Documents pour «Mwanaka Media and Publishing»

Documents pour "Mwanaka Media and Publishing"
Affiche du document Mad Bob Repuplic: Bloodlines, Bile and a Crying Child

Mad Bob Repuplic: Bloodlines, Bile and a Crying Child

Rinos Mwanaka

1h01min30

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
82 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h01min.
Vote rigging, voter apathy, intimidations, biased reporting, hubristic political leaders, political gerrymandering, a confused world, and a tired and timid electorate: add to this the decay or death of every governance system or structure in Zimbabwe alongside an economy that is all but dead. These are the issues addressed in this poetry collection Mad Bob Republic. Is there an end to Zimbabwe�s problems? The poet contributes to ongoing discourses on the country.
Accès libre
Affiche du document Cultural Hybridity and Fixity

Cultural Hybridity and Fixity

Andrew Nyongesa

2h28min30

  • Divers
  • Youscribe plus
198 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h28min.
Immigrants who travel and settle in foreign countries face challenges due to cultural differences or even deliberate segregation by dominant groups. In their attempt to negotiate their existence, some decide to stick to the culture of their mother nations and some stand in the middle, and blend some aspects of their mother culture and the new culture. Although immigrants who remain closer to their own cultures are easily spotted and relegated, they are assigned a place on the identity continuum, whereas immigrants who choose to stand in the middle run the danger of being neither this nor that, neither here nor there, and can undergo severe internal fragmentation. In this book, Cultural Hybridity and Fixity: Strategies of Resistance in Migration Literatures, Andrew Nyongesa delves into these two strategies of resistance and analyzes the merits and demerits of each with reference to Safi Abdi�s fiction.
Accès libre
Affiche du document A Conversation

A Conversation

Rinos Mwanaka

1h21min45

  • Divers
  • Youscribe plus
109 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
A Conversation�, A Contact has 22 fiction pieces around themes to do with political struggle, love relationships, heartbreaks and the resulting breakdowns, dreams, folklores, life, spirituality, anger, hate, grief, and all sorts of other human breaths.
Accès libre
Affiche du document Africanization and Americanization Anthology, Volume 1

Africanization and Americanization Anthology, Volume 1

3h45min45

  • Divers
  • Youscribe plus
301 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h46min.
Africanization and Americanization Anthology, Volume 1: Searching for Inter-racial, Interstitial, Inter-sectional, and Interstates meeting spaces, Africa Vs North America, comprises of 107 pieces from 43 poets, 4 essayists, 6 storytellers, and 1 playwright from North America and Africa regions: professors, leading theorists and researchers. The contributors are: Barbara Foley, Barbara Howard, Biko Agozino, poets; A.D Winans, Tim Hall, C Liegh McInnis, Nat Turner, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Changming Yuan, Tiel Aisha Ansari, Diane Raptosh, Wanjohi wa Makokha, storytellers; Paris Smith, Sheree Ren�e Thomas, and journalists; Kenneth Weene and several other essayists, street poets, academicians, musicians, visual artists... This collection is vibrant, discursive, penetrating, and is invaluable to literary and language experts, poetry collections, social and human scientists, political theorists, race theorists, development practioners, students, general readers and many others.
Accès libre
Affiche du document epochs of morning light: prose poems

epochs of morning light: prose poems

Elena Botts

1h22min30

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
110 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
�In poet and artist Elena Botts� new poetry collection: epochs of morning light, we see a shimmering, variegated new voice; we hear: �where the trees still talk to each other, and winter feels like a song...� (from When I have died we will be here). We feel the weather of her emotions; a contract with the ethereal and the visceral, as when we stand within the short but large poem: blossoms back to under the earth: �I felt your ghost move through me out past the Baltic as though you had been in my heart the whole time.� In this sensual canvas, beauty never suffers from loneliness, nor the sublime. Each poem herein as Botts wanders memory and weaves tapestries of word worlds, reveals a true and original voice in modern poetry: allowing light to conquer darkness; darkness to defy the estate of the sun, and colors mixed in ways only an artist of the pen could fathom�� - Robert Milby, Hudson Valley New York poet, Poet Laureate, Orange County, NY 2017-2019
Accès libre
Affiche du document A Dark Energy

A Dark Energy

Rinos Mwanaka

1h47min15

  • SF et fantasy
  • Youscribe plus
143 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h47min.
Don is the only child of a happy family full of love, but it does not last. At 6 years old Don�s parents are burned in a fire through arson, and suspects his father�s brother is the culprit. As the family fights over his father's wealth nobody wants anything to do with Don, particularly the Uncle whom he suspects of arson and ends up taking most of his father�s wealth. After a difficult upbringing in orphanages and living with an abusive old man Don starts working as an agent in Central Investigations Organisation, Zimbabwe�s security intelligence organisation. Despite this apparent success Don never deals with the existential dilemmas he has as a result of his childhood. He becomes a loner, he doesn't believe in love, marriage, or happiness... until he meets Lilian. Soon after he is called into the president�s office to cover up an extramarital affair. When a political rival of the president, the corrupt defence minister, �bones� gets wind of the cover up and unsuccessfully tries to blackmail Don something terrible happens and Don becomes thrown back into the darkness. Straddling literary genres this novel explores themes related to family, love, politics, life and existence. It is the story of a man pushed to breaking point and how that, inevitably, impacts society.
Accès libre
Affiche du document South Africa and United Nations Peacekeeping Offensive Operations

