African Literature

Elefanten Ekstase: Ein Gute-Laune-Namibia-Reisekrimi. Mit bayrischem Gemüt einen verschwundenen Naturschützer aufspüren: ein witzig-spannender Reiseroman. Urlaubslektüre & Geschenk für Afrika-Fans Zwischen Safari und Vermissten-Suche: Ein bayrischer Urlaubskrimi in Namibia Von Lupfershofen in die afrikanische Wildnis: Auch auf ihrer zweiten Reise durch Namibia sind die bayrischen Dorffreunde Fritz, Paul, Sepp und Hans hin und weg von der Wahnsinns-Wildnis dieses traumhaften Reiselandes. Zwischen sagenhaften Pirschfahrten und dem Genuss hiesiger Buschküchen-Schmankerl lassen sich die Kumpels die allgegenwärtige namibische Sonne auf den Bauch scheinen und schweben im siebten Safarihimmel! Doch plötzlich zerschmettert eine Unglücksnachricht die Urlaubsidylle: der Naturschützer Martin, ein Bekannter von Hans, ist bei einer Kanufahrt auf dem Okavango verschollen. Logisch, dass sich das altbewährte Ermittlerteam aus der bayerischen Provinz aufmacht, den vermissten Umweltschützer zu finden, bevor es zu spät ist!- Mehr als ein Reiseabenteuer: 4 bayrische Hobbyermittler lösen einen Fall- Witziger und spannender Roman über Namibia, Elefanten und das größte Naturschutzgebiet in Afrika- Etosha-Nationalpark und der flussreiche Nordosten Namibias: Wilde Tiere und grandiose Landschaften- Bayrische Gemütsruhe und Naturschutz-Drama: ein afrikanisches Abenteuer Der etwas andere Bayern-Krimi: auch für Nicht-Bayern ein Lesevergnügen! Krimi-Autorin Claudia du Plessis lebte selbst lange in Namibia. Ihre Begeisterung für das Land prägt dieses originelle Krimi-Reisebuch. Die vier Freunde aus dem dörflichen Fußballverein sind ebenso hingerissen von Land und Leuten - Ehrensache, dass sie sich beherzt aufmachen den vermissten Naturschützer aufzuspüren!Gehen Sie zusammen mit Fritz, Paul, Sepp und Hans auf eine turbulente Safari und fiebern Sie mit bei der Suche nach dem verschollenen Umweltschützer!PS: Kennen Sie bereits Band 1: Nashorn Nirwana von Claudia du Plessis? In diesem Namibia Reisesoftkrimi sind die vier bayrischen Dorffreunde zum ersten Mal im Reiseland Namibia auf Safari unterwegs und stolpern mitten hinein in einen Fall von Nashorn-Wilderei. Selbstredend, dass auch hier das Ermittlerteam aus der bayerischen Provinz seine Expertise einsetzt, um den Nashorn-Mördern auf die Spur zu kommen!

The unbelievable...After falling head over heels for Minister Leroy Smith and getting married, Carol Smith had no idea what she was getting into or what was in store for her future. Two years after their marriage, Leroy is called into full-time ministry and started Lakeside Baptist Church. Carol never dreamed of marrying a minister or a pastor. However, she has to find a way to support Leroy's vision and become someone she thought she would never be...the First Lady.The unthinkable...Walking in this role, First Lady quickly finds out that it is more than what she bargained for. The countless women that threw themselves at her husband, the lies and deceitful behavior to get in his ear, and being determined to take her spot. Dealing with women who judged any and everything she did and said, all while her husband is changing with the power, control, and manipulation, causing him to be seduced and succumb to the various temptations.The inevitable...While First Lady's life is falling apart, her marriage and her husband's indiscretions, her faith in God, and her instability to keep a job are all lying in the balance, and she must decide if she will continue to live with the shenanigans of a marriage or leave her marriage to regain her sanity and peace of mind...

