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“A Brief Assignment”

Adam Kinyua

I remember well, it was in 2007, a Friday afternoon. I cannot exactly remember the month, but I know the grass in the grazing fields had started turning grey and there was plenty of it for my family’s livestock and that of our neighbors and friends. I was grazing across R. Munyari near Kinyingiri primary school as I had always done since I was seven.

There is nothing particularly special about the fields beside the fact that a lot happened there that helped change my life and that Kathongi, the beautiful Kathongi, la Belle, usually walked the very same way on her way to and from places she usually went. I liked watching her pass by. She was a beauty, and I believed she was in need of a boyfriend, me.

Well, I am not going to write about how the grazing fields taught me the ways of resiliency, or how to approach the village girls such as Kathongi as they passed by carrying loads of mangoes on their back on their way home from the fertile fields of Tumbura. It is this particular afternoon that I flipped open the last page of the novel “ A Brief Assignment ” by Ayub Ndii, a Kenyan fiction author.

The book was thrilling in its own special way. It presented a beautiful art of how to commit perfect crimes. The setting presented itself in my young mind in a way that I will never forget until I fade into nothingness. Its smart African characters and familiar terms gave it more life. The book had a sad ending. The main character, who was the only survivor in the gang, raped a virgin girl and impregnated her before the train chopped him into three pieces. The mysterious ending left me with unanswered questions that I have had for the past 12 years. Then, I came across “ Then she was gone ” by Lisa Jewell.

The novel begins by presenting Ellie, a 15-year-old virgin girl. In the eyes of her mother, Laurel, Ellie was a golden girl. She had a whole life ahead of her. She went to school, made friends, and completed her assignment on time. Her mother hired a math tutor to help with her daughter’s studies at home.

Then, in a blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. Laurel’s, (her mother) world falls apart. Ten years down the line, she still had no hint on what happened to her daughter. She only had a few pieces of bones and a bag Ellie was carrying when she disappeared.

The bag contains exactly the same things she had carried the day she went missing. She ends up burying her daughter’s remains and living a broken life. Then, one day, she bumps into a charismatic and charming stranger who sweeps her off her feet. She starts going out with her and she enjoys it until she meets his daughter. She looked exactly like Ellie; and she is ten too; the number of years that had passed since Ellie went missing. The unanswered questions of Ellie’s disappearance that had been haunting her for the last ten years come flooding back. The feelings that unfolds next are dark and claustrophobic but also moving and heartfelt. Lisa Jewell packs a huge, emotional punch at the end of the novel that leaves a reader weak and winded.

I am attracted and interested in having the opportunity to meet the authors of these two books and share a moment with them. Maybe we would have a conversation or maybe just sit and say nothing. In my mind, I imagine that these authors are studious, interesting loners, and they have families that they treasure so much.

They are likely intelligent individuals, who are calm and have a great sense of humor. In my mind, they are also caring, do not judge people easily, love what they do, are simple and less interested in material things, drive relatively old vehicles that they treasure so much, and have that one particular friend that they trust so much. Besides my formulated hypothesis on the lives of the two authors, I like their way of writing. The protagonists in both novels live in disguise. Their characters assume fake character traits and live lives full of dark mystery. They chose what to let people know about their lives and everything else follows them to the graveyard. They are quite stunners, and I love it.

It was exactly August 7, 2017, two days before I left home for the land of the future. The day was half gone when I finished reading “ The Cause of Death ” by Patricia Cornwell. It was a typical day in Njarangeni Village and I did not have much to do at home besides nursing boredom. The Sun shone, dust brew everywhere, and villagers went about their village lives. When the afternoon came, I thought it was a good idea to go out and meet someone who I could perhaps talk to. Therefore, I cycled to Kibung’a (a local marketplace) but I was not fortunate enough to find someone who was willing to spend a couple of their precious minutes with me.

Besides, some people did not want to talk to me because I was going to study abroad, and since my family was [“well-connected”], maybe they thought I would brag about it. I did not care much about that because life had taught me to let people be people. As I cycled back I caught up with the 5’5 foot, 120 pounds, and now prettier Kathongi.

