This book clearly discusses the success and challenges faced by Zimbabweans and Africans in the diaspora. The goal is to correct misconceptions of being wasteful as well as unrealistic expectations from family members back home to encourage them to be also responsible for their own lives. You will find highlights on legal migration to overseas nations is encouraged as well as abiding to the laws and regulations of those respective nations. It's for your spiritual empowerment, giving you a glimpse of counseling concepts, networking and giving back to nation's of origin is emphasized, including personal empowerment with strategies geared towards enriching each other. You'll Benifit From: Affirmation on most positives picked-up from those who so willingly shared their experiences of living in the diaspora. Opportunity to improve, reform, transform and enhance implementation in highlighted areas that need immediate attention. Sheds light on darker and the 'more silent' challenges experienced in the diaspora in order to venture into a world of 'knowing' as opposed to a 'not knowing' position. Boosting self-esteem, confidence, motivation and self-assertiveness through a few practical tips shared by other people, counseling component and spiritual empowerment application.

What was it like to travel on tour with a circus in the late seventies? Detour On An Elephant is the memoir of a ballet dancer, Barbara File Marangon, who traded her pointe shoes to ride an elephant with the Greatest Show On Earth for a year. Taking a detour from the world of ballet to the circus, she recounts her experiences performing in hundreds of shows, in twenty-four cities coast to coast, with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Show in 1978. Named Ringling's China Doll by a New York newspaper, she compares dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House to dancing at Madison Square Garden. Among her adventures she describes how Kevin, the lion that rode a motorcycle with his trainer, tried to break into the shower room while she showered. A stampeding elephant in Chicago is another memory. Then there is her love story on tour with a bareback rider. But most of all she remembers her love for Peggy, the elephant she rode all over the U.S.