Download or read book Africa What It Gave Me What It Took from Me written by Margarethe von Eckenbrecher and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa: What It Gave Me, What It Took from Me is a memoir of an extraordinary woman who, as a newlywed, travelled with her husband to German South West Africa, a colony situated just above South African on the Atlantic coast. Here they begin a farm in a quite remote area where they raise cattle, sheep, and goats and plant large gardens on the banks of the Omaruru River. They build a comfortable home and welcome their first child. As the von Eckenbrechers work hard to build, their farm natives, whose land has been appropriated by the colonial government, are planning a revolt against colonial rule. Insurrection begins and the von Eckenbrechers are in the midst of it all. As the rebellion strengthens, Frau von Eckenbrecher returns to Germany to wait out the insurrection. Her husband eventually returns as well. Frau von Eckenbrecher never feels completely at home again in Germany. The von Eckenbrechers divorce and Frau von Eckenbrecher returns to South West Africa with her two sons. Her former husband emigrates to Paraguay. Frau von Eckenbrecher eventually takes a position in a German language school in Windhoek, the capital city, and rears her two sons there. In her book she chronicles colonial life, the natives of the colony, how the Spanish Influenza pandemic raged in Namibia, World War I in Africa, German surrender, and the South African occupation of German South West Africa and the eventual ceding of the colony to South Africa. The editors bring the memoir to a close with an update of Frau von Eckenbrecher’s later life and death, and a short remembrance from one of her two grandsons.

Download or read book Africa and My New Beginning written by Clyde Ann Nelson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My trip to Ghana, Africa was more than I expected. This is a good time to remember the trip that saved my life and gave me my freedom. It all started when I put my feet on African soul for the first time in my life. The soil felt good under my feet and the smell of the elements overwhelmed me. I began to cry, but I knew in my heart I was home at last. The day came for me to visit the slave castles after many days of touring Ghana. The weather was hot, and my body felt numb and chilled. The blood was draining from my body; my hands began to tingle and my feet felt heavy as I walked into this rock-like cave. The cave featured a small hole for air and gave off a dim light. It was musky inside and I felt as if I was going to faint. I listened silently as the tour guide described the people who once lived in this dungeon. The people were small in size and tortured daily in every way possible. A feeling of sadness overwhelmed my body, and I lost my sense of understanding. I was standing in the sewage of my history and the worst thing life could ever offer me. I could feel their blood running through my veins as death was near. Just before I lost consciousness I heard a voice. For a moment I thought, "am I going crazy"? The voice said, "don't be sad, be happy we have survived this journey and you are here to tell our story". These words of wisdom gave me the understanding that the journey my forefathers and mothers took were in God's plans. Suddenly, a cool breeze circled my body, and a warm gentle force lifted me out of the slave castle. I was floating in mid-air while my spirit was being renewed. I cried many tears because of the ill treatment I suffered in the United States as an African-American. But this day my soul was free and the African drums were beating for joy once again. I was home at last. This was truly a time to remember. I found that the lives of Black people in the United States are a profound contrast between the lives of Black People in Africa. My pilgrimage to the West African nations of Ghana and the Ivory Coast ultimately fulfilled a lifelong desire full of excitement, discovery and to an extent closure.

