The Village Boy

The Village Boy
Author: Oloya Uma
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434998894

The Village Boy

The Village Boy
Author: Ayuba Mshelia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1438970447

Memoirs of a Village Boy

Memoirs of a Village Boy
Author: Xosé Neira Vilas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2021-12-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9789543841189

There are three bestsellers of Galician literature: The Carpenter's Pencil by Manuel Rivas, a love story set in the Spanish Civil War; Winter Letters by Agustín Fernández Paz, about a man who decides to find out if a haunted house is really haunted (this title is also available from Small Stations Press); and perhaps most famously of all Memoirs of a Village Boy by Xosé Neira Vilas. This book, according to Wikipedia, is the most published work of Galician literature and has sold 700,000 copies in the Galician language. Now this work is being made available in an English translation by John Rutherford, founder of the Centre for Galician Studies at Oxford University and translator of Don Quixote and La Regenta for Penguin Classics. The book is a diary kept by Balbino, a village boy, 'in other words a nobody'. In the first chapter, he describes the village as 'a mixture of mud and smoke, where the dogs howl and the people die "when God sees fit"'. He would like to see the world, to go over seas and lands he doesn't know. He was born and brought up in the village, but now it feels small, cramped, as if he was living in a beehive. Behind the detailed description of village life, there is a fierce indictment of the iniquities of Galicia's feudal system, which is remarkable in a book first published in 1961, at the height of Franco's rule. Memoirs of a Village Boy paints a picture of the hardships and hard-won joys of life in a Galician village in the middle of the twentieth century, a life that was once common, but is now distant from our technology-dominated lives. It is a book to relish as one is transported by the richness of the language to another place and time.

The Village Boy

The Village Boy
Author: Ayuba Mshelia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2009-06-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1467850365

The story Village Boy is about the social and familial upheavals and confl icts caused by the introduction, in the early 20th century, by a group of Christian missionaries, of Western cultural traditions among an erstwhile peaceful and selfsuffi cient agricultural sedentary people. These cultural incursions led to the annihilation of the peoples native traditions and cultures, including those of Kachiya and Mbwarhatha(circumcision and grind room- the only place where on a daily basis young men could meet and fl irt with young women in the evenings) which were the sole socialization instruments of the tribe. The fulcrums of our culture and traditions that have sustained us for all these years can now no longer hold, commented the tribal elder, Tapchi, to a boyhood friend, Aji, fi ve years after the coming of the missionaries; everything is different and in a sorry chaos! This breakdowns led to the mass exodus of the youth to the distant emerging cities of Kano, Jos, Kaduna ,and, yes, even Lagos. These new immigrants, however, faced steep competition for jobs both from the citys residents and from other migrants who had converged on the cities from all corners of the countryside. Their meager education forced them into menial jobs, such as house boys or store clerks; few were able to secure even low-level government jobs. The social confl ict and upheaval was partially resolved, to some minimally acceptable levels, by the regular annual visits of those who had left the land, bringing with them gifts of tea, sugar, bread, and items of clothing which were generously and lavishly shared with relatives and neighbours. Some few who had made it, in the city even came with their own mettika (cars). But things are not always as gloomy as is refl ected in the lives of Madu, Dalla, and, to some extent, Hassana in the stories that follow. Some of the tribes migrant sons and daughters to the cities (like Madu in the story) took to politics and became active, relevant and prominent during the early years of self-rule and eventual Independence. Education has been, and continues to be, the social instrument of mobility for the children of the migrants and for those who remained on the land, as for example, Dalla. They can now be found in all sectors of the Nigerian society, as educators, business men, politicians and high cadre civil servants.

Village Boy

Village Boy
Author: Anietie Usen
Publisher: Parresia Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2021-04-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9789789831074

Thrilling, funny, irresistible and full of suspense, Village Boy is not just a real-life saga of a poverty-stricken boy who overcame incredible obstacles and prevailed against all odds. It is the inimitable and absorbing adventure into the village life in southern Nigeria, especially AkwaCross States. For adults, it is a nostalgia to relish. For the younger generation, this is not just a breezy window to the 60s and 7Os, but the veritable binoculars to trace the footsteps of their parents and grandparents, in the proverbial good old days. And for teachers and students in secondary and tertiary institutions, this is a study in creative writing. Unputdownable.

