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Just Another Mzungu Passing Through
Author(s): Jim Bowen (Author)
- Publisher: Parthian Books
- Publication Date: 17 April 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 296 pages
- ISBN-10: 190576233X
- ISBN-13: 9781905762330
Book Description
A story set in Kenya in 1996, Griff takes a job teaching at a small, struggling school in Nairobi. El Nino floods, bulldozed slums, street justice and widespread corruption are all around him. A story that portrays an experience of modern Africa in all its contradictions – its beauty, squalor, joy and heartbreak.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Bowen’s debut novel is instantly engaging, and relevant now more than ever. –Kelly Salter, The Big Issue
Returned volunteers sometimes write stories about their experiences overseas and we often recommend their stories to future volunteers to inform them about the country which will shortly become their home. While Jim has fictionalised his VSO experience in this story, and though Kenya has developed a great deal since he returned to the UK, Just another mzungu passing through is an excellent snapshot of what Nairobi was like then, and what it is still, in many ways like now. –Alexandra Vernon, VSO
About the Author
Jim Bowen worked as a coach for the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association from 1996-98. He now works as a farmer in west Wales.
