Living and Learning
Chez Alpha Books - December 2018
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Heading into the NEW YEAR, we can say that 2018 has been a great year for Chez Alpha Books. We have been fortunate to support two amazing writers: Anna Badkhen and Ayesha Harunna Attah launch their books Fisherman's Blues and The Hundred Wells of Salaga, respectively in Dakar. These book launch programs have provided the opportunity to work in collaboration with Lycee College Bilingue, Iqra Bilingual Academy, Senegalese American Bilingual School, Enko WACA International School, DWG Book Club and other organizations. With our social media campaigns, we have been able to develop wonderful relationships with new and old book lovers and book sellers worldwide! Students we supported in 2018 to study abroad are thriving in their new environments. At the close of 2018, it was a pleasure to participate in the Dakar Women’s Group Xmas Bazaar and the December Dakar Farmers Market to sell books that empower so many readers both young and old. Our story hour programs have enchanted children of all ages. We learned - read and the world will read with you! It was a good year! For 2019, we intend to play a greater role in book distribution and also implement additional support programs to guarantee student success. Stay tuned as there is much more to come in 2019!
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Who built the stable where Jesus lay? Multiple Coretta Scott King Award–winner Ashley Bryan has a very good idea in this beautiful and moving new layer to the nativity story. Told in gentle rhyme and illustrated with Ashley Bryan’s enormous talent, this is a picture book that captures the reason for the season in all its wonder and beauty.
Who Built the Stable?
is a celebration of Christmas, of the kindness of children, and of the new hope born with each new baby.
CHRISTMAS TO COLOR
is a Christmas coloring book to share and enjoy! Step into a wintry wonderland with illustrator Mary Tanana's intricate, gorgeous illustrations of Christmas magic. From snowflakes to stockings, reindeer to wreaths, every aspect of the holidays is waiting to be brought to life through your creativity.
GOING HOME
- Christmas is coming, and Carlos and his family are going home
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driving south across the border to Mexico. But Mexico doesn't seem like home to Carlos, even though he and his sisters were born there. Can home be a place you don't really remember? Glowing with holiday joy and the spirit of Mexico, this is a must-have for any home or library collection.
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The Lending Library at Chez Alpha Books is an excellent opportunity to register individual students or a family to join our community of readers.
With more than 2000 fiction and non-fiction books available library members can borrow books on a regular basis.
Our members come from near and far. Over the years we have watched the children grow into students who love to read! Register today!
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In ‘Becoming,’ Michelle Obama Mostly Opts for Empowerment Over Politics
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For anyone who’s wondering: No, she’s not running. In her new memoir, “Becoming” — a book whose reportedly
enormous advance
rendered its contents almost as closely guarded as the bullion at Fort Knox — Michelle Obama puts to rest any speculation about her political ambitions. “I’ve never been a fan of politics,” she writes, “and my experience over the last 10 years has done little to change that.” Note how she says “the last 10 years,” not two. She emerges in these pages as a first lady who steadfastly believed in her husband’s abilities but had no illusions that the sludge of partisanship and racism would melt away under the sunny slogans of hope and change.
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On the Road with
Ayesha Harruna Attah
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Chez Alpha Books is excited to share Tour Dates for
Ayesha Harruna Attah's
US book tour beginning February 2019. Published by Cassava Republic Press, THE HUNDRED WELLS OF SALAGA has been receiving great critical acclaim. Chez Alpha Books has enjoyed organizing her book launch and readings in Dakar but now we invite everyone to hear her speak and read from this incredible book starting in New York and then on to Washington, DC; Baltimore; Atlanta, Boston and more....
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December with Boubacar Boris Diop
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In April of 1994, nearly a
million Rwandans were killed in what would prove to be one of the swiftest, most terrifying killing sprees of the 20th century
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In Murambi, The Book of Bones, Boubacar Boris Diop comes face to face with the chilling horror and overwhelming sadness of the tragedy. The novel recounts the story of a Rwandan history teacher, Cornelius Uvimana, who was living and working in Djibouti at the time of the massacre. He returns to Rwanda to try to comprehend the death of his family and to write a play about the events that took place there. As the novel unfolds, Cornelius begins to understand that it is only our humanity that will save us, and that as a writer, he must bear witness to the atrocities of the genocide.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/468273.Murambi_The_Book_of_Bones?ac=1&from_search=true
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Projecting one’s gaze beyond the mirror means trying to expose the lies that hide behind so many clichés that are common currency about Africa. Above all, it means ringing the alarm bell as a warning against the sinister political intentions that feed a growing Afrophobia.
The media tends to portray Africa in a manner that grossly distorts reality. The picture they paint is intended to make people of African descent feel ashamed of their past and their identity. This is unacceptable and must change. It is therefore a moral imperative for all those who can make themselves heard, to speak out.
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The first novel to be translated from Wolof to English,
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks
is a masterful work that conveys the story of Nguirane Faye and his attempts to communicate with his grandson before he dies. With a narrative structure that beautifully imitates the movements of a musical piece, Diop relates Faye’s trauma of losing his only son, Assane Tall, which is compounded by his grandson Badou’s migration to an unknown destination. While Faye feels certain that his grandson will return one day, he also is convinced that he will no longer be alive by then. Faye spends his days sitting under a mango tree in the courtyard of his home, reminiscing and observing his surroundings. He speaks to Badou through his seven notebooks, six of which are revealed to the reader, while the seventh, the “Book of Secrets,” is highly confidential and reserved for Badou’s eyes only.
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The COLLEGE CLUB
at Chez Alpha Book is delighted to announce a new US education pathway with Arizona State University. This is a unique option for students, offering a fantastic range of degrees at both undergraduate and graduate level. Arizona State University is an impressive and highly ranked public university. Based in sunny Phoenix, the 5th largest US city, ASU has over 100,000 students and 5 diverse campuses.
Working with The College Club, we can provide students with the following:
- Direct, transfer, and conditional admission to all bachelor's degrees
- Direct admission to all master's degrees, with conditional admission for the schools of business, global management, engineering, and law
- Undergraduate pathway helps students improve both academic grades and English
- The Intensive English program and International Graduate Preparation program offer TOEFL waivers to conditionally admitted students
Streamlined admission
- Quick application processing and fast admission decisions
- Flexible academic requirements and transparent qualification equivalencies
- Excellent scholarship incentives for high-achieving students
- The ASU application fee is waived for your students
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The College Club invites serious applicants to apply and study in Canada with our partner universities. Bachelor and Master programs are available. For more information email ramaka@chezalphabks.com or send a whatsapp message to+221 77 5760784
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[Tel: +221338206359] [maizie@chezalphabks.com]
[www.chezalphabks.com]
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