SOME OF MY BOOKS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Hi,
If you found it
difficult to access my books for any reason, here today is the good news!
Six of them are now
available online as e-books which means you can access them wherever you are
and whenever you like. You can read them on the internet, on your laptop or on
your phone. And what`s more, each of them will cost you only one US Dollar
(which is about six hundred Francs CFA)!
There are nine of
them:
1- `SAY NO TO
AIDS` (Non au SIDA) which is a collection of poems, some of which are in
English and some in French. The publication contains poems on HIV AIDS
education. It is prefaced by the Cameroon Minister of Public Health and carries
the logo and approval of the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC) which is
the official organ put in place by the government of Cameroon to pilot HIV AIDS
issues.
It is available at:
https://sumbola.com/books/499/say-no-to-aids-non-au-sida
2- `THE CRYING
BABY` is a collection of eleven short stories on college life, living in an
African village, child bed wetting, attempted robbery, gluttony, crying babies
and what some mothers do with them, as well as the prospect of getting married
to a minister`s daughter.
It is available at:
https://sumbola.com/books/497/the-crying-baby
3. `MY LOVE FOR NURSE
NAOMI` contains nine short stories that touch on different aspects
of everyday life. The
themes treated in the work include love,
education, the
economy, the way parents treat their children, public
violence, travel
abroad and tourism, life and death. Of particular interest is the lead story
which narrates how an eleven-year-old boy fell madly in love with a working
female nurse who looked after him in hospital.
The book is available
at: https://sumbola.com/books/496/my-love-for-nurse-noami
4. `A DIME FOR THREE`
is a collection of eight exhilarating real-life experience short stories set in
an African country but which inevitably ring bells with people in other
countries. The themes covered are varied and include life, disease, death, pain
and frustration, achievement and joy as well as nature, the universe and God.
It is available at:
https://sumbola.com/books/493/a-dime-for-three
5. `THE WOODEN
BICYCLE` contains ten short stories that any reader would find captivating.
This is because the stories are thrilling, amusing and educative. The book is a
depiction of life as a gift, as fun and as a duty. They are told in such a way
that the reader feels compelled to read a story right to the end and
immediately begin the next one.
You can access
through: https://sumbola.com/books/500/the-wooden-bicycle
6. `MY FLYING EAGLE`
contains 100 (one hundred) poems. The figure 100 stands for some outstanding
facts of life such as the boiling point of water. It is the square of the
figure 10, the starting point for percentages. It is the atomic number of
fermium which we all know is an actinide. The figure 100 is also the unit into
which most currencies of the world are divided. From that point of view, the
number is noteworthy. It should be borne in mind that the book bears some
resemblance to my daughter, Abu Azonga in the sense that the “flying eagle” in
the title of the book is her favorite “animal”. You will know why when you read
the book.
`My Flying Eagle` is available at:
7. `CUP MAN AND OTHER STORIES` is a collection of eight
stunning and mesmerizing stories that take an incisive look at some aspects of
everyday life. Subjects covered include drunkenness, man`s relationship with
cows, the untold tough life overseas, why stealing is wrong, the rising trade
in coffins in Cameroon, the carelessness that leads to loss of life on our
highways, and the puncturing of the myth that the woman is the weaker sex.
It is available at:
8. `TOMATOES FOR FOUR` :
Like with poems in any other collection, the verses in this book tell
their own individual tales. Examples are `The Cat Song`
which is an
animal`s rendition, `High Treason` which tells of how a
so-called
gentleman was discourteous to a lady, and `The Mocking
Bird`, which is
dedicated to His Royal Highness the Fon (Traditional Ruler)
of Oku in
Cameroon - a childhood friend of the author`s. Collectively
though,
the poems recount a story which opens with a cat that tells
the
truth; followed by a man stranded at a train station; the
good fight a
departed "mother" put up; and tears being shed in
`This Country`,
which is a lamentation for a country - Cameroon - in which
things are
going wrong. At the same time, the poet dedicates a
significant number
of the 56 poems to colleagues of his at the Cameroon Radio
Television
(CRTV). It is to be noted that these poems were written at
the time
the author worked at the corporation.
TOMATOES FOR FOUR` can be viewed through the link:
9. `A STORM IN A TEA CUP`
One aspect that stands out in this book is the relative
shortness of
its poems. In fact, few of them are up to, let alone, longer
than a
score of lines and most are clearly poems made of single
stanzas of
four lines each. Without doubt, such an architectural
disposition
makes the work reader friendly in the sense that a reader
does not
have to read too much before getting the message that is
contained in
a verse. Themes treated in the collection are both deep and
wide. They
include human psychology, money, religion, societal ills,
evil doing
and doomsday, as well as pious living and its reward.
Another
interesting feature of the poems is the fact that they are
very
universal in nature and do not unnecessarily harp on any one
geographical area of the world. Such an approach enables
many more
people to identify with the stories told in the poem.
The link is: http://www.sumbola.com/books/502/a-storm-in-a-tea-cup
Enjoy the books and
please, I would be grateful for your feedback either through my email address
tmazonga@gmail.com or through my website www.tmazonga.blogspot.com or on
FACEBOOK under my name <Tikum Mbah Azonga> or on Linked In under the same
name. I can also be contacted through P.O. Box 625, Buea, South West Region,
Republic of Cameroon.
Many thanks
Tikum Mbah Azonga