South Africa and United Nations Peacekeeping Offensive Operations

Antonio Garcia

1h54min45

  • Politique
  • Youscribe plus
153 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h55min.
The creation of the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) as the sharp tactical edge of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), tasked with the neutralising of armed groups, was a watershed moment in the history of modern peace missions. What was more significant was that sub-Saharan national leaders were instrumental in the creation of the FIB (South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi), but lacked the resources to deploy such a force and consequently the brigade was deployed under the banner of the UN. With the legacy of an African Renaissance, and its role in the conception of the FIB, South Africa remains a critical player in international peace and security in sub-Saharan Africa, and therefore holds a key strategic role in achieving the FIB�s objectives. This comes at a critical time where blue helmets are increasingly exposed to complex and challenging security contexts. The aim of this work is to provide a conceptual model for South African military future operations and UN offensive peacekeeping operations. In this undertaking, a layer of military and Clausewitzian theory is added to offensive peacekeeping operations. Furthermore, there are sections on operational constructs (capstone and operating concepts), doctrine and structural elements, as well a section on mine action. This book contributes towards an understanding of the nature of modern strategy through the lens of UN offensive peacekeeping operations and provides insights into operational challenges.
Accès libre
Affiche du document How the Twins Grew Up

How the Twins Grew Up

Rinos Mwanaka

56min15

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
75 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 56min.
This English/Shona edtion of How the Twins Grew Up brings authentic biographical stories of two twin brothers. The stories take place in their family circle, at school, at home or in the backyard. It is written as a realistic prose narrative with a humorous intonation, unexpected dramatic twists and interesting punch lines. The stories are short and concise, with effective endings and situations, full of laughter, caricature and absurdity. The book has been translated into 20 languages and has received several awards. For those who love humour and want to return to their childhood, these stories will come as a real refreshment and a unique artistic experience.
Accès libre
Affiche du document Under The Steel Yoke

Under The Steel Yoke

Jabulani Mzinyathi

51min00

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
68 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 51min.
In Under The Steel Yoke I hear the wailing of fellow citizens as leadership subversion takes root. When servants become masters- that is a subversion, waves of despair threaten our people. I attempt to reflect the resilience of fellow Zimbabweans as we fight on for survival, hope refuses to die. The ideals of the true liberators prick our collective conscience. These poems are meant to provoke debate about nation building and they are an assertion that there can never be peace without justice. These poems are the voices heard on the streets, in pubs, factories, churches, homes and wherever our people irk a living. These voices yearn for a glorious future.
Accès libre
Affiche du document I Threw a Star in a Wine Glass

I Threw a Star in a Wine Glass

Fethi Sassi

1h27min00

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
116 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h27min.
This careful selection of short poems, I Threw a Star in a Wine Glass, originally written in Arabic and translated into English can offer you a passport to live for other planets never imagined. With love and soft fragrance, works the poet Fethi Sassi to realize a dream, that was until now, breathing in the depth of his personality.
Accès libre
Affiche du document fly in a beehive

fly in a beehive

Thato Tshukudu

55min30

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
74 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 55min.
fly in a beehive is a cascade of truths dissecting an array of societal and personal subjects. The collection takes the reader through themes of gender, race, relationships, mental health and infidelity. Thato Tshukudu is 2017 National Winner of the Poetry in McGregor competition, South Africa and is featured in the 2016 and 2017 issues of Best New African Poets Anthology, Volume VIII of the Sol Plaatje European Union anthology, Better Than Starbucks, and Poetry Potion. Thato�s poetry delves into issues challenging the status quo whilst offering solace for troubled souls.
Accès libre
Affiche du document A Case of Love and Hate

A Case of Love and Hate

Chenjerai Mhondera

1h00min45

  • Humour
  • Youscribe plus
81 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h1min.
Quotes are great source of knowledge, wisdom and insight. They help us to learn through forerunners and pathfinders who pioneered certain paths in life that we are yet to travel. They are great tools to reinforce and reaffirm what we already know but do not understand, or what we do and react to in our daily basis but do not make a philosophy out of it. It is such ignored realities or less attended to histories and discoveries which when they become words uttered by famous or successful people they become quotes, references and philosophy enough to help us accept it, or an idea, we apply it and see transformations in our lives. Quotes discover a philosophy, strengthen a belief or ideology, create a driving force in people to pursue their dreams. They are an effective weapon to uphold or dismiss certain philosophies in our midst. They are sophisticated way or simple art of using few words to mean a lot. A Case of Love and Hate is a book to give you insights, uphold and dismiss certain philosophies or notions in our midst, be it politically, socially and economically. To achieve this complex task, difficult and great piece of art, the author Cecil Jones Myondela (Chenjerai Mhondera) committed himself to intense focus, long term diligence, and effort. Success in every field requires a definite goal, burning desire to go after it and determination to do whatever it takes in order to succeed. The book of Quotes themed A Case of Love and Hate, Volume 1 is a product of such a bitter struggle, endurance and resilience by the author- on ground and in world of literature. To understand Mugabe, this is the book! To understand Zimbabwe, this is the book! To understand Africa, this is the book! Do not resist your chance to understand and keep in line with a Revolution in Africa!
Accès libre
Affiche du document Logbook written by a drifter

Logbook written by a drifter

Rinos Mwanaka

58min30

  • Poésie
  • Youscribe plus
78 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 58min.
Logbook written by a drifter, is a cycle of interlinked poems that deal with life, spirituality, language, philosophy, love and relationships. A main theme are relationships which have changed the character. Those which the character doesn�t know how to deal with; which have make the character into a wreck, emotionally, psychologically, or spiritually: he is in a small space. This collection encourages us to keep those spaces, spaces of the drift, until we have faced our challenges, afterall sometimes drifting is all we can do!
Accès libre

...

x Cacher la playlist

> x
     

Aucune piste en cours de lecture

 

 

--|--
--|--