Milele Africa: Memories of My Grandmother's World of the Spirit - Softcover

Njuguna, Paul Kihiu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1896973310 ISBN 13: 9781896973319

Publisher: eastendbooks, 2002

Synopsis

Two main themes marked Paul Kihiu Njuguna?s early education in Kenya. One was defined by the 13 years he spent as a scholarship student at a prominent modern boarding school in the city of Nairobi. The other flowed from his time as a child in the village of Kangemi, living next door to his grandmother, a traditional African wise woman of great skill and repute.

Milele Africa is the story of how these two main themes have subsequently blended into a new kind of life. It is a life that mixes the modern West with the oldest traditions of Africa forever. (?Milele? is in fact ?Forever? in Swahili, Kenya?s national language.) Paul is a citizen of the world, adept at the latest technologies. But he has also discovered that the traditional and deeply spiritual Africa he learned about from his grandmother still has some things to tell the future.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Kihiu Njuguna works in the tourism industry on the sunny coast of the Indian Ocean in Kenya. It?s a place where a traditional Islamic culture, strongly influenced by the Arabian peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, has lately been bumping up against various new waves of a wider world. Paul himself, originally from a Christian background in the Kenya interior, married a coast girl and now lives in the Mombasa area, with his wife and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: eastendbooks
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1896973310
• ISBN 13: 9781896973319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128