Download or read book Singing Away the Hunger written by Mpho ‘M’atsepo Nthunya and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ". . . this gem of a book deserves a wide audience. Appropriate for African and women's studies courses and a must for college and university libraries." —Choice ". . . Mpho relates the story of her life with an integrity that makes for utterly compelling reading. . . . The fortitude of this woman, now in her late 60s, is a lesson to us all." —The Bookseller, United Kingdom "This is a fascinating autobiography . . ." —KLIATT ". . . a powerful autobiography of a Lesotho elder who tells her life as an African woman in South Africa. The focus on black culture and concerns as much as racism allows for an unusual depth of understanding of black concerns and lifestyles in Africa." —Reviewer's Bookwatch "An African woman's poignant and beautifully crafted memoir lyrically portrays the brutal poverty and reliance on ritual that shape the lives of her people, the Basotho. . . . A commanding and important work that will captivate readers with its unique voice, narrative power, and unforgettable scenes of life in Southern Africa." —Kirkus Reviews " . . . a stunning autobiography of a remarkable woman . . . Nthunya's telling is eloquent. Although her voice is generally one of dignified emotional distance, it is punctuated by her very human humor and pain." —Publishers Weekly ". . . recommended for collections in African folklore." —Library Journal "I am telling my stories in English for many months now, and it is a time for me to see my whole life. I see that things are always changing. I was born in 1930, so I remember many things which were happening in the old days in Lesotho and which happen no more. I lived in Benoni Location for more than ten years, and I saw the Boer policemen taking black people and beating them like dogs. They even took me once, and kept me in one of their jails for a while." —Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya A compelling and unique autobiography by an African woman with little formal education, less privilege, and almost no experience of books or writing. Mpho's is a voice almost never heard in literature or history, a voice from within the struggle of "ordinary" African women to negotiate a world which incorporates ancient pastoral ways and the congestion, brutality, and racist violence of city life. It is also the voice of a born storyteller who has a subject worthy of her gifts—a story for all the world to hear.

Download or read book My Beloved Country Made Me Cry Crime Compassion Hope written by Debby Thomson and published by Woodrock Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Take us out of this darkness and lead us into the light."When she receives the phone call all South Africans dread, informing her that a loved one had become a crime statistic, Debby Thomson's life and that of her family is upended and their shock and ensuing grief tumble them into unchartered territory.Recounting the fateful incident and the events that took place thereafter, Thomson takes you along on their journey of failures, hopes and hero's. From coming to terms with the greed that turns people into monsters, to dealing with inept government institutions, the perpetual trauma of a court case and eventual justice. Not wanting to give into their heartache Debby and her family opt to stand up and fight back against crime and our failing systems, learning many new revelations along the way as to why crime is so prevalent in South Africa and what we can all do to bring it to an end.Although she says it "doesn't bring peace, joy, relief nor accomplishment", her message is clear; there is ultimately light at the end of the darkness.Whether you are working towards your own healing, remembering someone you have lost, or your heart is just broken for South Africa, there is something of value in this book for you.

Download or read book The Scramble for Africa written by M. E. Chamberlain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth – Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia – was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the ‘scramble’ or ‘race’ for Africa, the period of around 20 years during which European powers carved up the continent with little or no consultation of its inhabitants. In her classic overview, M.E. Chamberlain: Contrasts the Victorian image of Africa with what we now know of African civilisation and history Examines in detail case histories from Egypt to Zimbabwe Argues that the history and background of Africa are as important as European politics and diplomacy in understanding the 'scramble' Considers the historiography of the topic, taking into account Marxist and anti-Marxist, financial, economic, political and strategic theories of European imperialism This indispensible introduction, now in a fully updated third edition, provides the most accessible survey of the ‘scramble for Africa’ currently available. The new edition includes primary source material unpublished elsewhere, new illustrations and additional pedagogical features. It is the perfect starting point for any study of this period in African history.

Download or read book Memoirs of Africa 1996 To 2009 written by Delores J. Dillard and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ACCIDENTAL AFRICAN BLESSINGS written by Ugo Nacciarone, SJ. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As I pondered on a title for this book, I thought about my first life and work experience in Africa. How I suffered several severe cases of malaria, how difficult it was to adjust to the hot humid climate and the discouragements from my relatives and friends back home that I was in a wrong place to which I almost succumbed. The only thing that made me stay was a sense of duty to the other five Jesuits working with me. As this mission was only new I did not want to demoralize any of them. This decision has later proven to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. All that experience brought many turns to my life in Africa, bringing me from Nigeria to Zambia to Ghana and back to Zambia again. These events were like accidents. Accidents are unexpected, unplanned and often painful. It was just an accident of history that the mission was just getting started and that it bad so few people on it. It might have been another accident of history that the Biafran War began just as I made my way to Nigeria that made it more difficult to recruit new members to the mission.. These accidents of history brought me to a painful decision to return to Nigeria when I didn't feel attracted to the prospect. Yet, this painful experience turned out to be a great blessing for me. I came to love the people and the continent more than I could ever have imagined, and found myself greatly enriched by the experience. It is this development in personal growth that I want to share with the reader. Cover Design by Danny Chiyesu

