Stories from Africa. Retold by Clare West.
Penguin Bookworms, 2008. — 68 pages.
South Africa:
Ekaterina by Jack Cope.
Tanzania:
Breaking Loose by M. G. Vassanji.
Uganda:
Remember Atita by Jackee Budesta Batanda.
South Africa:
A Gathering of Bald Men by Mandla Langa.
These stories come from different countries in Africa.
First, there is a passenger on a plane, flying home to South Africa, talking to the stranger sitting next to him, a beautiful young Greek girl.
Next, in Tanzania, Yasmin is very uncomfortable when a visiting professor asks her to dance with him. What will her mother say?
In Uganda, strangers are brought together by the accidents of war - Atita, looking for a lost friend, and Okema, a young boy hiding from the rebels that steal children from the villages.
And in the busy city of Johannesburg Caleb finds a new worry to add to the many worries in his life. But then he meets a stranger in a bar, who has the answer to it all . . .
There are many varieties of English spoken in the world, used by people who speak many other languages as well. In these stories set in Africa there are a few words from African languages such as Swahili and Acholi. All these words are either explained in the stories or in the glossary on page 57.