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Becoming Abigail by Chris Abani
mobi, epub |eng | 2006-01-01 | Author:Chris Abani [Abani, Chris]

Now X Sometimes there is no way to leave something behind. Something over. We know this. We know this. We know this. This is the prevalence of ritual. To remember ...
( Category: Coming of Age February 7,2016 )
Baking Cakes in Kigali: A Novel by Gaile Parkin
epub |eng | 2009-08-18 | Author:Gaile Parkin [Parkin, Gaile]

FOR her talk to the Girls Who Mean Business, Angel wore the same dress that she had worn to the function at the Tanzanian Embassy; it made her look smart ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage January 11,2016 )
The Shameful State by Tansi Sony Labou
mobi |eng | 2016-01-08 | Author:Tansi, Sony Labou [Tansi, Sony Labou]

but it’s strong we want you the very strongest of you with a strong heart and strong eyes beautiful but strong with all your blood. He asks them to sing ...
( Category: African January 9,2016 )
Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-02 | Author:Percy Fitzpatrick

* * * Chapter Sixteen. The Tiger and Baboons. No one had doubted Jess’s courage, even when we saw her come back alone: we knew there was something wrong, but ...
( Category: General January 8,2016 )
Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Mia Couto [Couto, Mia]

The Hunter’s Diary FOUR Rituals and Ambushes Where men can be gods, animals can be men. —THE WRITER’S NOTEBOOKS Hanifa comes to call me in the middle of the night. ...
( Category: African January 4,2016 )
Those in Peril (2011) by Wilbur Smith
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-03-30 | Author:Wilbur Smith [Smith, Wilbur]

The bus was parked among a dozen others at the far end of the campground. It was a sturdy TATA, built in India many years before. At a glance it ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense June 13,2015 )
The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
epub |eng | 2015-03-31 | Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o

CHAPTER FIFTEEN He could not sleep. Thin rays of the moon passed through the cracks in the wall into the hut and fell at various spots on the floor. It ...
( Category: African June 11,2015 )
Imagine Africa by Mia Couto
epub |eng | 2015-05-04 | Author:Mia Couto [Couto, Mia]

translated by Georges Lory hangmaan helder verdwaal hangmaan helder verdwaal in die indigo hemel bo hierdie stad waar honderdduisende mense deur die strate stroom asof hulle nooit gaan sterf en ...
( Category: African June 11,2015 )
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
epub, pdf |eng | 2010-01-03 | Author:Damon Galgut [GALGUT, DAMON]

The reunion is delighted all round, lots of clamour and slapping of shoulders. In the space of five minutes the whole world has changed shape, this town that looked mean ...
( Category: Australia & Oceania June 11,2015 )
Essential Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
mobi |eng | 2008-03-29 | Author:Edgar Allan Poe

We suffered much, and made a narrow escape; but fortune befriended us, as well as our mates in the long-boat. We landed, in fine, more dead than alive, after four ...
( Category: United States June 11,2015 )
Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
mobi |eng | 2007-08-28 | Author:Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

14 Have you ever heard of Mahabharata, Ramayana, or Bhagavad Gitar The three, or shall we say two since the Gita is a chapter in Mahabharata, are the key texts ...
( Category: African June 11,2015 )
Thirteen Cents: A Novel (Modern African Writing Series) by Duiker K. Sello
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-04-01 | Author:Duiker, K. Sello [Duiker, K. Sello]

“No, Gerald.” “They taught you how to survive. I had to kill them so that you would learn never to spill another’s blood. Blood frightens you, doesn’t it?” I look ...
( Category: Coming of Age May 27,2015 )
GraceLand by Chris Abani
epub |eng | 2011-06-13 | Author:Chris Abani

“Auntie,” Elvis said. “Long time no see.” If that was not quite the welcome she had envisioned after two years of absence, Felicia did not show it. “Elvis. You’ve grown ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense May 27,2015 )
Of Africa by Soyinka Wole
epub |eng | 2012-11-01 | Author:Soyinka, Wole [Soyinka, Wole]

6. Not a “Way of Life,” But a Guide to Existence FIRST, IT WAS CHRISTIANITY, BUT latterly, and more assertively, Islam, that claims to be a total way of life, ...
( Category: African May 25,2015 )
The Fishermen by Obioma Chigozie
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-04-14 | Author:Obioma, Chigozie [Obioma, Chigozie]

IKENNA A. AGWU (1981—1996), survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs Agwu and his siblings, Boja, Obembe, Benjamin, David and Nkem Agwu. At the funeral, before Ikenna was obliterated by ...
( Category: Cultural Heritage April 16,2015 )

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