I Am A Girl From Africa

Author : Elizabeth Nyamayaro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982113025

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I Am a Girl from Africa by Elizabeth Nyamayaro Pdf

"When severe draught hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life. This transformative moment inspired Elizabeth to become a humanitarian, and she vowed to dedicate her life to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. Grounded by the African concept of ubuntu--"I am because we are"--I Am a Girl from Africa charts Elizabeth's quest in pursuit of her dream from the small village of Goromonzi to Harare, London, New York, and beyond, where she eventually became a Senior Advisor at the United Nations and launched HeForShe, one of the world's largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. For over two decades, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change in communities all around the world; uplifting the lives of others, just as her life was once uplifted. The memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman's story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling--while delivering an important message of hope and empowerment in a time when we need it most"--

Author : Nancy Farmer
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545229784

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A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer Pdf

Orchard Classics is a collectible hardcover line of Newbery award-winning titles from the Orchard backlist that have fresh, beautiful new designs and include author prefaces and discussion guides.A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heartwrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona girl living in a traditional village in Mozambique in 1981. When her family tries to force her into a marriage with a cruel man, she flees. What was supposed to have been a short boat trip across the border into Zimbabwe, where she hoped to find her father, turns into an adventure filled with challenges and danger that lasts a year.

Author : Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781487009649

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I Am Because We Are by Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr Pdf

In this innovative and intimate memoir, a daughter tells the story of her mother, a pan-African hero who faced down misogyny and battled corruption in Nigeria. Inspired by the African philosophy of Ubuntu — the importance of community over the individual — and outraged by injustice, Dora Akunyili took on fraudulent drug manufacturers whose products killed millions, including her sister. A woman in a man’s world, she was elected and became a cabinet minister, but she had to deal with political manoeuvrings, death threats, and an assassination attempt for defending the voiceless. She suffered for it, as did her marriage and six children. I Am Because We Are illuminates the role of kinship, family, and the individual’s place in society, while revealing a life of courage, how community shaped it, and the web of humanity that binds us all.

Author : Ama Ata Aidoo
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction in English
ISBN : 0435910132

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The Girl who Can by Ama Ata Aidoo Pdf

In this collection of short stories, Aidoo elevates the mundane in women's lives to an intellectual level in an attempt at challenging patriarchal structures and dominance in African society.

Author : Flora Nwapa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0865433267

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Women are Different by Flora Nwapa Pdf

The moving story of a group of Nigerian women which follows their lives from their schooldays together through the trials and tribulations of their adult lives. Through their stories we see some of the universal problems faced by women everywhere: the struggle for financial independence and a rewarding career, the difficulties of relationships, and the dilemmas of bringing up a family, often without a partner. Set against the background of a developing Nigeria, this novel shows Nwapa at her finest.

Author : Abi Daré
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524746087

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The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré Pdf

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK! “Brave, fresh . . . unforgettable.”—The New York Times Book Review “A celebration of girls who dare to dream.”—Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah’s Book Club pick) Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and recommended by The New York Times, Marie Claire, Vogue, Essence, PopSugar, Daily Mail, Electric Literature, Red, Stylist, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Everygirl, and Read It Forward! The unforgettable, inspiring story of a teenage girl growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education so that she can find her “louding voice” and speak up for herself, The Girl with the Louding Voice is a simultaneously heartbreaking and triumphant tale about the power of fighting for your dreams. Despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her path, Adunni never loses sight of her goal of escaping the life of poverty she was born into so that she can build the future she chooses for herself – and help other girls like her do the same. Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world.

Author : Tupa Tjipombo,Chris Lockhart
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781641602402

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I Am Not Your Slave by Tupa Tjipombo,Chris Lockhart Pdf

I am Not Your Slave is the shocking true story of a young African girl, Tupa, who was abducted from southwestern Africa and funneled through an extensive yet almost completely unknown human trafficking network spanning the entire African continent. As she is transported from the point of her abduction on a remote farm near the Namibian-Angolan border and channeled to her ultimate destination in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, her three-year odyssey exposes the brutal horrors of a modern day middle passage. During her ordeal, Tupa encounters members of Africa's notorious gangs, terrifying witchdoctors, mysterious middlemen from China, corrupt police and border officials, Arab smugglers and high-ranking United Nations officials. And of course, Tupa meets her fellow trafficking victims, young women and girls from around the world. Tupa's harrowing experience, including her daring escape and eventual return home, sheds light on the most shocking aspects of modern day slavery, as well as the essential determination to be free.

Author : Pam Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1934068519

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Mesi by Pam Davis Pdf

Ten-year-old Mesi wants to become a teacher, but life in her African village is hard and her family cannot afford to send her to school until wise words from the schoolteacher lead Mesi to ask God for help.

Author : Rachel Isadora
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698189447

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I Just Want to Say Good Night by Rachel Isadora Pdf

Caldecott Honor-winner Rachel Isadora’s stunning oil paintings illustrate this delightful bedtime tale, set on the African plains. The sun has set and the moon is rising, and that means it’s bedtime. But not if Lala has a say—because she’s not ready to go to sleep! First she needs to say good night to the cat. And the goat. And the chickens. And, and, and . . . Lala’s adorable stalling strategy will ring true for all parents whose little ones aren’t ready to say goodbye to the day—and all will appreciate the wonderful culmination to the bedtime ritual.

Author : Nwando Achebe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253222480

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The Female King of Colonial Nigeria by Nwando Achebe Pdf

While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.

Author : Eimear McBride
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476789026

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A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride Pdf

Taking the literary world by storm, Eimear McBride’s internationally praised debut is one of the most acclaimed novels in recent years; it is “subversive, passionate, and darkly alchemical. Read it and be changed” (Eleanor Catton). Eimear McBride’s debut tells, with astonishing insight and in riveting detail, the story of a young woman’s relationship with her brother, the long shadow cast by his childhood brain tumour, and her harrowing sexual awakening. Not so much a stream-of-consciousness, as an unconscious railing against a life that makes little sense, and a shocking and intimate insight into the thoughts, feelings and chaotic sexuality of a vulnerable and isolated protagonist, A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing plunges inside its narrator’s head, exposing her world firsthand. This isn’t always comfortable—but it is always a revelation. Touching on everything from family violence to religion to addiction, and the personal struggle to remain intact in times of intense trauma, McBride writes with singular intensity, acute sensitivity, and mordant wit. A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is moving, funny, and alarming. It is a book you will never forget.

Author : Kuki Gallmann
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141966403

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I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann Pdf

‘Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the evening shadows settle over the valleys and plains of the Laikipia plateau.’ Kuki Gallmann’s haunting memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s first with her husband Paulo, and then alone, is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the magical spirit of Africa.

Author : Linda Sue Park
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547251271

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A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Pdf

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.

Author : Peter Abrahams
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : African literature
ISBN : 9966469001

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Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams Pdf

"Mine Boy" tells the story of Xuma, a countryman, in a large South African industrial city, and the impact on him of the new ways and new values." -- back cover

Author : Wayne Visser
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780957081741

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I Am An African by Wayne Visser Pdf