Nashorn Nirwana: Ein Namibia Reisekrimi. Mit bayerischer Gemütsruhe afrikanische Wilderer zu Fall bringen: ein witzig-spannendes Krimi-Reisebuch. Urlaubslektüre & Geschenk für Afrika-Fans Es begann als Safari-Reise: Ein bayrischer Urlaubskrimi in Namibia Von Lupfershofen in die afrikanische Wildnis: Als ihr Freund Hans endlich seine familiären Wurzeln kennenlernen möchte, schließen seine Kumpels aus dem Fußballverein sich kurzentschlossen an. Schließlich klingt eine Safari-Tour durch die namibische Wüste nach spannendem Abenteuer!Was Fritz, Paul, Sepp und Hans jedoch noch nicht ahnen: Neben Ausflügen zu faszinierenden Sehenswürdigkeiten Namibias und köstlichen einheimischen Schlemmereien lauern in dem wunderschönen Land auch grausame Wilderer. Klarer Fall, dass hier das Ermittlerteam aus der bayerischen Provinz seine Expertise einsetzt, um Nashorn-Mördern auf die Spur zu kommen!- Mehr als ein Reiseabenteuer: 4 bayrische Hobbyermittler lösen einen Fall- Witziger und spannender Roman über Namibia und Wilderei in Afrika- Namib-Wüste und Etosha-Nationalpark: Wilde Tiere und grandiose Landschaften- Bayrische Gemütsruhe und Naturschutz-Drama: ein afrikanisches Abenteuer- Der etwas andere Bayern-Krimi: auch für Nicht-Bayern ein Lesevergnügen! Wenn Bayern reisen: ein Softkrimi, der Lust auf ferne Länder macht! Krimi-Autorin Claudia du Plessis lebte selbst lange in Namibia. Ihre Begeisterung für das Land prägt dieses originelle Krimi-Reisebuch. Die vier Freunde aus dem dörflichen Fußballverein sind ebenso hingerissen von Land und Leuten - Ehrensache, dass sie sich beherzt auf die Jagd nach den Wilderern machen!Gehen Sie zusammen mit Fritz, Paul, Sepp und Hans auf eine turbulente Safari und fiebern Sie mit beim Kampf gegen den illegalen Nashorn-Handel!PS: Kennen Sie bereits Band 2 Elefanten Ekstase von Claudia du Plessis? In diesem Reisesoftkrimi sind die vier bayrischen Dorffreunde zum zweiten Mal in Namibia unterwegs, diesmal im wilden Nordosten des Landes. Die Bayern schweben im siebten Safarihimmel, da verschwindet plötzlich der Umweltschützer Martin, ein Bekannter von Hans. Ehrensache, dass sie sich beherzt aufmachen, den vermissten Naturschützer aufzuspüren!

Joseph Conrad's last completed novel is a masterpiece of narrative tension and psychological insight. Set in the late eighteenth century and centred around the morally ambiguous figure of Captain Peyrot--a seafarer returning to France in the wake of the revolutionary Terror--The Rover presents a compelling vision of a life lived outside of law and social convention. Like much of Conrad's greatest work, this once-neglected text is shot through with its author's hard-won insights into the drama and tragedy of life at sea and his extraordinary sensitivity to ethical and political complexities. It deserves to be recognised at last as one of the major novels of the early Modernist period.

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In the play "More Serious Than Tears," we witness a dramatic tale filled with love, betrayal, and tragedy. Uchechukwu, a man torn between his own desires and his family's happiness, makes a fateful decision that shatters Amaka's heart. Despite his family's objections, Uchechukwu marries Cecilia, a woman who seemingly mesmerizes him. As the story unfolds, the audience is taken on a journey that exposes the manipulative nature of Cecilia. With her hypnotic charm, she ensnares Uchechukwu, ultimately leading to his demise. Through treachery and deceit, Cecilia poisons him, bringing a tragic end to their tumultuous relationship."More Serious Than Tears" delves into the complexities of human emotions, exploring themes of love, envy, and the destructive power of manipulation. The play captures the audience's attention with its intense storyline and showcases the devastating consequences of choices made in the name of love.

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This is verse drama of epic proportions draped in iambic pentameter with echoes of Greek drama, commingled with entry and exit points of an omniscient narrator. In this experimental theatre, the author succeeds in an interesting innovation that merges lofty versification with straight-forward prose and histrionics such that interesting elements of Modern Theatre are brought together in an innovative way. Patrons and students of the theatre would find thought-provoking ideas of experimentation to grapple with in The Ashanti Prince. In the end the power play shifts towards a dichotomy of ethics and aesthetics.

