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Book Synopsis Singing in Exile and The Child of War by : Kamarah, Sheikh Umarr
Download or read book Singing in Exile and The Child of War written by Kamarah, Sheikh Umarr and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of poems examines the causes of the African, specifically Sierra Leonean, condition, evaluates the African immigrant's situation in the West, hints at the role and culpability of corporate West in African wars and woes, and concludes that Africans must ultimately assume the responsibility of rebuilding their continent.
Book Synopsis Layila, Kakatua wan bi Lida by : Forde, Coolie
Download or read book Layila, Kakatua wan bi Lida written by Forde, Coolie and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Layila, Kakatua wan bi Lida, Coolie Forde rehearses some invaluable thoughts on the way forward for post war Sierra Leone. The play highlights the problems of good governance. Through the vision of the main character, Aminata, the Author outlines the role she intends to play as an agent of change in Sierra Leone, which is in line with the Theme of the Commonwealth Lecture 2011 – “Women as agents of Change,”
Book Synopsis Kosonike by : Dr. Michael Nicholas Wundah
Download or read book Kosonike written by Dr. Michael Nicholas Wundah and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography skillfully captures the life and times of one of the illustrious Sierra Leoneans, emeritus professor Kosonike Koso-Thomas. Kosonike is a visionary, a philanthropist, and one of the most successful civil engineers in the West African subregion. Koso-Thomas is also a prolific writer. Among his fortes are autobiographies, biographies, and sentimental and aesthetic free-verse poetry. He has successful painting exhibitions to his credit in the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone. The book delves bravely into uncharted waters and reveals some contentious issues raised by conspirators during his tenure of office as the principal of Fourah Bay College and vice chancellor of the University of Sierra Leone. These revelations are for the edification of posterity. On top of that, the facts surrounding the issues are worth revealing. They will aid the solution of the challenges associated with the trying times that face the education sector in Sierra Leone and most of the African continent. The success stories of one of Sierra Leones finest minds are worth telling for the inspiration and enhancing of the recovery projects that have been undertaken, especially in the tertiary sector. The countrys development partners will find some of the recommendations made in this book extremely helpful. Articulated meticulously, they will rejuvenate the hitherto gold standard of education for which Sierra Leone was renowned in its heyday. Generally speaking, the recommendations are the prototypes required for the alleviation of the chronic funding challenges faced by higher education in Africa. Beautifully woven in modern creative-writing style, this biography is coated in rich language sustained by appropriate concepts that befit the genre. It whets the appetites of social planners, academicians, policy makers, and legislators. Above all, it tickles as well as inspires the thinkers of our times.
Book Synopsis In the Belly of the Lion by : Hallowell, Gbanabom
Download or read book In the Belly of the Lion written by Hallowell, Gbanabom and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in the anthology flash different pictures of being in their unique time capsules. The writers have examined the toll the collective human trauma has taken and brought on board on the Sierra Leonean way of life, a way of life that now requires a new way of life. 'In the Belly of the Lion' represents the voices of the generation of writers whose works came of age in the middle of the war and after...
Book Synopsis The Ghosts of Ngaingah by : Kallon, Michael Fayia
Download or read book The Ghosts of Ngaingah written by Kallon, Michael Fayia and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ghosts of Ngaingah is about a village located in the Kissi-Kama Chiefdom in the northeastern region of the Republic of Sierra Leone on Africas west coast, and a ritual curse that befell it. The Kissi have lived in that village since ancient times. Upon their refusal to follow ancient traditional practices at the local oracle near the Kuyoh Mountain, and at a shrine on the bank of Ndopie River, they heard a mysterious dirge one morning, before the sun reached its zenith. The villagers saw a crowd of ghosts with bundles on their heads, and accompanied by lots of animals. They were repeatedly chanting a mysterious dirge. The ghosts entered crevices in the Kuyoh Mountain and disappeared. The scratches they left on the hard rocks are still visible. This narrative, which contains humor, mischief and magic demonstrates how powerfully tradition and custom influenced the lives of the people of one ethnic group -- the Kissi.
Book Synopsis An Anthology of Krio Poetry by : Kamarah, Sheik Umarr
Download or read book An Anthology of Krio Poetry written by Kamarah, Sheik Umarr and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krio is one of Sierra Leone’s national languages and a member of the family of languages called Creoles. This anthology of Krio poetry illustrates how far the language has traveled. The themes range from politics to the ongoing changes in the structure of the Krio languages. The variety of authors, who come from difference ethnic backgrounds including native speakers of the language illustrates how the it has become established as a vehicle through which the national character can emerge. The orthography used in this anthology is recommended by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Sierra Leone.
Book Synopsis Development, Democracy and Cohesion by : Bangura, Yusuf
Download or read book Development, Democracy and Cohesion written by Bangura, Yusuf and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development is not just an economic issue or improvements in GDP and household incomes; it is also about social protection and how power and social differences are organised and managed for the benefit of all. With insights on Sierra Leone and wider Africa contexts, the 45 essays in this volume throw light on the challenges of building developmental, democratic and cohesive states and societies. Issues as diverse as poverty, inequality, employment, natural resource governance, social policy, financing development, state reform, gendered development, Ebola, female circumcision, electoral politics, the Arab spring, ethnicity, civil war and security are treated with fresh and engaging insights.
