Under African Skies

Under African Skies PDF Author: Charles R. Larson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374211787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of the 20th century.

Under African Skies

Under African Skies PDF Author: Charles R. Larson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374211787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Book Description
An anthology of short stories by African writers from a dozen countries. The subjects range from war and politics to problems with domestics and African humor. Some stories were written in English, others are translations from Arabic, French and Portuguese. All were written in the latter part of the 20th century.

The Orphan Boy

The Orphan Boy PDF Author: Tololwa M. Mollel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395720790
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Though delighted that an orphan boy has come into his life, an old man becomes insatiably curious about the boy's mysterious powers.

Under African Skies

Under African Skies PDF Author: Charles R. Larson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780862417666
Category : African fiction (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the first generation of African writers, including Chinua Achebe, Bessie Head and Wole Soyinka. It also includes a new generation of writers, such as Ben Okri, Veronique Tadjo and Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Searching African Skies

Searching African Skies PDF Author: Sarah Wild
Publisher: Jacana Media
ISBN: 1431404721
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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"The square kilometre array and South Africa's quest to hear the songs of the stars"--Cover.

Through African Skies

Through African Skies PDF Author: Ray Browneye
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group (MI)
ISBN: 9780801008535
Category : Bush pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Adventures of bush flying in missions of mercy.

Into the Bush

Into the Bush PDF Author: Marlette Bess
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781512374483
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Sunny Franklin, a forty-three year old from Las Vegas, made a life changing decision to leave her traveling companions in Egypt and venture out on her own. She met two people in Cairo on her first day alone that would have a profound influence on her life. Sunny learned that Caroline and Howard were extremely wealthy people with busy lives and that they were much more than colleagues. That night Sunny had dinner with them and again breakfast the next morning. The instant friendship was solidified when Caroline invited Sunny to come join her at her farm near Kruger National Park, South Africa. This started an adventure for Sunny into the world of the rich and famous. After staying on Caroline's farm for days, Caroline took Sunny to Cape Town for six weeks of parties and galas and more social lunches than she had ever attend in her life. Experiencing the life of a socialite for some time, Sunny told Caroline that was time for her to move on. She thanked Caroline for her hospitality, but she knew it was time to be solo again. Caroline was upset, but it was nothing that a shopping trip couldn't cure. Three days later, Sunny, once again, found herself in the lap of luxury riding the Blue Train north to Pretoria Station near Johannesburg. It was her transition trip from pampering to having to carry a backpack while on safari. Howard gifted Sunny a new laptop. It was the latest and greatest with satellite capabilities to company the international cell phone he had already given her. Howard loved technology and Sunny reaped the benefits. She entered Botswana on her own with high hopes about her safari - seeing the exotic animals and breathtaking landscapes. She shopped in a women's co-op, she took a tour based on Alexander McCall Smith, Number One Ladies Detective Agency books and also visited a the Khama Rhino Sanctuary. Sunny was happy and lonely at the same time. With night after night of sexy dreams, Sunny was surprised that Africa woke up her spirit and her sexuality. Sunny met Jamie Bevins, a twenty-eight year old, cocky bush pilot from New Zealand, when he flew her into the bush at Gunn's Camp in the Okavango Delta. On the flight, she could smell Jamie's pheromones... her logic was lost and nothing was left but pure lust. Jamie entered into Sunny's dreams. A week later, Jamie came to Kubu Lodge on the Chobe River for dinner and sat down at Sunny's table. The instant chemistry they had for each other was culminated that night. That night of lust and passion change them and forged a love bond that couldn't be broken. They became inseparable adventurers. Sunny accompanied Jamie to New Zealand for his four-year skin cancer checkup. Jamie asked Sunny to marry him but before they could have a ceremony, they had many issues to resolve. On the one-month anniversary of their marriage, while having sex, Jamie discovered a lump in Sunny's. They were devastated when they received a diagnosis of breast cancer. Sunny went through three surgeries, was on drug therapy and took an antidepressant; slowly Sunny became a ghost of herself. Jamie had finished flight school and was a copilot from Sidney, Australia to Los Angles, California. Jamie felt disconnected to Sunny because he was off flying until one night he found her in the bathtub with a razor blade. They had had so little time together and Jamie was devastated at the thought of losing his love. Howard came to visit his friend Sunny and found that she was not well both mentally or physically. She was admitted to a hospital, which helped her physically, but the emotional scars of breast cancer took much longer to heal. Weeks passed and Sunny regained her health. Jamie took a job in Africa flying jets for Howard's company, Hanley International. This would allow him to be home with Sunny more. Sunny knew they would lead healthy, adventurous and lustful lives when they returned into the bush under African Skies.

Under African Skies

Under African Skies PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 83

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Remember the African Skies?

Remember the African Skies? PDF Author: Chilufya E. Chilangwa
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514610961
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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"Remember the African Skies?" is a fictitious novel about beating the odds of discrimination, the conflicts of race relations, and the fight to find the freedom to just be oneself. The story begins with a young African woman living in the UK with her teenage son and with much difficulty, is unable to keep her son off the streets dealing drugs and getting arrested for petty thefts. Having exhausted her options of reforming her son, she finally decides to use her life savings to make that one trip back home to Africa to her home country Mtesa. Now that Matthew was fifteen, she believed that he was now old enough to understand her reasons for having left Mtesa. She also felt that is was time that Matthew met his biological father, a white African man. On their flight to Mtesa, she hands Matthew a book written about a young illegitimate African boy, who is half black and half white, named Kungulu Zulu and his relationship with a white family that his mother worked for. Eagerly, Matthew begins to read the book and as the story begins to unfold, he discovers that the book is about the Bellmonts, Matthew's father's family. His father's world and Kungulu's life become a reflection of his own life. He becomes absorbed in Kungulu's life and sees that Kungulu's emotional struggles are a reflection of his own life struggles in trying to find himself. Kungulu's journey to self-recognition and social acceptance in Mtesa is achieved through his mother's encouragement and strength to survive in the colonial society of Mtesa. Mtesa is a country drawn apart with a thin line between the black and white people. With Mtesa's strong racial segregation that defines their social eminence, becomes the root of Kungulu's understanding of his two heritages. Being half black and half white, he learns about the ways of life of the two separate worlds, but is unable to detach himself from either one. With his mother's African spirit and his growing relationship with the westernised Bellmont family, he eventually achieves his goals in finding his own identity as a coloured African boy from Mtesa. MAIN CHARACTERS The main characters in the book are Kungulu Zulu, Sarah Zulu (Kungulu's mother) and Charlie Bellmont (Matthew's Father).The minor characters are Catherine Bellmont, Charlie's sister, and Munique, the author of the book Matthew is reading.

Under African Skies

Under African Skies PDF Author: afterwards KEARTON FORREST (Ada)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Under African Skies

Under African Skies PDF Author: Janet Zoglin
Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.
ISBN: 9781932672107
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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From the author of Youth Peace Collective comes one woman 's tale of traveling through 15 African countries. Join her crossing the Sahara Desert, down the Zaire River, to the village of a Malawian native healer, and on the sad island capital of Malabo. Janet Zoglin survives malaria, a set-up drug bust, endless taxi-brusse rides and border officials to share with us a firsthand account of what can happen along the unpaved roads of the great continent. Interspersed with poignant human stories, this travelogue takes you on a trail of unpredictable occurrences, full of irony and compassion.