Rose is lied to by her mother...that she was being sent to an uncle in another village so she can go to school. Unknown to her, her mother has collected money from a devious cousin who has traded her into marriage. Rose arrives the uncle's place to discover she is now in a money marriage. The story of Rose is true. But the Money Woman movie has been modified into fiction for a viewing audience. This does not however reduce the effect of this form of menace.The book, Money Woman, not only consists of the fictional version of Rose's story but true tales from interviews conducted with:1.Dorathy from Ugbakoko II, sold to a man ten times older than her.2.Gift who was gambled for N3,500 (approx. $15) by her father.3.Mercy from Ugbakoko I who was sold to offset her mother's medical bills before she was 4 years old.4.Vivian a Becheve girl snatched from school and beaten for resisting marriage.5.Dorathy from Katele who was bought, widowed and willed.

Kayode hasn't had a job in seven years.<BR><BR>Can't we juss name it? - Ur depressed.<BR><BR>He needs to get help -<BR><BR>Therapy won't undo the spell, Kayode.<BR><BR>His marriage is suffering -<BR><BR>I need ya help ta stage an intervention.<BR><BR>His mother knows what to do.<BR><BR>The Lord told me and I went to Pastor Matanmi.<BR><BR>Can Kayode be cured?<BR><BR>Juju exists, spirits battle and the witches and wizards of Lagos chant loudly in East London.<BR><BR>Dipo Baruwa-Etti's debut play premiered at The Yard, London, in April 2020.

Zwei junge Ärztinnen, zwei Kontinente und eine große LiebeDie mitreißende Geschichte über Ricardas Töchter Henny und Antonia - Die heißersehnte Fortsetzung der Bestsellerserie 'Die Ärztin'Von Berlin nach Afrika - Helene Sommerfeld entführt ihre Leserinnen in eine faszinierende Welt und ZeitBerlin und Afrika, 1928. Henny und Antonia sind die Töchter der berühmten Ärztin Ricarda Thomasius. Obwohl sie unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, verbindet sie die Liebe zur Medizin. Während Henny sich in Berlin eine Praxis für Onkologie aufbaut und für Furore sorgt, träumt die jüngere Toni davon, an den Ort ihrer Kindheit, Ostafrika, zurückzukehren. Nun, mit 27, ist sie auf dem Schiff, das sie diesem Traum näher bringt - gegen den Willen ihrer Mutter, die lange in Afrika gelebt hat. In Daressalam angekommen, fühlt Toni sich sofort zu Hause. Doch die Liebe zu einem geheimnisvollen Mann und ihre unkonventionelle Hilfe für Einheimische bringen sie in große Gefahr. Als Nachricht aus Afrika kommt, dass Toni verschollen ist, muss Familie Thomasius eine Entscheidung treffen ...Für Leserinnen spannender und emotional mitreißender Geschichten über starke Frauen in der nahen VergangenheitVon Helene Sommerfeld ist bei dtv außerdem die Serie über Polizeiärztin Magda Fuchs erschienen.

"Much has happened to me that is worth narrating, worth celebrating, in spite of the regrets and sorrows of exile. My life began under Apartheid until I attained the age of 22, and then subsequently lived in many places and societies, in Central Africa, Britain, the United States, Poland, and during a brief sojourn, in France and, finally, in Switzerland." - Lewis Nkosi in 'Memoirs of a motherless child'This rich volume is dedicated to the astounding South African writer and literary critic Lewis Nkosi (1936-2010). In this book, Nkosi's celebrated one-act play "The Black Psychiatrist" is published together with its unpublished sequel "Flying Home," a play on the satirically fictionalized inauguration of Mandela as South African president. Critical appraisals, tributes and recollections by scholars and friends reflect on the beat of his writing and life.An ideal volume for those encountering Lewis Nkosi for the first time as well as for those already devoted to his work.

'Mit Mengiste beginnt in der Literatur eine neue Zeitrechnung.' Zoë BeckAls Mussolini 1935 in Äthiopien einfällt, trifft er auf einen unerwarteten Widerstand: Krankenpflegerinnen, Köchinnen, Dienstmägde. Bereit, sich mit ihren Brüdern und Vätern gegen die Faschisten zu behaupten. Die junge Hirut, eine Waise in den Diensten eines Offiziers von Kaiser Selassie, ist eine von ihnen. Als Selassie sich ins englische Exil flüchtet, droht Äthiopien mit seinem Anführer auch die Hoffnung zu verlieren. Und ausgerechnet Hirut findet einen Weg, das Land zu inspirieren. An der Seite des Schattenkönigs, einem armen Musikanten, der dem Kaiser zum Verwechseln ähnlich sieht, rettet sie ihre Heimat vor der Selbstaufgabe und wird kurz zur Herrin ihres Schicksals.

