Notes from a Modern Chimurenga
Title | Notes from a Modern Chimurenga PDF eBook |
Author | Rinos Mwanaka |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2020-08-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1779296134 |
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.
Keys in the River
Title | Keys in the River PDF eBook |
Author | Rinos Mwanaka |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2018-09-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1779272669 |
Keys in the River: New and Collected Stories, is a cycle of stories about life, love and spirituality, told as if the reader were sitting and listening to neighbors and friends talking about life. Some stories are tender, even comic; in others, tragedy and outrage lurk. The stories share a common thread, a noble stance in the struggle to find love, freedom, completeness, humanness and satisfaction.
Pfungwa Dzinovhima Vadiwa
Title | Pfungwa Dzinovhima Vadiwa PDF eBook |
Author | Kelmendi, Jeton |
Publisher | Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2019-08-23 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 177906490X |
Thoughts Hunt The Loves is a selection of Jeton Kelmendi’s 54 poems which come from his two collections, Thoughts Hunt The Loves and I Knocked My Mind Against The Window, which were translated into Southern Africa’s biggest language, Shona. The original poems are in Albanian. It has poems that are as deep as the ocean’s bottom, philosophical ruminations, old wise insights, patriotic dreams, a love stage as high as the heavens, ruminations about the war, living in exile and the constant ache, or drive to want to unite his country Albania to be one country...; his poems are panoply of feelings, thoughts, reservations, residues that are brought up for us to devour in, in this magnificent collection.
Ashes
Title | Ashes PDF eBook |
Author | Weene, Kenneth |
Publisher | Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd |
Pages | 107 |
Release | 2019-08-23 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1779064861 |
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?
Chipo The Little Farmer
Title | Chipo The Little Farmer PDF eBook |
Author | Abraham Makamera |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2024-01-23 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1779331754 |
Chipo lived in the village with her parents. She was a brilliant girl at school and her dream was to become a great farmer when she grows up. This surprised her parents, but they agreed to support their daughter's ambition until she becomes famous in their village.
The Rhythm of Life
Title | The Rhythm of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Olivia Osuoha |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2019-12-19 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1779296045 |
The Rhythm of Life is a record breaking book written in rhyme. It covers many facets of life, bent on the lessons, methods, and realities of life. Ngozi Olivia Osuoha is a poet, writer, thinker, and hymnist. She has published seventeen poetry books, including one co-written. She has featured in over sixty five international anthologies, and has also published over two hundred and fifty poems and articles in over twenty countries.
Another Chance and the Reign of a Rogue: A Novella
Title | Another Chance and the Reign of a Rogue: A Novella PDF eBook |
Author | Chinweike Ofodile |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 2021-08-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1779272731 |
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.