Their Voices, Their Stories

Description

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.

Informations

• Publié par: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9789987081929
• Langue: English

Extrait

Their Voices:
Their Stories
F ICTION BY
B ETHSAIDA O RPHAN G IRLS
S ECONDARY S CHOOL
E DITED BY J ULIE W AKEMAN L INN
PUBLISHED BY Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd Nyerere Road, Quality Plaza Building P. O. Box 4246 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania www.mkukinanyota.com publish mkukinanyota.com
Bethsaida Orphan Girls Secondary School, 2011
First Edition 2011
ISBN 978-9987-08-151-6
This edition is proudly sponsored by BancABC

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher, or be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published.
Contents
P REFACE
E DITOR S N OTE
FANCIFUL FANTASTIC STORIES OF THE VILLAGE
T HE M AGIKA T REE
Anna Joseph
T HE H ARE , T HE H YENA AND T HE D OG
Dorice Peter
T HE T RIAL
Cecilia Mwanayongo
ORPHANS: RESCUED OR NOT
A L OVING R ELATIONSHIP
Jackline Njawa