Publisher: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania
Pages: 58
Year: 2011
Category: Anthologies & Collections, Children & Teens, Literature, Teen & Youth
Dimensions: 203 x 127 mm
Their Voices, Their Stories
Fiction by Bethsaida Orphan Girls’ Secondary School
UNICEF estimates that Tanzania has over three million orphans. The
Bethsaida Orphan Girls Secondary School seeks to help the most
vulnerable of Tanzania’s children. Founded by Mrs. Anna Machary in 2005
under the auspices of the non-governmental organization, the Olof Palme
Orphans Education Center, the school currently enrolls over 130 orphan
girls from all over the country, providing them with free housing,
meals, psychological support and a quality secondary education. This
book features short stories by thirteen students and has the dual
purpose of being a fundraiser for the school and giving the girls a
voice. It is a unique and enthralling work of fiction, Their Voices:
Their Stories ranges from magical realism to fable, from historical
fiction to bildungsroman. Under the professional and passionate
editorial guidance of Maryland professor Julie Wakeman-Linn, this
collection sings of the fears, anxieties and dreams of young Tanzanian
women, who pray their education will be the golden ticket out of lives
filled with poverty and abuse.
£23.00 – £24.00
About the editors
Julie Wakeman-Linn edits the Potomac Review and teaches at Montgomery College in Washington DC. Her novel, Chasing the Leopard; Finding the Lion was a finalist for Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize Literature for Social Change 2008. Visit Julie’s website here.
Review
“A unique and enthralling work of fiction, Th eir Voices: Th eir Stories ranges from magical realism to fable, from historical fiction to bildungsroman. Under the professional and passionate editorial guidance of Maryland professor Julie Wakeman-Linn, this collection sings of the fears, anxieties and dreams of young Tanzanian women, who pray their education will be the golden ticket out of lives filled with poverty and abuse. is work of fiction inspires us all that Nothing Is Impossible Under the Sun.”
Erika Koss, Director, F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference
“It is my hope that all young people who read these stories will be inspired. I pray to God that these girls’ dreams become true and they achieve success so they can become lawyers, judges, bankers, accountants and even writers.”
Dr. Marcellina Mvula Chijoriga Dean, University of Dar es Salaam Business School
“This is the best collection of short stories from Jane Morris so far! I did enjoy the stories and the complex plots. The African literary tradition is illustrated and represented well by these writers and stories. This is a collection for every lover of African literature. Educators and Sociologists take note and get as copy!”
Rosetta Codling, Examiner.com