The Resource Say you're one of them, Uwem Akpan, (electronic resource)
Say you're one of them, Uwem Akpan, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. The eight-year-old narrator of 'An ex-mas feast' needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his twelve-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be granted. Food comes first. His family lives in a street shanty in Nairobi, Kenya, but their way of both loving and taking advantage of each other strikes a universal chord. In the second of his stories published in a New Yorker special fiction issue, Akpan takes us far beyond what we thought we knew about the tribal conflict in Rwanda. The story is told by a young girl, who, with her little brother, witnesses the worst possible scenario between parents. They are asked to do the previously unimaginable in order to protect their children. In 'What language is that?' two little Ethiopian girls are best friends until their parents suddenly say they cannot speak to each other anymore because one is Muslim and the other is Christian. This singular collection will also take the reader inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa
- Language
- eng
- Note
-
- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged Selections
- Duration: 2:30:39
- Isbn
- 9781600243004
- Link
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- Label
- Say you're one of them
- Title
- Say you're one of them
- Statement of responsibility
- Uwem Akpan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Uwem Akpan's stunning stories humanize the perils of poverty and violence so piercingly that few readers will feel they've ever encountered Africa so immediately. The eight-year-old narrator of 'An ex-mas feast' needs only enough money to buy books and pay fees in order to attend school. Even when his twelve-year-old sister takes to the streets to raise these meager funds, his dream can't be granted. Food comes first. His family lives in a street shanty in Nairobi, Kenya, but their way of both loving and taking advantage of each other strikes a universal chord. In the second of his stories published in a New Yorker special fiction issue, Akpan takes us far beyond what we thought we knew about the tribal conflict in Rwanda. The story is told by a young girl, who, with her little brother, witnesses the worst possible scenario between parents. They are asked to do the previously unimaginable in order to protect their children. In 'What language is that?' two little Ethiopian girls are best friends until their parents suddenly say they cannot speak to each other anymore because one is Muslim and the other is Christian. This singular collection will also take the reader inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Akpan, Uwem
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PR9387.9.A3935
- LC item number
- S29 2008ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- PerformerNote
- Read by Robin Miles, Dion Graham
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Miles, Robin
- Graham, Dion
- Hachette Audio
- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children
- Africa
- Label
- Say you're one of them, Uwem Akpan, (electronic resource)
- Link
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- Note
-
- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged Selections
- Duration: 2:30:39
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781600243004
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- afb0abf2-86e1-4e64-a89c-5f71e098a957
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn233651475
- (OCoLC)233651475
- 654423
- System details
-
- Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 36092 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Say you're one of them, Uwem Akpan, (electronic resource)
- Link
-
- http://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L2BjQAAAKQGAAA10/products/afb0abf2-86e1-4e64-a89c-5f71e098a957
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- Note
-
- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged Selections
- Duration: 2:30:39
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781600243004
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- afb0abf2-86e1-4e64-a89c-5f71e098a957
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn233651475
- (OCoLC)233651475
- 654423
- System details
-
- Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 36092 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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