This memoir demonstrates the possibilities open to overcome the enormous odds against a girl child growing up to escape the ills of child marriage or teenage pregnancy and going on to complete school, go to university, become a scientist, get married and raise a family. The author relates the phases of growing up, identifying the sadness of challenges, and the joys of achievements. She documents the wisdom of her mother's tales and how she applied them in her life. She also highlights the ...

Give Me This Mountain' is the British title of the autobiography of Dr. Helen Roseveare, graduate in medicine from University of Cambridge, in the late 1940's. A well-known missionary doctor and author, with several of her works still in print, she worked in the north-eastern province of the Belgian Congo with the Heart of Africa Mission in the 1950's & 60's. She established a substantial pioneer medical service and assisted the churches before Congo's independence in 1960, and continu...

Author Maurice Harvey returns with another collection of exciting firsthand stories from his time as a missionary and as the Bible Society photojournalist. He recounts many of his firsthand experiences over the years as an international photojournalist in Into the Great Unknown.The memoir begins with Maurice leaving the safety of his New Zealand home as a young man in the 1960s and heading into deepest Africabound for the war-ravaged Congo region. From there, the story continues as...

MY FIRST COUP D'ETAT is a literary nonfiction account that charts the coming of age of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana during the dismal post-independence "lost decades" of Africa. He was seven years old when rumors of that first coup reached his boarding school in Accra. His father was suddenly missing. "It is sometimes incorrectly referred to in texts as a bloodless coup, yet it was anything but," Mahama writes. "They tried, as best they could, with smiles and toffee, to shield me from thei...

A Joyful Life is the astonishing memoir of Rosemary Kariuki, one of Australia's most beloved Local Heroes. Long before she was advocating for refugee and migrant women just like herself, Rosemary was a survivor like no other.As a child, she survived the first of many predators in her home. As a teen, she survived the first of three infant losses. In her twenties, she survived years of domestic violence. In her thirties, she survived politi...

This was a compelling story to tell. It details issues around infi delity in any home. The pains, decisions that have to be made, fi ghts and where strength may come from. Questions like should I retaliate or stick to my marital vows are things that come to mind. Family life inspired me to write this book. I needed to share my experience with all those who have had similar experiences and those who may experience it and how to cope with these hurdles through the love of God. Most women wou...

Late Reggae musician, Lucky Dube is without doubt one of South Africa’s iconic stars who left a legacy of love, tolerance and change through his music. His words were weapons fighting racial discrimination, fighting inequality, fighting all sorts of injustice demons in the world, awakening the spiritual and cultural heritage of the people of Africa While most fans are familiar with the performer, very few got to know the man behind the music, humble, deeply spiritual, courageous, respectfu...

Sent by the Salvation Army to bear witness to the work they were doing in response to the Aids pandemic, Rhidian Brook, his wife and two children, follow a tril of devastation through communities still shattered and being broken by the disease. He met truck stop workers in Kenya, victims of rape in Rwanda, child-headed families in Soweto, children of prostitutes in India. A remarkable journey amongst the infected and the affected through a world that, despite seeming on the brink of collap...

"At six years old Charles Mulli woke up one morning to find he had been completely abandoned by both parents. All alone he fell into a life of abject poverty, forcing Mulli to wander from hut to hut begging for food for his very survival, unable even to attend school. ..." As a teenager Mulli started a small taxi company which grew to be very successful. Eventually he expanded his business ventures to include real estate, insurance, and oil and gas distribution, becoming a highly successfu...

This is a book about Soweto from inside and out. It is an effort to mark a century since the first forced removals of black Africans from central Johannesburg to the banks of the Klipspruit River. It is also in recognition of the limited books available on a world-famous city. A wide variety of writers have contributed: Sowetan experts with views from inside the township as well as interested outsiders who are peering in. Contributors include writers from publications as varied as Drum...

Growing up in Nigeria is an authobiography that details growing up in Nigeria and how the country emerged to become the giant of Africa it is today.It details the life of the Nigerian elder statesman Chief Hon Sir Herbert Nwamadu telling the story of what it was in that country before and after the colonial rule.It details life in Nigeria during the war and the state visit of Queen Elizabeth the second.This book is from an elder statesman who has seen it all.from the times when children le...

The book highlights the problems and challenges encountered by disabled people especially the blind in their endeavour to climb the social ladder. It is a portrayal of the negative attitude among the public at large towards disability. Society associates disabled people with failure and under achievement which is of course untrue. The book is indeed an autobiography of the author himself as he struggled with social prejudices and marginalisation in country where there was scarcity of resou...