I am enjoying this book so much! I feel that I am a part of this book. It brings a lot of memories from of Dar and Upanga. I have started this book and cannot put it down.. Jules. thanks for bringing all those memories back....
My name is Puleng Sethunya. I am originally from Motimposo village in Maseru Lesotho. I read Oysterbay & Other Short Stories. What a brutal sense of humour the author has: The environment is destabilized by cutting trees down, Merriam sexual encounters at the middle of transporting Africa's wealth overseas mocks the African humanity yet the author brilliantly restores it back in the closing champter where a chimp, the iconic African populace rips Jamil's skin in a humourous game. this is one of the most brialliant works of parody in African art I have encountered!
My name is Puleng Sethunya. I am originally from Motimposo village in Maseru, Lesotho. I read Oysterbay & Other Short Stories faster than I had planned. I obtained a copy at a Barnes & Noble in California and decided to read a few pages on my way back to Utah. When the plane landed in Salt Lake City, I was reading about how the platform shoes were being designed to carry "stones" overseas. I had a brief night and hurried back to the novel because somehow I had to find out what was to happen next. What a brutal sense of humour the author has!The environment is destabilized by cutting trees down. Merriam sexual encounters at the middle of transporting Africa's wealth overseas mocks the African humanity, yet the author brilliantly restores it back in the closing chapter where a chimp, iconic of the African populace, rips Jamil's skin in a humourous game. This game is one of the most brilliant works of parody I have encountered in African art!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your book; I can definitely say that you have boldly gone where no East African Asian novelist has gone before, and come out with shining colors. It is an entertaining, informative and thought provoking work; I was particularly impressed by the humanistic spirit pervading your stories.
This is a book that will unlock the memories that have been locked by so many who left Africa or Dar es Salaam to be precise. The setting of the book is mostly downtown Dar and Upanga, the suburb so to speak.
The events in the book though fictious in nature are very close to what actually would have occured in the era, late 1960's and early 1970's.
I would recommed this book to everyone especially those who have a friend or acquaintance who came from that part of the world to understand what it was to be in that area during that period of time.
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I am enjoying this book so much! I feel that I am a part of this book.
It brings a lot of memories from of Dar and Upanga. I have started this book and cannot put it down..
Jules. thanks for bringing all those memories back....
Waheeda
My name is Puleng Sethunya. I am originally from Motimposo village in Maseru Lesotho. I read Oysterbay & Other Short Stories. What a brutal sense of humour the author has: The environment is destabilized by cutting trees down, Merriam sexual encounters at the middle of transporting Africa's wealth overseas mocks the African humanity yet the author brilliantly restores it back in the closing champter where a chimp, the iconic African populace rips Jamil's skin in a humourous game. this is one of the most brialliant works of parody in African art I have encountered!
My name is Puleng Sethunya. I am originally from Motimposo village in
Maseru, Lesotho. I read Oysterbay & Other Short Stories faster than I had planned. I obtained a copy at a Barnes & Noble in California and decided to read a few pages on my way back to Utah. When the plane landed in Salt Lake City, I was reading about how the platform shoes were being designed to carry "stones" overseas. I had a brief night and hurried back to the novel because somehow I had to find out what was to happen next. What a brutal sense of humour the author has!The environment is destabilized by cutting trees down. Merriam sexual encounters at the middle of transporting Africa's
wealth overseas mocks the African humanity, yet the author brilliantly
restores it back in the closing chapter where a chimp, iconic of the African
populace, rips Jamil's skin in a humourous game. This game is one of the most
brilliant works of parody I have encountered in African art!
Hello Jules:
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your book; I can definitely say that you have boldly gone where no East African Asian novelist has gone before, and come out with shining colors. It is an entertaining, informative and thought provoking work; I was particularly impressed by the humanistic spirit pervading your stories.
Dr. Karim F. Hirji.
This is a book that will unlock the memories that have been locked by so many who left Africa or Dar es Salaam to be precise. The setting of the book is mostly downtown Dar and Upanga, the suburb so to speak.
The events in the book though fictious in nature are very close to what actually would have occured in the era, late 1960's and early 1970's.
I would recommed this book to everyone especially those who have a friend or acquaintance who came from that part of the world to understand what it was to be in that area during that period of time.
Well written Jules!
Awesome book. Jules, I hope your return to East Africa is rewarding. Let's get together for more stories when you get back.
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