Femrite Publications: 6 books

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Summoning the Rains

Third FEMRITE Regional Residency for African Women Writers

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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012

One of the greatest challenges faced by African women writers is finding the time and the space to write. In November 2011 the third FEMRITE African Women Writers Residency alleviated this challenge for 15 women writers from 11 different countries across the continent. The writers from Kenya, Uganda,...
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Pumpkin Seeds And Other Gifts

Stories from the FEMRITE Regional Writers Residency, 2008

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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009

The names of those who penned the writings in this impressive collection alone tell half the story. They tell their stories in different modes. They run the whole gamut - they tell of defiance, and spin hilarious tales of elopement and wry tales of despair, loss and lovelessness. Some of the poems lift...
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Farming Ashes

Tales of Agony and Resilience

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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009

The traumatised woman who dies of grief, the girl whose dream to become a doctor is thwarted, the little girl who raises a vulnerable family of little children because her parents and all her relatives have been killed by LRA rebels, and many other harrowing tales comprise this collection of Farming...
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Beyond the Dance

Voices of women on female genital mutilation

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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009

Female genital mutilation is the excruciating and damaging experience that Beyond the Dance a lot of women in many cultures across Africa and in many other parts of the world suffer. Even when the women find themselves, for one reason or another, relocate in what should be safe havens, this practice...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011

Images of loneliness, seduction, unfulfilled dreams and torn lives emerge on the pages of this anthology to challenge readers to search for answers for a better life. The authors use The Role of Christianity as the running theme for most of the stories. This is a unique and interesting collection of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009

In Talking Tales a variety of women tell their stories in prose and poetry. They cast their nets wide, hauling in themes that celebrate as much as they castigate and mourn. There is the delight of discovering oneself on the cusp of womanhood, and of hearing about success in the fight for women's emancipation....
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