Notes from a Modern Chimurenga

Notes from a Modern Chimurenga
Author: Rinos Mwanaka
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1779296134

Notes from a Modern Chimurenga is an extensive collection of Zimbabwes political struggle short stories. It covers: the modern Chimurenga period from the formation of tribal trust lands (The Tortoise); the liberation wars (Zanzibar, Eating Whilst Running); the Gukurahundi massacre (Gukurahundi); the late 1990s democratic struggles pitting ZANUPF against the MDC (The List, Mbuya Chitungwiza, Operation Murambatsvina, Notes from Mai Mujurus Breast, Breaking the Silence); the individual struggle within this democratic struggle (Mushazhike, Nyadzonya); the resultant migration and exilitic stories (Limpopo Bones, Germinston 1401); the corruption (Nyakasikana, Tree of the Year); the mismanagement of the country, the beatings and killings (Leonard, Karidza, Raising A Cain again); and the continuing democratic struggles.

Keys in the River

Keys in the River
Author: Rinos Mwanaka
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2018-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1779272669

Keys in the River: New and Collected Stories, is a cycle of stories about life, love and spirituality, told as if the reader were sitting and listening to neighbors and friends talking about life. Some stories are tender, even comic; in others, tragedy and outrage lurk. The stories share a common thread, a noble stance in the struggle to find love, freedom, completeness, humanness and satisfaction.

Pfungwa Dzinovhima Vadiwa

Pfungwa Dzinovhima Vadiwa
Author: Kelmendi, Jeton
Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2019-08-23
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 177906490X

Thoughts Hunt The Loves is a selection of Jeton Kelmendi’s 54 poems which come from his two collections, Thoughts Hunt The Loves and I Knocked My Mind Against The Window, which were translated into Southern Africa’s biggest language, Shona. The original poems are in Albanian. It has poems that are as deep as the ocean’s bottom, philosophical ruminations, old wise insights, patriotic dreams, a love stage as high as the heavens, ruminations about the war, living in exile and the constant ache, or drive to want to unite his country Albania to be one country...; his poems are panoply of feelings, thoughts, reservations, residues that are brought up for us to devour in, in this magnificent collection.

Ashes

Ashes
Author: Weene, Kenneth
Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2019-08-23
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1779064861

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?

Chipo The Little Farmer

Chipo The Little Farmer
Author: Abraham Makamera
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2024-01-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1779331754

Chipo lived in the village with her parents. She was a brilliant girl at school and her dream was to become a great farmer when she grows up. This surprised her parents, but they agreed to support their daughter's ambition until she becomes famous in their village.

The Rhythm of Life

The Rhythm of Life
Author: Olivia Osuoha
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2019-12-19
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1779296045

The Rhythm of Life is a record breaking book written in rhyme. It covers many facets of life, bent on the lessons, methods, and realities of life. Ngozi Olivia Osuoha is a poet, writer, thinker, and hymnist. She has published seventeen poetry books, including one co-written. She has featured in over sixty five international anthologies, and has also published over two hundred and fifty poems and articles in over twenty countries.

Another Chance and the Reign of a Rogue: A Novella

Another Chance and the Reign of a Rogue: A Novella
Author: Chinweike Ofodile
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1779272731

Another Chance is essentially the account of the experience emanating from misplaced girlhood represented in the character Akwanwa. The novel highlights some of the critical questions related to Nigerian society.

Nationalism: (Mis)Understanding Donald Trumpís Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars

Nationalism: (Mis)Understanding Donald Trumpís Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars
Author: Mwanaka , Tendai Rinos
Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1779064845

In Nationalism: (Mis)Understanding Donald Trump’s Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars, Africa VS North America Vol 2, we have 10 essays, 3 fiction pieces, 51 poems, 2 plays from leading and upcoming writers, essayists, academicians and poets from the two regions, Africa and North America and their Diasporas, in these among other countries, USA, Canada, Sweden, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Kenya, UK etc…, coming together to transact around issues to do with the nationalism espoused by Donald Trump. Cornell dissects issues to do with blackness and racism using Fanon’s theories, Nyongesa deals with the Fetishism of Donald Trump’s policies known colloquially as Trumpism, Opicho calls it ‘inoracy’, Donald Trump’s statement, “Shit-hole”, some essayists took to the personal narrative you would find in Mhondera and Kantey’s essays, yet Pravda used the middle ground between playwriting, Filmmaking and the essay form, Ofodile investigates the problematic issue of Boko Horam terrorism in North Nigeria, Bearly looks at capitalism, so does Koffi with his French Language essay which is also translated into English, Ifeachor in his poem has praise for Donald Trump, Hall goes back to apartheid South Africa period and as a direct tangent Matshoba deals with Xenophobia in his letter written from the future. Smith looks at the white supremacist demonstrations, for or against Trump, Thompson and Swanson encourage us to unfocus on Donald Trump, and Thompson rightly blames us for allowing the likes of Donald Trump and the kind of Nationalism and Capitalism he stands for to grow. Thus this collection of writings is rich, robust and very interesting and will be invaluable to scholarship to do with Nationalism, Capitalism, Media freedoms, Global Politics, Racism and International trade.

Pano Calo

Pano Calo
Author: A. Mpashi
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2022-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1779272634

Ichi chitabo chilelanda palufyengo nomutitikisha waba muno chalo. Umwana uwali mwifumo lyakwa namayo balanshanya nechitumbi chamukote uo abantu baile mukushika. Umukote aeba umwana ukuti ekayefyalwa pachalo pantu tapaba cisuma nangu chimo. Umwana uwali mwifumo akana ati bamuleke akaye imwena. Panuma umukote nomwana ashilafyalwa basuminishanya ukuti pakuti umwana akeyemwenekesha ulufyengo lwaba muchalo, akayefyalwa chibulu. Pakulekelesha, amashiwi yamukote yafikilishiwa ilyo umwana aimwena ulufyengo lwaba muchalo...Written in magic realism, the novella exposes the absurdities of life, its injustices and hypocrisy. A corpse of an old man being taken for burial converses with an unborn child trying to persuade him not to be born in a cruel world. The child refuses to heed the advice and the two agree that the child should be born dumb and see for himself the folly of living. The old man's words prove to be true in a development of dramatic events.

Travellers Gather Dust and Lust

Travellers Gather Dust and Lust
Author: Mainoo, Gabriel Awuah
Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2020-03-02
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1779065019

Gabriel Awuah Mainoo is an award winning writer, a tennis professional, lyricist and playwright studying at the University of Cape Coast whose poem ‘Taunt’ won best satire of the year 2017 on VOAP: Voices of African poets. He serves as project manager to Ghana writes literary group and creative editor to WGM: Writers Global Movement magazine. His first published work ‘Afri-lad’ appeared on YMCA, 2016. Mainoo is an international anthologized poet who has featured on several journals, he is a contributor to Best New African Poets 2018, Bodies & Scars anthology, and poetry leaves bound volume among others. His next projects are three collections: ‘60 Aces of Haiku’, ‘Lyrical Textiles’ and ‘Chicken Wings’, a Christmas haiku. Many of his works, sometimes esoteric are well-known for their wonderful lyrical propensity and spontaneity. Critics affirm that his remarkable weave of words marks him as the ‘Lyricist Extraordinaire’.