Book Synopsis Voices and Passions by : Walon-Jalloh, Abdulai
Download or read book Voices and Passions written by Walon-Jalloh, Abdulai and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 54 poems by Abdulai Walon-Jalloh explores childhood through to adulthood and rekindles the souls and thoughts of a generation in an honest and clear manner. Nothing is left untouched as the deepest fears to great moments of anxiety and hope are laid bare for all to enjoy and reflect
Book Synopsis Speculative & Science Fiction by : Ernest N. Emenyonu
Download or read book Speculative & Science Fiction written by Ernest N. Emenyonu and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the past two decades, there has been a resurgence in the writing of African and African diaspora speculative and science fiction writing. Discussions around the 'rise' of science-fiction and fantasy have led to a push-back by writers and scholars who have suggested that this is not a new phenomenon in African literature. This collection focuses on the need to recalibrate ways of reading and categorising this grenre of African writing through critical examinations both of classics such as Kojo Laing's Woman of the Aeroplanes (1988) and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's oeuvre, as well as more recent fiction from writers including Nnedi Okorafor, Namwali Serpell and Masande Ntshanga."--Back cover.
Book Synopsis This Side of Nothingness by : Sesay, Mohamed Gibril
Download or read book This Side of Nothingness written by Sesay, Mohamed Gibril and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells the story of Momodu, a tale teller, and unpublished poet with a banana heart and flabby waist, weaves the interlocking stories of his younger brother, father, mother, cousin and slum friends into a tapestry that sometimes looks like a shroud, other times like a priest's holy hermit, and plenty times like the sparkling attire of a blaspheming fornicator.
Download or read book Tiger Fist written by Nnamdi Carew and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Hero's Awakening: Born with the potential to be the strongest and fastest creature to ever walk the Earth, Daniel Washington struggles with the popularity and wealth of his foster father and with the anger that hides a dangerous monster. Five years later, life becomes difficult as Daniel faces his teen problems. When an enemy of his past emerges, Daniel must control himself, and know about the monster in him. In Tiger Fist Two The Legend of Chrumesteeler: The Tigerton is back and his life is crazier than ever However, the problems are even worse as a legendary king threatened many lives and Alfred had been acting strange. Will Tiger Fist put his mind over matter or has his fate been sealed?
Book Synopsis War, Politics and Justice in West Africa by : Gberie, Lansana
Download or read book War, Politics and Justice in West Africa written by Gberie, Lansana and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects articles and reviews the author wrote for various publications, academic and journalistic, over the past 10 to 14 years. They are not arranged in chronological order, but there is a consistent underlying theme: the author’s reaction to war, politics and transitional justice in Africa, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone and Liberia. He has studied these two countries more intimately than all others; but this book includes articles on Ivory Coast, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Book Synopsis An African Treasure by : Hunter, Yema Lucilda
Download or read book An African Treasure written by Hunter, Yema Lucilda and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gladyy Casely-Hayford, poet, musician, dramatist, painter and story-teller, was born in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1904 and died there in 1950, though she spent most of her life in Freetown, Sierra Leone and became the cultural luminary of her day. Her place in the cultural history of Sierra Leone and even of Ghana seems to have been lost. This book which is an attempt to remedy that situation and tell her life story.
Book Synopsis Looking Back - My Life and Times by : Sama Banya
Download or read book Looking Back - My Life and Times written by Sama Banya and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the many roles he has played in the country, Looking Back is much more than Dr. Sama Banya's life story. In a lively and entertaining manner, he takes the reader through the chequered history of Sierra Leone from the colonial era to the present providing, along the way, accounts of the origin of Kailahun, his home town, the Kissy/Mende chiefs from whom he descends, life in Bo School where he had the early part of his secondary school education, as well as insights into the workings of the civil service in his day. A physician by profession, Dr. Sama BAnyha is best known as a politician. He served as a cabinet minister under two presidents, and his deep knowledge of political machinations in Sierra Leone as seen from both sides of the parliamentary divide, makes this autobiography an altogether fascinating read.
Book Synopsis Landscape of Memories by : Sesay, Oumar Farouk
Download or read book Landscape of Memories written by Sesay, Oumar Farouk and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is about a town on the edge of the diamond fields of Sierra Leone, blessed but at the same time cursed by the jewel. Adama and her husband Silakeh make a stop in the town on their way to Kono and decide to stay. Tragedy strikes when Silakeh is killed in a mining accident. Adama is forces to navigate the socio-cultural nuances of her adopted community as a single mother with deep convictions rooted in the Muslim faith of her upbringing.
Book Synopsis From the Land of Diamonds to the Isle of Spice by : Tucker, Sigismund H.
Download or read book From the Land of Diamonds to the Isle of Spice written by Tucker, Sigismund H. and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Land of Diamonds to the Isle of Spice' is a first book by Sigismond Tucker in which he tells a compelling story about his family connections between Sierra Leone and the Congo. Through his personal friendships whilst growing up in Freetown, he introduces the reader to various significant political events in the history of his country, its customs and traditions, drawing attention to falling standards over the years.
Book Synopsis The Road to Jamaica by : Cheney-Coker, Sly
Download or read book The Road to Jamaica written by Cheney-Coker, Sly and published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Road to Jamaica, which was announced over forty years ago, but suppressed, Cheney- Coker looks at a particular period of African history; the tragic, outward voyages of people and other social variants that have been part of what he calls his Afro-Saxon narrative. Crucially, the volume is divided into two sections: the first being a look at the shock of displacement, but also the remembrance of identifiable modes in the formation of a new cultural perspective. Looking back at remembered landscape, languages and cultural comforts, the poet has attempted to recreate as chapter of history that changed his and other people's idea of identity. The long poems that usher in Part 2 of the volume are, in a sense, reflections on that evolving template about our small world: the happenstances of regeneration, while at the same time an attempt to come to terms with the realities that societies, the world over, are bound to the inevitability of change. Given the smallness of that world, the oneness of our humanity, and the quiet personal awareness of aging, Cheney-Coker has, as usual, focused his lenses on them.
