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Slum city Africa : "a very bad place with good teachings"
- Title
- Slum city Africa : "a very bad place with good teachings" / by Warren Elofson and Jonah Weyessa.
- Author
- Elofson, W. M.
- Publication
- London, UK : First Hill Books, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Weyessa, Jonah
- Description
- vii, 242 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- 'Slum City Africa: "A Very Bad Place With Good Teachings' uses a combination of personal experience and stories passed down to Warren Elofson's co-author Jonah Weyessa to textualize the realities of living in Nairobi's poverty-stricken region, Kibera, one of the world's dirtiest and most dangerous city slums."--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Immigrants > Kenya > Social conditions > Fiction
- Immigrants > Kenya > Economic conditions > Fiction
- Economic history
- Manners and customs
- Social conditions
- Immigrants > Social conditions
- Immigrants
- Immigrants > Economic conditions
- Economic conditions
- Kibera (Kenya) > Social conditions > Fiction
- Kibera (Kenya) > Economic conditions > Fiction
- Kibera (Kenya) > Social life and customs > Fiction
- Kenya > Kibera
- Kenya
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Ethiopia: A Fragile Life In The Countryside -- ch. 2 The Last Hurrah -- ch. 3 Fundamental Issues -- ch. 4 The Call Of Duty -- ch. 5 More Ways Than One? -- ch. 6 Saving The World? -- ch. 7 Only Little Fools -- ch. 8 Off To "War" -- ch. 9 Selling Out -- ch. 10 Living In Fear -- ch. 11 The Trip Of A Lifetime -- ch. 12 A Long Way From Home -- ch. 13 Moyale -- ch. 14 A Daunting New Life -- ch. 15 Life Friends -- ch. 16 The Facts Of Life -- ch. 17 "Public Transport" -- ch. 18 Learning To Love: (Even The Hated) -- ch. 19 The Evil Cousin -- ch. 20 Life In The Compound -- ch. 21 Settling In -- ch. 22 Survival -- ch. 23 Getting Straight -- ch. 24 A Place Of Our Own -- ch. 25 Security -- ch. 26 A Kid's Life -- ch. 27 Home and School -- ch. 28 Off To School -- ch. 29 Barisso -- ch. 30 A Slight Glimmer Of Hope -- ch. 31 Nostalgia -- ch. 32 It Takes Guts -- ch. 33 Help Me Or Kill Me -- ch. 34 Family Reunion -- ch. 35 Resetting The Mind -- ch. 36 Adjusting -- ch. 37 Still, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place -- ch. 38 Hell Hath Staying Power -- ch. 39 More Of The Same -- ch. 40 Off To School Again -- ch. 41 Harmony Child Rescue Center -- ch. 42 Stepping Up -- ch. 43 Discipline: What's That? -- ch. 44 Nice Club -- ch. 45 On The Mend -- ch. 46 Healing -- ch. 47 Attending To Business -- ch. 48 Thought To Action: Two Are Better Than One -- ch. 49 Off We Go -- ch. 50 Down In The Dump -- ch. 51 Give Us A Break Please! -- ch. 52 The Last Straw -- ch. 53 The Last Last Straw -- ch. 54 The Final Last Straw -- ch. 55 A Very Bad Place With Good Teachings -- ch. 56 A Way Out For Good.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3593
- ISBN
- 9781839985799
- 1839985798
- OCLC
- 1334137704
- Author
- Elofson, W. M., author.
- Title
- Slum city Africa : "a very bad place with good teachings" / by Warren Elofson and Jonah Weyessa.
- Publisher
- London, UK : First Hill Books, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Weyessa, Jonah, author.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781839985782
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3593