Her childhood beauty had faded into a quiet, kind, and true young woman, just as expected. She was walking by herself on one side of the road and she seemed lost into herself. Either way, she just looked amazing. I thought maybe this would be the best time to make my move and I was not ready to let my courage fail me. I will not write the precious pick-up line that I used but guess what; everything fell into place. I liked her mind despite the fact that she did not have much to do with books. It reflected maturity and a sense of responsibility. Before we bid each other adieu, she promised to meet me the following day to say an “official goodbye”.

I cycled home happy and whistling my favorite tune “ Mboya ye ” by Mbilia Bel. I felt relaxed and happy because for once in 10 years I was a man enough to approach her. I got home and everything seemed unusually out of place. First, I greeted my family and I was met by dead silence. Next, I parked my bike, grabbed a wooden seat and sat next to my father, as it is the custom.

“Why God? Why let this little thing die this young? Why has he lost his way when everything seems to fall in place? Murithi, my son, do you have any idea what your father and I have gone through to raise you. I cannot sit and watch you lose your way! I would rather beat you, because cane never kills a child (Muthanju utiuragaga mwaana), rather than watch you perish!” Mum said.

That did not scare me much because I knew I was way too old for parental corporal punishment, however, I was worried. I had no clue why she had uttered such words to me in a moment when we were supposed to be happy and saying prayers. “Kanyoni Muntu (Local term used to refer to the ‘unknown’ person who snitched on you) told us that you were seen with Kathongi. That girl is sick. She has Kamuti (used to refer to HIV Virus). She is about to die. Soon you will start seeing her hair fall off. No one in our family has ever contacted the disease and you will be an outcast. We are not ready to sit and watch you as you embarrass the family.” My father retorted. I knew neither of them was playing games but I never took it personally nor did I worry over anything as I am never after ‘that’ anyway.

Concisely, I felt embarrassed and headed to bed. I stayed awake for long hours. I was concerned because it did not make much sense to me how such a young woman would have contracted such a disease owing in mind that she was not well traveled and the last time I talked to her she was morally upright. And why her and not someone else? Who did that to her? Was she going to die soon? I remembered all my childhood fantasies, how I would see us growing old together and making cute babies, and now it was clearly evident that I would never live the moment with her.

I had a strong feeling that whatever my parents had said was a lie and that she was innocent. The morning came and the farewell ceremony was successful. Friends, neighbors, and relatives said a prayer for me and the ceremony ended at around six in the evening. That evening I had a single brief assignment, and after it was completed I hurried to the marketplace and from a chemist, I bought two determine HIV diagnostic kits, two prickers, normal saline, and two alcohol swabs.

When we met, I asked her whether she was interested in knowing our HIV status because you know, anything can happen. To my surprise, it turned out that she was HIV negative and that whatever I had heard the previous evening was nothing but a bunch of lies and false allegations. She proceeds to say, “I know someone might have told you bad things about me. Many villagers talk bad things about me and I rarely have friends to hang out with. I do not know who started all this but I have learned how to live my life. It hurt at the beginning, but I have learned how not to let people hurt me. Let me leave, it’s late and my mama might punish me for getting home late, but I am happy because for once I have found someone willing to find the truth.” She hugged me gently, and then she was gone.

The world is spherical and beautiful, and in it lives humans. Special animals that define and live in a “civilized” way, unlike the other animals in the wild. Some of these humans are selfless while others are overly narcissistic. Some tall and others short. Some beautiful and others are just okay.

Reading a book’s synopsis can give you a hint whether it is an interesting book or whether it is unappealing as per your favorable genres. However, you can never read the synopsis of a 1000 page novel and assume you have read the entire book. That is not how it works. You need to sit down and dedicate your time in reading it, from beginning to the end. In some cases, it takes two reads to understand a book.

This is the same logic when it comes to defining people. Some people will meet 34-year-old you and assume that they have watched you grow since you were in nappies through your teen years and into adulthood. They will write a review about you and rate you innocently. As if this is not enough, they will go ahead to explain to their friends, neighbors, and their families about the “you” they have known for the past “33” years. It takes an average minded person to evaluate people based on the things they have heard about them from their FRIENDS. The effect is tremendous as they are usually blocked from the good you. When you are talking to such people they do not even listen as they are too eager to reply to you in accordance to the ‘you’ they have made for themselves.