Kunle the Village Boy

Kunle the Village Boy
Author: Babatunde Solarin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2008
Genre: Boys
ISBN: 9789781429477

"Kunle, who lives in the village with his parents, is happy about the simple way of life there. He especially enjoys the time he spends with his friends and the adventures he gets from the colourful yearly festivals."--

The Ambitious Village Boy

The Ambitious Village Boy
Author: DILI Nwankwo
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-25
Genre:
ISBN:

Obinna's desire to reap where he did not sow moves him to sow the wind. Will he avoid the inevitable consequence, reaping the whirlwind? Obinna's uncle proposes a way out of poverty but the township wolves promise an easier way. The two options dangle before Obinna like red carrots. And his choice....

African Village Boy

African Village Boy
Author: Matshwene Moshia
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2006-10-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 142597094X

This Book is based on 100 % true story Preface "At times when I recall your life from the past, pleasure comes rushing through my neural systems mainly because having been grown up in remote rural villages of Moletjie area, I know that one might loose hope of reaching the stars." That was my buddy trying to sum up my life with few words. Poverty couldn't be the wall to boundary my potentiality, but I have built the foundation of my victory based on history. Along the thorny road to reaching my dreams, lots of salty tears escaped my ocular boundaries and I have tasted about few milliliters of them. This includes the time when the Bantu Education teachers sjamboked me to the level where I could not sit nor walk. I dropped schooling for sometimes. The life of a poor village boy was nothing but anything parallel or below zero. Indeed my history has determined my destiny. Today I'm a Fulbright Scholar. My stomach has taken many forms during my metamorphosis stage of growth and development. From a ballooned stiff stomach - airbag like, caused by malnutrition and poverty at young age to an elastic fresh healthy one as a result of feeding from balanced diets and high nutritive value of daily intakes. The colonizers - the Afrikaners, European gangsters and the ruthless Botha's of my country (South Africa) has planted crops on the soil of my motherland without giving it proper fertility. He harvested and emigrated with a bag full of wealth. Today the soil of our land, dry as it is, cannot even serve a mere seed of corn to germinate. Is as barren as Hannah, the wife of Elkanah in the Old testament of the Bible, but she later gave birth to a Prophet-Samuel. My motherland shall recuperate, and yesterday will never see the present day. I consider myself as a powerful seed, the seed of power that germinated and survived the apartheid of South Africa, Corporal punishment of Bantu education system, lightning's and thunderstorms of the cold blooded witches of the village while dwelling in a clay hut and shack, all this with almost empty stomach and a condition vulnerable to diseases and poor health service. My smiles hide my feelings and portray my feelings, because I'm a survivor of a village hatred bestowed upon underprivileged family. I'm thankful to the saccharine expressions that my parents taught me to utter to every human being including the extraterrestrials and strangers. Bantu education system of South Africa was not meant to be an education but the Afrikaner's strategy of keeping black man's kids away from streets, away from committing crime and stealing the harvest of his field. I've grown up walking barefooted in the village streets and the wild jungle of the village looking after my grandma's goats, for that was the only wealth the family possessed. Enjoy reading my road; I shall fall and suffer no more. For I was raised by the experienced. I was typing while listening to my memory speaks the past, I smiled, I cried, I laughed and above all, I prayed. Thanks GOD. A Fulbright Fellow I became. Blessed is the man who trusts in God.

Potupo Ju: an Autobiography of ''The Village Boy'' I Must Finish 8Th Grade

Potupo Ju: an Autobiography of ''The Village Boy'' I Must Finish 8Th Grade
Author: W. Pawoo Sr.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2009-09-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1465318011

The story of my life in my tribal village of Butikon, Liberia, West Africa is an account of a cultural experience with my people in Potupo District, River Gee County, Liberia, and West Africa. Because of its secrecy, mystery, or concealment, I am not in the position to explain the detailed secrets of my traditional society, but only to explain that I left my tribe at a very early age to live with another tribe so as to attend school. Yes, I am an African, Liberian, Tribal, and a village boy who speak my tribal dialect.

The Village’s Boy

The Village’s Boy
Author: Jesus C. Torres
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019-02-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1973652536

When author Jesus C. Torres was growing up in El Salvador, he thought it was the best place in the world and that he would never want to leave. He was part of a large loving family and lived in a close-knit community. Christianity was on the rise. But then war came to the country and to his village. In The Village’s Boy, Torres shares his story including details about his family, his step into Christianity, his baptism, and how he survived the horrors of the war that killed many. This memoir uncovers the hard reality of El Salvador’s twelve years of war, and at the same time tells how God’s intervention was manifested toward his people. Torres narrates how the pages of the Bible became alive in the midst of tragedy. Containing important Christian messages and vignettes from Torres’ life, The Village’s Boy serves to inspire others faced with challenges to persevere and to find hope in Jesus Christ.