the two regions, Asia and Africa collaborating around the issue of Robots, in whatever form. From the traditional African robotics science, to the latest robots and the imagined robots of tomorrow, how the two regions Africa and Asia are coming to terms with the oncoming Robotics revolution, the so-called 4th industrial revolution. The book serves to encourage rather than to scare the inhabitants of these regions to embrace the revolution, and to show them robots are already a part of us as we are a part of them.