Additionally, the nature in which people learn about the wild and untrue things that people say about them varies and sometimes may have unpleasant results. Back in my days day, I witnessed people lose their dental formula or have their nasal bridge broken as a result of the words that came out of their mouth whereas their brains verily knew it was a lie and now other body parts were suffering for the things they never did anyway. I am not special, sometimes I would run my mouth to make myself look and feel better whereas deep within me I was a desperate piece of something. Be informed, anything that does not make you a better human makes your life lose a fraction of its taste. It may cost you nothing to devalue someone today, but it may come back ten folds tomorrow. Try and treat humans as per you, for this is my brief assignment for you today…..

Written by Adam Kinyua

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Islamist networks in Somalia / Magnus Norell. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2008. - (FOI report ; 2609 FOI Somalia papers ; 2) ASC Subject Headings: Islamic movements ; Somalia ; violence http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/370/153/370153804.pdf

Minor conflict, major consequences? : facing an unresolved identity crisis in Côte d'Ivoire / Camilla Elowson. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2011. - (FOI report ; FOI-R-3170--SE) ASC Subject Headings: Côte d'Ivoire ; foreign intervention ; national identity ; national security ; political violence ; regional security http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/370/136/370136977.pdf

Patchwork for peace : regional capabilities for peace and security in Eastern Africa / Cecilia Hull, Emma Skeppström & Karl Sörenson. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2011. - (FOI report ; FOI-R-3048--SE) ASC Subject Headings: African peacekeeping forces ; East Africa ; peacekeeping operations ; regional security http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/370/137/370137248.pdf

Perils accompanying the moment of promise : security challenges in North Africa following the Arab Spring / Mikael Eriksson. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2011. - (FOI report ; FOI-R-3273-SE) ASC Subject Headings: Northern Africa ; political stability ; rebellions ; regional security http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/370/136/370136411.pdf

When still waters fizz : the security implications of the fall of the 'Republican Monarchy' of Egypt / Mikael Eriksson. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2012. - (FOI report ; FOI-R-3526--SE) ASC Subject Headings: Egypt ; political stability ; rebellions ; regional security http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/369/386/369386736.pdf

Willing and able? : challenges to security sector reform in weak post-war states : insights from the Central African Republic / Gabriella Ingerstad. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2012. - (FOI report ; FOI-R-3470--SE) ASC Subject Headings: capacity building ; Central African Republic ; national security ; peacebuilding http://www.asclibrary.nl/docx/369/386/369386833.pdf

Wrong hands on deck? : combating piracy & building maritime security in Eastern Africa / Karl Sörenson. - Stockholm : Division of Defence Analysis, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), 2011. - (FOI report ; FOI-R-3228-SE) ASC Subject Headings: East Africa ; piracy ; regional security ; Somalia http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/370/136/370136772.pdf

A brief assignment / Ayub Ndii. - Nairobi : Spear Books, 1976. - (Spear books) ASC Subject Headings: crime ; Kenya ; novels (form) ; youth gangs

A cultural history of firearms in the age of empire / Karen R. Jones, Giacomo Macola & David Welch. - Farnham [etc.] : Ashgate, 2013 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; imperialism ; small arms ; social change ; symbols ; war ; world

A girl cannot go on laughing all the time / Magaga Alot. - Nairobi : Spear Books, 1975. - (Spear books ; 3) ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form)

A journey through darkness : a story of inspiration / Margareth Maganga. - Dar-es-Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota, 2012 ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; Tanzania

A taste of business / Aubrey Kalitera. - Nairobi : Spear Books, 1976. - (Spear books ; 9) ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form)

Agroecological principles of integrated soil fertility management : a guide with special reference to sub-Saharan Africa / M. C. S. Wopereis, Abdoulaye Mando & Bernard Vanlauwe. - Muscle Shoals, AL : International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC), 2008. - (Technical bulletin / International fertilizer development center ; 73) ASC Subject Headings: agricultural ecology ; farming systems ; soil fertility ; soil management ; Subsaharan Africa

