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The Gunny Sack
Winner of the 1990 Commonwealth First Novel Prize (Africa). The Gunny Sack follows the bizarre tale of an old and unremarkable bag and the life changing secrets within it. In exile from Tanzania, Salim Juma is given a gunny sack by his beloved, but strange, great-aunt. The bag takes him back to his childhood, when he was first mesmerised by the peculiar mementos inside. He soon begins to piece together the stories hidden within, only to discover the truth behind a fateful series of events that changed his family forever. The stories that follow stretch across four generations of Salim's family, tracing their footsteps and unravelling their loves, betrayals, and incredible misadventures. The Gunny Sack is an extraordinary chronicle into the experiences of Indian migrants in Africa as they struggled under changing power structures, from German invasions to British colonialism.
Crop Improvement Strategies in Brassica species: Stress Resistance Strategies
This contributed volume offers cutting-edge insights into managing both abiotic and biotic stress in Brassica crops like mustard, rapeseed, cabbage, and radish. This book deliberates crop improvement approaches that enhance stress resistance, focusing on the mechanisms behind abiotic stress tolerance and biotic stress management. Experts share the latest research on breeding strategies, including genetic manipulation, induced resistance, and resilience breeding in various Brassica species. From Brassica napus to Raphanus sativus, this book offers essential guidance for breeders, researchers, and agricultural professionals aiming to develop stress-resistant crops. It’s an indispensable resource for anyone working to improve crop resilience in the face of climate change and pest challenges. This is the second book in this two-part volume, covering the stress management strategies in Brassica species.
Breaking the Moulds
Contributed essays.
Learo and the Shattered Pearl
One dream. One city. One shattered pearl. Learo is just an ordinary eleven-year-old girl—until a vivid dream shows her a mythical city, a glowing magical pearl, and a warning too strange to ignore. When a school field trip leads her and her best friend Meela into a forgotten part of a ruined castle, they uncover a hidden world that seems torn straight from Learo's dream. Now lost in a mysterious city filled with shadows, puzzles, and secrets, the girls must recover the broken pieces of the ancient pearl before darkness takes over. Along the way, they meet talking creatures, gnomes with grand feasts, and a dragon named Derpy with a nose for adventure. As reality blurs with fantasy and their time runs out, Learo, Meela—and their determined friend Jessica, who’s on their trail—must choose between returning home… or saving a kingdom that may already be lost. Perfect for fans of magical quests, strong friendships, and the thrill of discovering new worlds. Learo is a dazzling adventure where courage shines brighter than pearls—and where even the smallest heroes can change everything.
The Pigeonhole
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Asghar and Zahra
LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE Childhood friends Asghar and Zahra were born into the same British Muslim community in west London. But they grow up into very different people. Asghar is a shy boy nervous of stepping outside his family's comfort zone, while Zahra is an ambitious woman who has just finished her degree at Cambridge. The novel opens on their wedding day as friends and family wonder what could possibly have brought this odd couple together. After a comically disastrous honeymoon, painful secrets from the past throw the relationship further off-balance. And then there's the sinister preacher taking a keen interest in them . . . A funny, sympathetic and very human novel about the first year of a marriage, and the difficulties of reconciling the sometimes conflicting demands of family, religion and society, Asghar and Zahra is the debut of a striking new talent.
Teenager
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Sachs Street
The story of Khadidja destroys many preconceived and stereotypical ideas about a community who has been part of Cape culture from the very start, yet which is little known to outsiders. Sachs Street is regarded as one of Rayda Jacobsâs bravest novels as it explores the emotional attachments of modern Muslim women in South Africa. The novel offers an intimate and often startling portrait of a not-so-perfect Muslim family from the fifties to the new millennium.
Social Welfare
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