Download or read book People Who Have Stolen from Me written by David Cohen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brothers-in-law Harry and Jack run a Johannesburg furniture business that is being robbed repeatedly. The investigation of the crime reveals that the perpetrators lie even closer than the proprietors expected--and explores also how the social forces at work in South Africa today have made crime the country's biggest growth industry. Written on the tenth anniversary of the fall of apartheid, People Who Have Stolen From Me describes a nation in the throes of rebuilding itself, through the eyes of two witty, perceptive men.

Download or read book The Road Chose Me Volume 2 written by Dan Grec and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for even more wild places and new experiences, Dan became determined to explore 'off the map' in Africa. From the mighty Sahara Desert in the north to the dense equatorial jungles of the Congo and the open grasslands of Southern Africa, Dan turned his biggest dream into reality. Over the course of three years Dan's second major expedition spanned fifty-four thousand miles through thirty-five unique African countries. THE ADVENTURE WAS A THOUSAND TIMES BIGGER THAN HE DREAMED POSSIBLE. After exploring the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to Argentina Dan became hooked on the freedom of global overland travel, and he only wanted more. New languages, exotic foods, stunning landscapes and local people with an entirely different outlook became Dan's everyday life. As the months turned into years, through highlights and despair Dan gained a new appreciation for what it truly means to be alive. Viewing our modern world through African eyes gave Dan a new perspective, and he was pulled in by the endless joy, laughter and kindness at every turn. While the landscapes and wildlife are undeniably breathtaking, it is the natural warmth of the African people that is truly unforgettable. All across the continent Dan was welcomed with love and generosity, and now he will never be the same.

Download or read book Africa and India Me the Kids written by Shaun Donovan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having completed their overland journey of twenty thousand kilometers (twelve thousand miles) from Cardiff to Singapore, Shaun and his daughter, Hayley, have now flown over to India, to meet up with her two brothers, and also Hayleys boyfriend, for a ten-day exploratory tour of Goas finest beaches. During this time, our infamous five also pay a visit to an amazing spice plantation, go on an unforgettable crocodile safari, have a stupendous swim under a spectacular waterfall, and ride a gigantic elephant, before the lads finally returned home to the United Kingdom, while Shaun and Hayley continued on with their overland journey. Mumbai was their next port-of-call, where they visited Elephanta Islandthe home of the third largest caves in the world, before moving on to Aurangabad, to pay homage to the incredible Ellora and Ajanta Cavesthe two largest caves on the planet. Delhi was next in line, including a visit to the breathtakingly beautiful Taj Mahal in Agra, before flying over to Abu Dhabi for a short visitand then on to South Africa. After taking a cable car to the top of Table Mountain and enjoying panoramic views over Cape Town, our intrepid explorers indulged themselves in a fabulous bus tour around this bustling city, before going scuba divingwith a handful of sharks! Next in line was a thousand-mile bus ride across the plains of South Africa, before crossing borders into Zimbabwe and standing on top of the world in the Matobo Safari Park, before being mesmerized by the magnificence of Victoria Falls. To keep the adrenaline flowing, our two adventurers then embarked on a zip-slide across the incredible gorge, which separates Zimbabwe from Zambia, before finishing off their visit with a death-defying, white-water rafting trip over the rapids of the Mighty Zambezi River. Apart from paying their respects at the David Livingstone Museumand Shaun having his toenail ripped off in Kapiri Mposhiour weary travelers then traversed another thouand miles of African soil, which included two of the hardest journeys of their lives, until they finally reached the city of Arusha in Northern Tanzania. At this point, our perilous pair took off on an unbelievable three-day safari to Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, and the Ngorongoro Crater, where they came face-to-face with the infamous Maasai Warriors, before rounding off their incredible journey with a day-trip to the mystical island of Zanzibar.

