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Living in the Shade: Aiming for the Summit
Living in the Shade: Aiming for the Summit
Nahida Esmail
PUBLISHED BY Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd P. O. Box 4246 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania www.mkukinanyota.com
© Nahida Esmail, 2017
ISBN 978-9987-75-387-1
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Contents
Acknowledgment
Foreword
Prologue
Chapter 1 Go Away, Dream!
Chapter 2 Facebook
Chapter 3 The Team Selection
Chapter 4 Ivory Stars
Chapter 5 Ndovu
Chapter 6 Planning for Awareness Day
Chapter 7 To Climb or Not to Climb
Chapter 8 Looking for Sponsors
Chapter 9 Mr. Richard Mwerevu Mbaru
Chapter 10 Kilimanjaro List
Chapter 11 Our Journey to Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA)
Chapter 12 Getting Ready for the Climb
Chapter 13 To the First Cave
Chapter 14 Journey to the Second Hut
Chapter 15 Journey to the Third Hut
Chapter 16 At Kibo Hut
Chapter 17 Towards Gilman’s Point
Chapter 18 Towards the Peak
Chapter 19 Where is Everyone?
Chapter 20 A Strange Message
Chapter 21 Can we Do Something to Help?
Chapter 22 Posting on Social Media
Chapter 23 #BringbackourIvoryStars
Chapter 24 From the Mountain to the Mines
Chapter 25 Stop Killing for Ivory
Chapter 26 What had Happened?
Chapter 27 Dear People of the World
Epilogue
Fact File
Glossary
Works Cited
Songs
Acknowledgment
“CODE’s Burt Award for African Literature recognizes excellence in young adult fiction from African countries. It supports the writing and publication of high quality, culturally relevant books and ensures their distribution to schools and libraries to help develop young people’s literacy skills and foster their love of reading. The Burt Award is made possible through the generous support of Canadian philanthropist William (Bill) Burt and the Literary Prizes Foundation, and is part of ongoing literacy programs of the Children’s Book Project of Tanzania and CODE, a Canadian NGO supporting development through education for over 55 years.”
Foreword
Since 2008, the Children’s Book Project for Tanzania (CBP) has been supporting novel writing and publishing in English with the aim of promoting the learning of English for youth in upper primary and Secondary schools. In a country where English is not widely used outside the classroom, efforts need to be in place to support its acquisition through intensive and extensive reading.
The Burt Award for Africa Literature aims at producing books which show the local situation, depicting familiar environments in order to arouse the interest and enthusiasm of the reader. In this way, students can develop the habit of reading and enjoying interesting stories while improving their English skills and therefore their ability to learn other subjects taught in English. It is indeed the expectation of the project that the Burt Award for African Literature will contribute to success in other subjects.
CBP wishes to thank the panel of judges, for their dedication and integrity, and CODE and Mr. Burt for broaching and supporting the project and all our stakeholders, including writers, publishers, librarians, teachers and students. It is their participation in various ways that has made the project a success.
Pili Dumea,
Executive Secretary,
Children’s Book Project for Tanzania.
Prologue
A girl in a village rushed to a nearby stream to get water for her mother. The evening scent of the wild ylang ylang flowers filled the air. The little girl walked as fast as her fair legs could carry her. She could hear the stream before she set eyes on the gushing water. It was not safe to be out at this time. She had come out later than usual. Her mother always warned her not to go out too late to fetch water as it was dangerous, especially for her. Her pale skin and light eyes were mistakenly considered valuable for superstitious use. She was always on high alert.
Insects chirped. Trees swayed in the wind. A car drove by her and stopped suddenly. A giant of a man stepped out. She froze. Her clay pot fell from her hands and crashed into pieces. The sound scared the birds in a nearby tree. The man ran forward and snatched her, pushing her into the backseat forcefully. No one was there to witness the abduction. This is what the little girl’s mother was scared of. And now it had happened.