Arts du Gabon / Louis Perrois. - Genève : Musée Barbier-Mueller, 2011 ASC Subject Headings: arts ; Gabon ; masks ; plastic arts ; sculpture ; woodcarving

Chéri Samba : a retrospective / Chéri Samba, W. Van den Bussche, Jean Pierre Jacquemin, Iwona Blazwick & Shaun Whiteside. - Oostende [etc.] : Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst [etc.], 1990 ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; exhibition catalogues (form) ; painting

Christianity as a means of change in Kikuyu land / Harrison Kiruri Mburu. - Berlin : Viademica, 2008. - (Edition Theologie. Religionswissenschaften ; 19) ASC Subject Headings: Christianity ; Church ; customs and traditions ; education ; ethnic and racial groups ; history ; Kenya ; religious missions

Contemporary Moroccan cultural production : between dissent and co-optation / Karima Laachir In: Journal of African cultural studies, ISSN 1369-6815 ; vol. 25, no. 3 (2013) ASC Subject Headings: arts ; Central Africa ; East Africa ; Kanuri language ; literature ; Morocco

De vrouwen van Apiadu : een studie naar traditionele pottenbakkerij in een veranderende samenleving, Ashanti, Ghana / Kirsten Simhoffer. - [S.l. s.n.], 1989 ASC Subject Headings:

Death at the well / wa Mberia Kithaka & Khalfan Kasu. - Nairobi : Marimba Publications, 2011 ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Kenya

Democratization and stability in transforming societies under difficult conditions : chances and risks of constitutional reforms : the cases of Ethiopia, Kenia and Nigeria : [conference held at] University of Hannover, 25-27. October 2000 / Menberetsegay Tadesse, Kivutha Kibwana & Bolaji Owasanoye. - Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2002 ASC Subject Headings: constitutions ; democracy ; Ethiopia ; federalism ; Kenya ; Nigeria ; political conditions

Developing a multi-year survey programme at the National Bureau of Statistics for poverty monitoring in Tanzania : final report to the JICA, Dar es Salaam / Joseph Semboja & Peter Wingfield Digby. - Dar es Salaam [etc.] : Research on poverty alleviation (REPOA) [etc.], 2001 ASC Subject Headings: data collection ; demographic statistics ; household surveys ; poverty ; Tanzania

dún : discourses, strategies, and power in Yorùbá play of transformation / Cristina Boscolo. - Amsterdam [etc.] : Rodopi, 2009. - (Cross/cultures, ISSN 0924-1426 ; 111) ASC Subject Headings: Nigeria ; theatre ; Yoruba

Ecological and socio-economic impacts of the invasion of Salvinia molesta in Senegal, West Africa / Marianne Kettunen. - [S.l. s.n.], 2002 ASC Subject Headings: economic aspects ; freshwater ecosystems ; genetic resources ; national parks and reserves ; Senegal ; social aspects ; tropical plants

Eine Reise durch die deutschen Kolonien : Togo / Rudolf Wagner. - Wolfenbüttel : Melchior Verlag, 2009. - (Historische Bibliothek) ASC Subject Headings: ethnic groups ; geography ; German Togoland ; Togo ; towns ; transport

Engaging with literature of commitment / Gordon Collier Vol. 1: Africa in the world / Gordon Collier. - Amsterdam [etc.] : Rodopi, 2012. - (Cross/cultures, ISSN 0924-1426 ; 148) ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; festschrifts (form) ; literary criticism ; literature

Evaluatie van een proces van agrarische commercialisering : katoenproduktie in Swaziland / Jan Testerink. - [S.l. s.n.], 1982 ASC Subject Headings:

Farming in Nigeria : agricultural development and applicable technology in Africa / Jelili T. Opabode. - Hangzhou : Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, 2013 ASC Subject Headings: agricultural development ; agricultural technology ; Nigeria

Financial markets and institutions in the Arab economy / Nidal Rashid Sabri. - New York, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2008 ASC Subject Headings: Arab countries ; banking systems ; capital markets ; currency ; economic conditions ; finance ; financial institutions ; Middle East ; Northern Africa ; stock markets

