The Expedition to the Baobab Tree
Author: Wilma Stockenström
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 111
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Author: Wilma Stockenström
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 111
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Publisher: Archipelago
Published: 2014-04-15
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1935744933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearning to survive in the harsh interior of Southern Africa, a former slave seeks shelter in the hollow of a baobab tree. For the first time since she was a young girl her time is her own, her body is her own, her thoughts are her own. In solitude, she is finally able to reflect on her own existence and its meaning, bringing her a semblance of inner peace. Scenes from her former life shuttle through her mind: how owner after owner assaulted her, and how each of her babies were taken away as soon as they were weaned, their futures left to her imagination. We are the sole witnesses to her history: her capture as a child, her tortured days in a harbor city on the eastern coast as a servant, her journey with her last owner and protector, her flight, and the kaleidoscopic world of her baobab tree. Wilma Stockenström's profound work of narrative fiction, translated by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, is a rare, haunting exploration of enslavement and freedom.
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780868500706
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Published: 2014-05-10
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781461958918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA truly remarkable contribution, both for the lyrical quality of its prose and for its boldly imaginative theme. World Literature Today
Author: Allison (Allison Lynn) Fillmore
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 234
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lorna Sage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-09-30
Total Pages: 708
ISBN-13: 9780521668132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn alphabetized volume on women writers, major titles, movements, genres from medieval times to the present.
Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-09-04
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0062696742
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist Viviana Mazza. A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband—these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren’t too far out of reach. But the girl’s dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she is forced to follow her captors’ radical beliefs and watch as her best friend slowly accepts everything she’s been told. Still, the girl defends her existence. As impossible as escape may seem, her life—her future—is hers to fight for.
Author: G.E. Wickens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-03-02
Total Pages: 535
ISBN-13: 1402064314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. This book fills a gap in the botanical literature. It deals with a genus that has fascinated and intrigued scientists and lay persons for centuries.
Author: Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
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Published: 1877
Total Pages: 516
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Publisher: London : J. Murray
Published: 1856
Total Pages: 526
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