The High Flier and Other Stories

The High Flier and Other Stories

by Jairus Omuteche
The High Flier and Other Stories

The High Flier and Other Stories

by Jairus Omuteche

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Overview

The High Flier and Other Stories is a collection of twelve exciting short stories from across Africa. The collection focuses on pertinent issues which touch on social, economic and political aspects of life such as the place of the African girl child, personal relationships in a changing cultural universe, female exploitation and choice, interracial relationships, HIV and AIDS, political disillusionment and betrayal, prison life, and disability. The stories provide insight into the issues that dominate contemporary debates in Africa from some the continents most well-known writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ngugi wa Thiong o, Grace Ogot, Chiedza Musengezi, Seam O Toole, Chika Unigwe, Mildred Kiconco Barya, Mzana Mthimkhulu, Leila Aboulela, Alex la Guma, Vivienne Ndlovu and Leteipa ole Sunkuli.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789966566072
Publisher: East African Educational Publishers
Publication date: 12/29/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 182
File size: 3 MB

Table of Contents

A Mercedes Funeral – Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Mukoma Amos – Chiedza Musengezi

The Road to Rephile – Seam O’Toole

The Day Independence Came – Chika Unigwe

Scars of Earth – Mildred Kiconco Barya

The High Flier – Mzana Mthimkhulu

The White Veil – Grace Ogot

Something Old, Something New – Leila Aboulela

Tattoo Marks and Nails – Alex la Guma

Jumping Monkey Hill – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Homecoming – Vivienne Ndlovu

They Sold My Sister – Leteipa ole Sunkuli

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