Governance challenges in East Africa / Antoinette Kankindi, Dominic Bubridge & Tom Odhiambo. - Nairobi : Focus Publishers, 2011. - (Governance papers ; 1) ASC Subject Headings: 2010 ; citizenship ; conference papers (form) ; democracy ; East Africa ; governance ; Kenya ; State-society relationship ; Tanzania

Heritage and cultures in modern Namibia : in-depth views of the country : a TUCSIN Festschrift / Cornelia Limpricht & Megan Biesele. - Göttingen [etc.] : Klaus Hess Publishers, 2009 ASC Subject Headings: African studies ; cultural and social anthropology ; cultural heritage ; culture ; Namibia

Institutions and African economies / Augustin Fosu & Imed Drine In: Journal of African economies, ISSN 0963-8024 ; vol. 22 (2013), no. 4 ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; employment ; institutions ; natural resources ; Nigeria ; Subsaharan Africa

It's a madd, madd world! : the hot years 2007-2011 / Paul Kelemba. - Nairobi : Buni Media, 2012 ASC Subject Headings: cartoons (form) ; Kenya ; politics ; satire

Juifs du Maroc : diaporama d'une diaspora / Frank Bensimon. - Paris : Éditions Soline, 2003. - (Collection Diaporama d'une diaspora) ASC Subject Headings: Jews ; Morocco ; names ; pictorial works (form) ; social history

Kill me quick / Meja Mwangi. - Nairobi [etc.] : East African Educational Publishers, 2003. - (Peak library, Fictional works) ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form)

L'Afrique au futur : État contre mondialisation : pensées de résistance / Bruno Carton & Brahim Lahouel. - Bruxelles : Groupe de recherche pour une stratégie économique alternative (GRESEA), 2001 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; globalization ; governance ; political conditions ; privatization ; sovereignty ; states

Land management in the central highlands of Eritrea : a participatory appraisal of conservation measures and soils in Afdeyu and its vicinity / Mats Gurtner. - Bern : Geographica Bernensia, 2006. - (SLM Eritrea report ; 6) ASC Subject Headings: Eritrea ; farmers ; farming systems ; land reclamation ; soil conservation ; soil research ; soil surveys ; soils ; water conservation

Les guerres civiles du Congo-Brazzaville : novembre 1993-janvier 1994, 5 juin-15 octobre 1997 . - [Brazzaville] : [s.n.], 1998 ASC Subject Headings: civil wars ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; historical sources

Long story bit by bit : Liberia retold / Tim Hetherington. - New York : Umbrage Editions, 2009 ASC Subject Headings: civil war ; Liberia ; liberia situation ; photographs ; political power ; portraits

Love is power or something like that / A. Igoni Barrett. - London : Chatto & Windus, 2013 ASC Subject Headings: Great Britain ; Nigeria ; short stories (form)

Managing research for agricultural development : proceedings of the National workshop on client oriented research, 27-28 May 2003, Moshi, Tanzania / Ninatubu M. Lema, Chira Schouten & Ted Schrader. - Dar es Salaam : Ministry of agriculture and food security. Division of research and development, 2003 ASC Subject Headings: agricultural development ; agricultural research ; information management ; meeting records ; Tanzania

Managing water scarcity in Kenya : industrial response to tariffs and regulatory enforcement / Joseph Oginga Onjala. - [S.l. s.n.], 2002 ASC Subject Headings: industry ; Kenya ; sewage ; sewage disposal ; water policy ; water pricing ; water resources ; water supply

Mapping ICT access in South Africa / Kholadi Tlabela, Joan Roodt, Andrew Paterson & Gina Weir-Smith. - Cape Town : HSRC press, 2007 ASC Subject Headings: Internet ; South Africa ; telecommunication ; telephone services ; use studies

Mwangalio Tofauti : [nine photographers from Kenya] / Johannes Hossfeld. - Nairobi : Native Intelligence [etc.], 2012. - (Contact zones NRB ; 5) ASC Subject Headings: exhibition catalogues (form) ; Kenya ; photography ; pictorial works (form)