Download or read book United States of Alkubuland Pangea Africa Global Awareness written by Dan Edward Knight, Sr. and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UMOJA AND WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THIS SISTER, TO HAVE THESE WISE, KNOWLEDGABLE, AND UNDERSTANDING SAYINGS, THAT WE CAN LIVE BY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE ANCESTORS AND ELDERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE PLANET UP TO NOW HAVE BEEN SURVIVING ON SO IF IT WORKED FOR THEM, THEN IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR US AS WELL I WAS A KING IN A LAND BEAUTIFUL AND BLESSED RICHES UNTOLD DIAMONDS AND GOLD ALL THIS I POSSESSED. WISDOM KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING WERE ALL FUNDAMENTAL THE KING WAS ALWAYS KIND AND GENTLE. BUT DEEP INSIDE STILL LURKS A PRINCE THY WILL BE DONE GODS LAW COMMENCE. MY WIFE WAS A QUEEN AND FRIEND TO MANY. IF I SEARCH THE WORLD OVER I COULDN'T FIND ONE BETTER GOD'S AND MY COMMAND SHE'LL OBEY TO THE LETTER. GOD IS NOT MOCKED YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW IF THE WORDS OF THE KING ARE NOT OF GOD INTO THE EARS OF A QUEEN THEY WILL NOT GO.I LOVE YOU WITH THE LOVE OF THE ALMIGHTY ONE CREATOR AND I AM AYO OR HAPPINESS AND CHIKE POWER OF GOD I AM YOUR SON YOUR GRANDSON AND YOUR GREAT GRANDSON AND I AM YOUR BROTHER AND YOUR COUSIN AND YOUR NEPHEW AND YOUR UNCLE AND YOUR FATHER AND YOUR GRANDFATHER AND YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER AND YOUR ETERNAL ELDER AND ANCESTOR. YOU ARE MY FAMILY AND I LOVE YOU WITH A UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND LOYALTY THAT WILL SURROUND THE UNIVERSES OF TIME AN AND KEEP YOU IN THE HAND OF THE MOST HIGH OK LOVE The best: 72+ African wise proverbs and inspiring quotesPosted by: Neva Mwiti, June 22, 2012COMING SOON – THE NEW, EXPLOSIVE BOOK THAT RE-IMAGINES AFRICA'S GLORY''Children of Saba' is the first in an exciting 3-part series of novels – an epic tale of power, honour, glory, majesty, adventure, filled with the proverbs and wisdom of our African forefathers. 'Children of Saba' will be available in November 2013 on AMAZON.COM. Click here to LIKE 'AFRIKKANA BOOKS' ON FACEBOOK and keep updated with news, launch dates, FREE downloads, and much, much more!Now onto those proverbs!Wisdom is wealth! One thing I respect deeply about Africa is the treasure of wisdom our ancestors have handed down to us. While some of our leaders may have forgotten them, the rest of us don't need to. From prudent sayings on wisdom itself, to judicious encouragements, warnings and even quirky advice on learning, patience, unity, wealth, poverty, community, family, love and marriage, these quotes will inspire you to be the best you can possibly be.When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti ProverbPhotography by Eric Lafforgue – http://www.ericlafforgue.comAfrican Quotes on WisdomWisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~ Ethiopian proverbWisdom does not come overnight. ~ Somali proverbThe heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. ~ Cameroon proverbWisdom is like fire. People take it from others. ~ Hema (DRC) proverbOnly a wise person can solve a difficult problem. ~ Akan proverbKnowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean proverbIn the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverbIf you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~ African proverbA wise person will always find a way. ~ Tanzanian proverbNobody is born wise. ~ African proverb A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. ~Kenyan proverbWisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan proverbAfrican Quotes on LearningLearning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverbTo get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverbBy crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverbIf you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverbHe who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian proverbWealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverbBy trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverbYou always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. ~ African prover 8148

