Malaika
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008V87I9Y |
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| Number of Pages | : | 413 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has worked as an educator for the past 30 years in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Malaysia. He is a frequent contributor of educational articles to International School Journal, Journal of Research in International Education and Educational Leadership. He has also authored two collections of short stories: During Mango Rains (2002) and The Drain Dwarf of Caringin Barat (2012). He was also been a theate
About the Author William (Bill) Powell is an international nomad. He has worked as an educator for the past 30 years in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Malaysia. From 1991 to 1999, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and from 2000 – 2006 as Headmaster of the International School of Kuala Lumpur. He is a frequent contributor of educational articles to International School Journal, Journal of Research in International Education and Educational Leadership. His historical novels includes: The First Casualty (1979), Alia (2009), Chui and Sadaka (2010) and Malaika (2012). He has also authored two collections of short stories: During Mango Rains (2002) and The Drain Dwarf of Caringin Barat (2012). He w
Kim L. said Good plot.. I rely heavily on reader reviews before buying a kindle book which is why I'm writing this review. I believe many people will love this book with its mystery and wonderful setting in Africa. It is well written. The story has a good plot but overall the book was not one of my favorites. I found parts of the story to be interesting and engaging and other parts to be slow and overdone so that I used speed reading techniques for about a quarter of the book. There were enough clues that I figured out the mystery before the end but it was still interesting to read the last few chapters to s. A Very Personal and Honest review First of all, let me say that I have known the author for over a quarter of a century, going back to Tanzania, East Africa, where he was my high school English teacher and headmaster. Since those days, I have thought very fondly and highly of him, and thanked him in the acknowledgements section of my own book (written a few years ago) for inspiring my love of language and literature, and for his excellent guidance and mentoring on academic and personal levels during the course of teaching. That said … I hope that what follows is as honest a review of the book and my experience . Beautifully Written and Thought Provoking This was a beautifully written and thought provoking novel that stays with you long after you finish it. I have never been to Tanzania, but I felt like I could see it reading this book. And even though I finished the book a few weeks ago, I continue to think about some of its themes - the complexities of human beings and relationships, and the differences between perception and reality. Plus, it was an engaging and entertaining story! It is rare to find such beauty, depth and entertainment all in one book.
Soon the couple falls in love against a brutal background of corruption, racism, witchcraft, betrayal and murder.Malaika’s journey into the past is also one of self-discovery as she pursues the absolution that always seems just beyond her reach.. Financially strapped, Malaika accepts the invitation only to find that her husband’s death is not nearly as straight forward or as simple as it once seemed. Fifteen years after the tragic death of her husband, Malaika receives his private journals and an odd invitation to write his biography. In the final entry in his diary, Malaika reads something that will change the course of her life. As his project officer, Malaika attempts to teach Paul the “rules of engagement” for working in a desperately poor African country. Her husband, Paul Mondeson, did not die of natural causes.Driven by guilt and a relentless quest for the truth, Malaika’s research takes her back to Tanzania in the early 1980’s when a young, idealistic American Peace Corps Volunteer comes out to Tanzania to teach physics at a “bush school”