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My Roots - Araka, Jeremîré M.
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Set among the Abagusii of Kenya at the onset of independence in Africa, Jeremîré Araka's My Roots is an extraordinary story of postcolonial migration and the characters' struggle to negotiate their existence in the disparate cultures that assailed Africa during and after colonization. Otenyo, as Chief Ongoro's first son, is the entitled heir to his father's throne. Colonialism and Christianity, however, have infected native customs and traditions, especially among those who have attained formal education such as Otenyo and his sisters who have excelled in modern education undergirded by…mehr

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Set among the Abagusii of Kenya at the onset of independence in Africa, Jeremîré Araka's My Roots is an extraordinary story of postcolonial migration and the characters' struggle to negotiate their existence in the disparate cultures that assailed Africa during and after colonization. Otenyo, as Chief Ongoro's first son, is the entitled heir to his father's throne. Colonialism and Christianity, however, have infected native customs and traditions, especially among those who have attained formal education such as Otenyo and his sisters who have excelled in modern education undergirded by Christian values. Otenyo acquires outstanding credentials in America where he also meets and marries an American woman, jilting a childhood flame whom he had left - so far unknown to him - pregnant with a daughter. All the successes with education and in the professions, however, further alienate Ongoro's children from their culture and traditions that have stood the test of time and served their society well. Torn between two worlds and rooted in neither, despite their academic success, their family faces mysterious deaths, countless ailments, baffling mishaps and many incomprehensible happenings whose solutions are deemed only explainable in the traditions of their people. This story gives the reader insights into the accounts of an immediate pre- and post-independent African state and the journey that Otenyo had unseeingly set out into the distant lands and upon his return, but now in search of his roots. Will the search for his roots succeed? How will his people, who have long-awaited his return, receive him? What of his estranged fiancé, Keruboo? Readers will conclude this book with a sense of awe-inspiring amusement.
Autorenporträt
Professor Jeremîré M. Araka teaches comparative communication, media studies and journalism. Educated in Kenya, the U.K and the USA, he pursued initial doctoral studies in African Studies at Howard University and later earned a Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Washington Trinity University. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching (Trinity College, Washington, DC) and a Diploma in Engineering (British Institute of Engineering Technology, Oxford). Araka, whose expertise spans journalism, comparative/corporate communication, media management and engineering, has previously served as the deputy vice-chancellor of finance administration and planning- at International Leadership University, acted as deputy vice chancellor of academic affairs- at St. Augustine, the University of Tanzania served as visiting professor - the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and University of Dar es Salaam, taught at Howard University and Daystar University. He has also served in various positions, including presidential advisor on media in Kenya, environmental health engineering, managing director/CEO and editor-in-chief (Kenya Times Media Trust), publications editor (Nation Media Group), special assistant to the Secretary of the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, and White House intern, Washington, D.C. He is credited with the UNEP International Journalistic Attachment Award and has contributed articles to Nobel Institute's Ambio Environment Magazine and Daily Nation's "Our Environment" column. Prof. Araka is the founding chair of the Association of Free and Independent Press and the Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies. His affiliations include the Media Educators and Trainers Association, the Institution of Engineers of Kenya, the American Society of Civil Engineers, Society of Engineers, U.K). Previous publications include the Classified Directory of East Africa, Kenya business directory, Thesaurus of English Quotations and Phrases for Communication, and Fundamentals of communication research in Africa: A contemporary view and Co-author of Theories of corporate communication and Management, several seminars and conference papers.