Say you’re one of them - Uwem Akpan

ACH STORY IN THIS JUBILANTLY ACCLAIMED

1 collection pays tribute to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances.

A family living in a makeshift shanty in urban Kenya scurries to find gifts of any kind for the impending Christmas holiday. A Rwandan girl relates her family's struggles to maintain a facade of normaley amid unspeakable acts. A young brother and sister cope with their uncle's attempt to sell them into slavery. Aboard a bus filled with refugees—a microcosm of today's Africa—a Muslim boy summons his faith to bear a treacherous ride across Nigeria. Through the eyes of childhood friends, the emotional toll of religious conflict in Ethiopia becomes viscerally clear.

"Akpan's brilliance is to present a brutal subject through the bewildered, resolutely chipper voice of children... All five of these stories are electrifying."

- Maureen Corrigan,

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