Summary of Elizabeth Nyamayaro's I Am a Girl from Africa

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was eight years old when I saw my world change. I lived in a small village in Zimbabwe with my grandmother, who was my gogo. We would gather food from our fields and gardens and share it with our families.
#2 For two years, God has refused to answer our prayers. He has left us with Satan’s punishing heat, which is killing everything in its path. We have only the little food from the previous harvest, which is not enough.
#3 When Gogo didn’t come home three days ago as she had promised, I felt sad, but I didn’t feel scared. Gogo always goes away to pray for sick ambuyas and sekurus in faraway villages. I told Gogo not to worry about me, because she taught me how to take care of myself.
#4 I was so hungry that I was forced to crawl to the Good Forest to find my berries, but when I reached the forest, the berries were gone. I was so hungry that I dreamt that I was spinning surrounded by butterflies, and when I woke up, I was covered in butterflies.

Sujets

• Women

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 07 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669381655
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Elizabeth Nyamayaro's I Am a Girl from Africa
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was eight years old when I saw my world change. I lived in a small village in Zimbabwe with my grandmother, who was my gogo. We would gather food from our fields and gardens and share it with our families.

#2

For two years, God has refused to answer our prayers. He has left us with Satan’s punishing heat, which is killing everything in its path. We have only the little food from the previous harvest, which is not enough.

#3

When Gogo didn’t come home three days ago as she had promised, I felt sad, but I didn’t feel scared. Gogo always goes away to pray for sick ambuyas and sekurus in faraway villages. I told Gogo not to worry about me, because she taught me how to take care of myself.

#4

I was so hungry that I was forced to crawl to the Good Forest to find my berries, but when I reached the forest, the berries were gone. I was so hungry that I dreamt that I was spinning surrounded by butterflies, and when I woke up, I was covered in butterflies.

#5

I will never forget the moment when I was saved from death by a sisi, a village girl who fed me porridge and water. It defined the purpose of my life, acting as a beacon that guided me through every darkness.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I was excited to be in London, but I was also anxious. I had no friends or family in the UK, and only 250 pounds to last me until I got a job. I had a plan, a clear purpose, and all the motivation in the world.

#2

I was six years old when I first heard about Britain. I was sitting on the small stoop at the entrance of Gogo’s hut in Goromonzi, shelling the maize harvested from Gogo’s field. I was thinking about how tonight I would pile the cobs in the fire pit in the center of our clean hut.

#3

I was walking home with Gogo one day when we heard the news of Tasununguka. We stood alone next to the empty cow kraals, the cows having long gone to their pastures with the sekurus. I didn’t understand what had happened, but I wanted to take Gogo’s pain away.

#4

Gogo’s story is that the white oppressors came to Zimbabwe many years ago, and the local people welcomed them. They gave them their blackest cows, and said, This is the meat with which we greet you.

#5

Gogo’s story taught me that when good people die, their souls go to a better place called heaven. I prayed to God to take care of all the souls of her people.

#6

I once met a rebel. He was a tall, serious sekuru who did not smile. He asked me if I had water, and when I said no, he gave me a sweet potato and walked away. I was terrified.