The Obi family live a charmed life, the picture of success and love. But when their only son Emeka marries a woman his parents deem unworthy, the ties that bind begin to unravel. Wealthy, happy and successful, Emeka’s world changes when he sets his eyes on Anita, a beautiful teacher who captures his heart. Though his family disapproves, Emeka is determined to make her his wife. But after what was supposed to be a brief introductory ceremony, his perfect world begins to collapse around him.Determined to build a happy life with his new bride, Emeka keeps his family at a distance. But he soon finds himself immersed in desperate schemes of his overbearing parents, which gets out of hand when he uncovers a secret that threatens to tear the family apart. Now, the Obi family members are in danger of losing everything they hold dear. The unimaginable is happening and series of events have already begun to push them into the darkest tunnels of their lives. Will they be able to weather this storm or will they be swept away by the tide?

The Waiting Room and The Christmas PresentWaiting on God is an essential Christian value. Sometimes doubt creeps into our hearts and we become discouraged. Discouragement opens the door to anxiety, grief and uncertainty-these together bring about suffocation. The Waiting Room is a play that reveals a man's effort to find a greener pasture that eventually leads him to an unhealthy relationship, thereby putting his home at risk of collapse. The play also pursues a cultural theme that encourages the exploration of other cultures. The Christmas Present reminds us of how easy it is to get so wrapped up in daily duties and so-called obligations that we forget about relationships and people who need us and what we can give. All the frantic impersonal activity will someday pass away, but what we do for people in Christ's name will last forever and yield eternal results.

This celebrated, indelible debut novel, by Achu 'RifleX' Ebong Mba, gives voice to both young man and young lady as they tell the story of their long-distance romance, and the forces that threaten to tear it apart. Demi and Yonas have been dating for almost six years since they met on social media. Though their families expect them to only take spouses from their respective tribes and/or country, Demi and Yonas promise each other to fight the traditions and break the mold. Eight years into their long-distance romance, after wearying and extensive battles with both Demi's family and Yonas family, their future is endangered when Yonas bails out of their pact cascading their relationship into demise. Depleted, contrite, and filled with regret, Yonas knows the only way to save their relationship and keep his promise to Demi is to go back for his beloved. But is he too late?An exhilarating novel of immeasurable emotional power, No Such Thing As Halfway asks how much we are willing to sacrifice for the sake of love or for the sake of family.

Hundreds of years have separated Wyndel Blackman and his mother from his father's homeland in Africa. Now they have come from America to scatter his father's Ashes. What will they learn on this journey? What will they teach the people of that distant community?

This open issue of African Theatre is a departure from the traditional themed format to showcase the plethora of styles, approaches and perspectives that populate the contemporary field of African theatre studies, with contributions from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana. Focusing mainly on case studies, contributors engage a variety of performance forms, ranging from investigations into radical dramatic and popular musical performances, through "street theatre" (festivals and masquerade shows) and pop culture, to consideration of applied theatre, dance, audience, cultural performances and folktales. Articles address African American and African cultural dialogue, choreographic study and the carnivalization of indigenous African festivals. Others look at pan- Africanism and the concept of a global Africa; contesting stigmatization of disability; performance of nationality, as well as orality and African performance aesthetics.Highlighted in this volume is the playscript of the detective play The Inspector and the Hero by Femi Osofisan, one of Africa's foremost playwrights.Volume Editor: CHUKWUMA OKOYESeries Editors: Yvette Hutchison, Reader, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick; Chukwuma Okoye, Reader in African Theatre & Performance, University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.

FROM STRUGGLES AND PAINS TO HOPE AND GAINSWhat began in tragedy has become a great triumph of love, family, and purpose.Bamo Toure's story began before he was born. The heart and hopes of Diaka, his mother, were shattered when a romance ended in a cruel dismissal. Alone and pregnant, Diaka is disowned by her father. After spiraling into a deep depression, she travels from the metropolitan city of Abidjan to the rural village of Oume where she finds her calling as a teacher. Then tragedy strikes...Though Bamo loses his mother at an early age, her legacy continues, and the love for Bamo, son of Diaka, is demonstrated over his childhood as he moves from home to home, living with many mothers, proving the African adage, "It takes a village to raise a child."After growing up in Oume, Bamo leaves the Ivory Coast to continue his education in the United States. An unlikely friendship, social media fame, and the realization of his purpose brings Bamo back to Oume with resources to help the village he loves so much. The Adventures of Bamo is an emotional novel about the strength of the human spirit and the undeniable power of purpose.