NGO action on land : reflections from East and Southern Africa / Kudzai Makombe. - Harare : MWENGO, 2001 ASC Subject Headings: East Africa ; land reform ; nongovernmental organizations ; resettlement ; Southern Africa ; women ; women in agriculture

Old land, new practices : the changing face of land and conservation in post-colonial Africa / George Barrett In: Journal of contemporary African studies, ISSN 0258-9001 ; vol. 31, no. 3 ASC Subject Headings: 2012 ; Africa ; conference papers (form) ; land tenure ; land use ; Mauritius ; nature conservation ; South Africa ; Uganda ; Zambia

One day I will write about this place : a memoir / Binyavanga Wainaina. - London : Granta, 2012 ASC Subject Headings: autobiographies (form) ; Great Britain ; Kenya

Report 1st Nigeria International Book Fair, 14-19 May 2002, Abuja / Tainie Mundondo. - Harare : African Publishers' Network (APNET), 2002 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; book industry ; Nigeria ; publishing ; trade fairs and exhibitions

Report 34th Cairo International Book Fair, 28 January-8 February 2002 / Tainie Mundondo. - Harare : African Publishers' Network (APNET), 2002 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; book industry ; Egypt ; publishing ; trade fairs and exhibitions

Report on the Capacity Building Workshop in Cairo, 29-31 January 2002 / Tainie Mundondo. - [Harare] : [African Publishers' Network (APNET)], 2002 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; book industry ; capacity building ; Egypt ; publishing ; trade fairs and exhibitions

Rights & realities : a handbook of women's rights in South Africa / Johanna Kehler, Silindwe Sibanda & Carol Burmeister. - Vlaeberg : Human rights research and advocacy project, National association of democratic lawyers (NADEL), 2002 ASC Subject Headings: social development ; South Africa ; women ; women's advancement ; women's rights

Scénographies romanesques africaines de la modernité / Justin Bisanswa. - Worcester, MA : College of the Holy Cross, 2012. - (Présence francophone, ISSN 0048-5195 ; 78) ASC Subject Headings: French-speaking Africa ; novels ; writers

Sculptured in clay : iron age figurines from Schroda, Limpopo province, South Africa / J. A. Schalkwyk & E. O. M. Hanisch. - Pretoria : National Cultural History Museum, 2002 ASC Subject Headings: archaeology ; ceramic art ; ceramics ; clay ; South Africa

Somalia, the new Barbary? : piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa / Martin N. Murphy. - London : C. Hurst, 2011 ASC Subject Headings: Islamic movements ; piracy ; Somalia

Some aspects of Bari history : a comparative linguistic and oral tradition reconstruction / Bureng G. V. Nyombe. - Nairobi : University of Nairobi Press, 2007 ASC Subject Headings: Bari ; Bari language ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; history ; migration ; oral traditions ; South Sudan ; Uganda

Spirits in politics : uncertainties of power and healing in African societies / Barbara Meier & Arne S. Steinforth. - Frankfurt [etc.] : Campus Verlag, 2013 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; faith healing ; Gabon ; Malawi ; Mozambique ; Nigeria ; politics ; power ; Sierra Leone ; South Africa ; spirits ; Uganda ; Zambia ; Zanzibar

Statistics in the media : learning from practice / Karim F. Hirji. - Dar es Salaam : Media Council of Tanzania, 2012 ASC Subject Headings: journalism ; press ; statistics ; Tanzania

Strategic plan 2007-2011 : consolidation and renewal in African social research . - Dakar : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), 2008 ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; science and technology planning ; scientific institutions ; Senegal ; social research ; social science policy ; twenty-first century

Strengthening capacities ... empowering local communities : SARDEP, 1999-2001 mid term progress report . - Nairobi [etc.] : Semi Arid Rural Development Programme (SARDEP), 2001 ASC Subject Headings: capacity building ; community development ; Kenya ; local government ; rural areas ; rural development

Sugar daddy's lover / Rosemarie Owino. - Nairobi : Spear, 1975. - (Spear books ; 1) ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form)

