Chris Lockhart, Daniel Mulilo Chama

Walking the Bowl (eBook, ePUB)

A True Story of Murder and Survival Among the Street Children of Lusaka

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A New York Times Notable Book An NPR Best Book of the Year For readers of Behind the Beautiful Forevers and Nothing to Envy, this is a breathtaking real-life story of four street children in contemporary Zambia whose lives are drawn together and forever altered by the mysterious murder of a fellow street child. Based on years of investigative reporting and unprecedented fieldwork, Walking the Bowl immerses readers in the daily lives of four unforgettable characters: Lusabilo, a determined waste picker; Kapula, a burned-out brothel worker; Moonga, a former rock crusher turned beggar; and Timo, an ambitious gang leader. These children navigate the violent and poverty-stricken underworld of Lusaka, one of Africa's fastest growing cities. When the dead body of a ten-year-old boy is discovered under a heap of garbage in Lusaka's largest landfill, a murder investigation quickly heats up due to the influence of the victim's mother and her far-reaching political connections. The children's lives become more closely intertwined as each child engages in a desperate bid for survival against forces they could never have imagined. Gripping and fast-paced, the book exposes the perilous aspects of street life through the eyes of the children who survive, endure and dream there, and what emerges is an ultimately hopeful story about human kindness and how one small good deed, passed on to others, can make a difference in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hanover Square Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780369718815
• Artikelnr.: 61690785

Autorenporträt

Chris Lockhart has a PhD in medical anthropology from the University of California, San Francisco, and UC Berkeley and is the coauthor of Tupa Tjipombo's I Am Not Your Slave: A Memoir. He has worked across Africa as an independent researcher and consultant on a variety of development projects in the areas of global health, human rights and journalism.