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Katharine Stanley-Brown Abbott; Illustrated by Kristin Richland
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"Die sichere Anleitung mit Erfolgsgarantie, um der beste Verkaufer
der Welt zu werden," mit Know-how aus erster Hand, praktischen
Tipps, konkreten Erfahrungen, schillernden Erlebnissen und
"Informationen, die Sieger machen, und Informationen, an denen
Nicht-Sieger mit offenen Augen vorbeilaufen." (Umberto Saxer)
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I, Nkoi, am with fear. It is 1960. Almost all the black people of
Congo are with great hope and joy. On June 30th they will receive
Independence. Yet, I, Nkoi, am with fear. Maybe my life will always
be one of fear and trouble. I was born in the Congo Topoke forest,
sometime, I think, in the 1940s. My father had been sent to prison
by a white judge. He died there before I was born. I have heard
that some of our 'Leopard Men' were hanged in that prison. My mind
forbids any connection. Yet my name, Nkoi, means Leopard in our
language. I do remember a happy childhood in our village. My
uncle-step-father was good to me, I had many friends, I enjoyed
Topoke life and passed through our Topoke manhood Initiation
Ceremonies. I attended our forest mission school and was even
chosen to go as a boarder to the white man's Mission school where I
became top of my class. It was there I learned to crave not just
education but also the wealth and power of the white people. Then I
made a mistake at home. Our custom insisted I married and I had to
leave the white man's mission school. But Topoke village life was
no longer sufficient. I left for Stanleyville where I found many
other black people in a similar quandary. We still loved our own
culture but found ourselves within a foreign culture which both
ruled and tempted us. We wanted the best of both for ourselves. We
found Kitawala. Our own religion. It seemed to offer us everything:
Identity, self-respect, an African religion claiming, we thought,
the best of both Christianity and our ancient beliefs. It also
insisted on our independence, true Independence to rule ourselves.
Hope. But things did not go to plan. It is 1960. I, Nkoi, am with
great fear.
'Mokili Andelo' is the beautifully told story of Mokili, young son
of a Congolese Bambole Chief, growing up in the Congo of the 1930s
and 40s. Born into Bambole Tradition, but drawn to the incoming
Baptist Mission, young Mokili faces with courage and an open mind
the extraordinary challenges of this cataclysmic period in Congo's
history. Dr Stanley Browne, renowned for his work fighting leprosy,
and in charge of the Yakusu hospital at the time, tells this story
of Mokili who becomes his ?Houseboy? at Yakusu. Dr. Browne was
known at Yakusu as ' Bonganga' - the 'White Doctor'. He is also the
Bonganga of this story. With rare insight and empathy Dr.
'Bonganga' Browne sets Mokili Andelo's story within a vivid, yet
faithful, picture of the Congolese everyday life, culture and
challenge of this crucial time. Dr Stanley Browne, renowned for his
work fighting leprosy and in charge of the Yakusu hospital at the
time, tells this story of his young Yakusu Houseboy, Mokili. Dr.
Browne was known at Yakusu as 'Bonganga' - the 'White Doctor'. He
is also the Bonganga of this story. With rare insight and empathy
Dr. 'Bonganga' Browne sets Mokili Andelo's story within a vivid,
yet faithful, picture of the Congolese everyday life, culture and
challenge of this crucial time.
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