Tansania : das koloniale Erbe / Rolf Hasse & Jörg Gabriel. - [Augsburg, Hinter dem Schwalbeneck 15] : R. Hasse, 2005 ASC Subject Headings: architectural history ; architecture ; buildings ; colonial period ; German East Africa ; Tanzania

The doomed conspiracy and other stories / Barrack Muluka & Tobias Otieno. - Nairobi [etc.] : East African Educational Publishers, 2011. - (Peak library) ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; short stories (form)

The floods : a play / John Ruganda. - Nairobi [etc.] : East African Pub. House, 1988. - (African theatre ; 10) ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Kenya

The girl was mine / David Karanja. - Nairobi : Spear Books, 2013. - (Spear books) ASC Subject Headings: Kenya ; novels (form)

The law and the media in Ghana / Kwame Karikari & Kofi Kumado. - Legon : School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, 2000 ASC Subject Headings: 1992 ; 1994 ; conference papers (form) ; constitutions ; Ghana ; journalism ; media law ; press

The Sahel at the crossroads / Marcel Kitissou In: African renaissance, ISSN 1744-2532 ; vol. 10, no. 1 ASC Subject Headings: climate change ; military intervention ; money laundering ; political conflicts ; Sahel ; terrorism ; West Africa

The school : a play / Victor Byabamazima. - Nairobi : East African Educational Publishers, 2011. - (E.A.E.P. drama library) ASC Subject Headings: drama (form) ; Kenya

The source from which rivers flow : organising for local governance, poverty reduction and development . - [Harare] : ACPD, 2002. - (Community capacity building series) ASC Subject Headings: capacity building ; community participation ; governance ; leadership ; local government ; Zimbabwe

The translocality of the Ciwara tradition in rural and urban Mali / Jacqueline Robinson. - [S.l : s.n.], 2005 ASC Subject Headings: clothing ; cultural and social anthropology ; cultural heritage ; customs and traditions ; ethnic and racial groups ; folklore ; Mali

The wicked walk / W. E. Mkufya. - Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota, 2012 ASC Subject Headings: novels (form) ; Tanzania ; urban life ; youth

To become a man / Henry R. O. Kulet. - Nairobi : Sasa Sema, an imprint of Longhorn, 2012 ASC Subject Headings: initiation ; Kenya ; Maasai ; novels (form)

Une histoire de rat : contribution à la critique du messianisme politique au Congo-Brazzaville / Joseph Mampouya. - Paris : Éditions Encre Noire, 1999 ASC Subject Headings: biographies (form) ; Congo (Brazzaville) ; political conditions ; politicians

Winning aid-funded business : access Africa : a guide to the schemes available to assist small- and medium-sized companies to do business and to invest in sub-Saharan Africa . - [London] : Trade partners UK, 2001 ASC Subject Headings: business enterprises ; directories ; Subsaharan Africa ; trade information

Wissenskonstruktion und Wissenstransfer in der deutschen kolonialen Reiseliteratur zu Afrika = Construction et transfert de savoirs dans la littérature coloniale allemande de voyage vers l'Afrique / Sylvère Mbondobari In: Mont Cameroun, ISSN 1812-7142 ; no. 8/9 (2013) ASC Subject Headings: Cameroon ; colonialism ; Gabon ; Germany ; literature ; travel ; West Africa

Workshop on capacity building for Francophone Africa, Bamako 4-6 April 2002 . - [Harare] : [African publishers' network (APNET)], 2002 ASC Subject Headings: book industry ; capacity building ; French-speaking Africa ; publishing

Fictive birthday and real debts / Erik Bähre. - Leiden : Department of Cultural Anthopology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, 2009. ASC Subject Headings: documentary films (form) ; informal savings and credit associations ; self-help associations ; South Africa ; townships ; videos (form) ; Xhosa

Rebelle / Kim Nguyen & Rachel Mwanza. - Paris : Blaqout, 2012. ASC Subject Headings: child soldiers ; civil wars ; feature films (form) ; girls ; Subsaharan Africa ; videos (form) Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5V8Hpi0qDQ

Voices / Joachim Landau. - [S.l. s.n.], 2012. ASC Subject Headings: cinema ; documentary films (form) ; filmmakers ; films ; South Africa ; videos (form)  

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