Download or read book Don t Africa Me written by C. P. Eze and published by Expertz in PRINT. This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You too can say no to the popular (and profitable) art of hurting Africa from afar!Notable magazines like New African and Ode gave it full page coverage. Radio and TV shows showcased it and readers emailed and phoned to agree or disagree with Don t Africa Me. Diplomats discussed what the author, C. Paschal Eze, calls the PIDIC syndrome which explains how Brand Africa largely connotes poverty, instability, disease, illiteracy and corruption. Event organizers invited him to speak on the subject of the book just as individuals considering doing business in African countries reached him in Iowa for advice. Don t Africa Me takes on those waging geo-branding war against Africa, including those African immigrants who talk down Africa and threaten to send their misbehaving kids back to Africa thus grooming a generation indifferent to the continent. Others are pop stars and Hollywood celebrities using Africa to reposition and push their brands, the news media using images of Ugandan child soldiers and Kenyan scavengers to sing pity and pittance choruses that have continued to bruise and batter African countries, and global nonprofits that prey on poverty, denigrating the poor and deifying donors while committing most of the donations they get to high overhead and administrative costs. And while African governments obsess with elitist photo-op diplomacy that has mostly benefited lobbyists and PR firms, the author points to what he calls Chinese lifestyle diplomacy that has helped to make the once dreaded "communist" China the darling of the average consumer, very visible in boardrooms, ballrooms and bedrooms through its ubiquitous consumer products, dollar stores, karate clubs, Confucius institutes, buffet restaurants. Aided by the savvy Chinese Diaspora, they created both the need and the outlet for Chinese goods and services in a world where others see and appreciate you through the lens of your products and services they consume, posits Eze.

Download or read book Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life written by Emma Mashinini and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book He Took Me by the Hand written by Douglas Clark Lapp and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fifty Years in Chains written by Charles Ball and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My story is a true one, and I shall tell it in a simple style. It will be merely a recital of my life as a slave in the Southern States of the Union—a description of negro slavery in the "model Republic."My grandfather was brought from Africa and sold as a slave in Calvert county, in Maryland. I never understood the name of the ship in which he was imported, nor the name of the planter who bought him on his arrival, but at the time I knew him he was a slave in a family called Maud, who resided near Leonardtown. My father was a slave in a family named Hauty, living near the same place. My mother was the slave of a tobacco planter, who died when I was about four years old. My mother had several children, and they were sold upon master's death to separate purchasers. She was sold, my father told me, to a Georgia trader. I, of all her children, was the only one left in Maryland. When sold I was naked, never having had on clothes in my life, but my new master gave me a child's frock, belonging to one of his own children. After he had purchased me, he dressed me in this garment, took me before him on his horse, and started home; but my poor mother, when she saw me leaving her for the last time, ran after me, took me down from the horse, clasped me in her arms, and wept loudly and bitterly over me. My master seemed to pity her, and endeavored to soothe her distress by telling her that he would be a good master to me, and that I should not want anything. She then, still holding me in her arms, walked along the road beside the horse as he moved slowly, and earnestly and imploringly besought my master to buy her and the rest of her children, and not permit them to be carried away by the negro buyers; but whilst thus entreating him to save her and her family, the slave-driver, who had first bought her, came running in pursuit of her with a raw-hide in his hand. When he overtook us, he told her he was her master now, and ordered her to give that little negro to its owner, and come back with him.

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Download or read book Todd The Cedar Cove Chronicles Book One written by Cynthia Ulmer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-07 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1943, ten year old Todd Jansan and his family live on a tobacco farm in the small community of Cedar Cove, North Carolina . The closest neighbor is a cruel man who punishes his children by holding them over a well, [threatening] to drop them to their deaths. When their neighbor becomes more involved in their lives, the Jansans face things they never imagined."--Back cover