** Copies. Hot of the press **
'Beyond the Cape: Sin, Saints, Slaves, and Settlers' - Braz Menezes
SPECIAL NOTICE for Goa Book Club Members ONLY...shhh
With the authors permission I've received a box of books,
before the launch...shh.
Additional communication will follow on regular channels
after the official launch)
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Torontonian Goa Book Club Members:
I will be selling Braz Menezes' 'Beyond the Cape: Sin, Saints, Slaves,
and Settlers' the newly titled second edition of 'Just Matata: Sin,
Saints, and Settlers' The book is due to launched for Christmas 2015
This expanded edition includes maps and additional material which better
places Goan Migration in a historical context for international readers
interested in Colonial Africa and the Portuguese Goa.
Follow the adventures of young Lando as he navigates the complexities of
family loyalties, identity, and racial segregation, all while harbouring
an impossible schoolboy crush. Upon his return to Kenya from a
Jesuit-run boarding school in Goa, Lando finds a country sliding into
the armed political struggle for Independence.
You can pick up personal copies or gifts this Saturday.
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Braz Menezes is a Commonwealth Scholar who studied Creative Writing at
George Brown College and attended the mentorship program at Humber
College in Toronto. His work has previously appeared in various
anthologies including Canadian Voices; Goa Masala; Indian Voices; and
Canadian Imprints.
His well received debut novel Just Matata: Sin, Saints and Settlers was
released in 2011, followed by More Matata: Love after the Mau Mau in
2012. Braz is currently working on the third Matata book to complete his
trilogy.
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"...They spoke English, wore western attire, and drank Scotch Whiskey.
They played card games and cricket. Although they gyrated to mandos and
dulpods. They also danced the lancers, the waltz and the foxtrot. They
were Catholics and were considered reliable to handle the purse strings.
They stayed with their faith and never strayed into politics. They did
what they were told and were loyal and docile. Above all, when compared
to the cost of British labour, they could be had cheap — very cheap
indeed. They flocked to East Africa by the hundreds.
When I sat back to reflect and digest the facts, I decided their story
needed to be told: how a small community from Goa, played an
inordinately important and quiet role in the administration and the
services economy of British East Africa..." BM
Copies Available:
Our Lady of Rosary Church
2950 Midland Ave
Scarborough, ON
Saturday Dec 12th 2015
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
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Albert Peres
afpe...@3129.ca
416.660.0847 cell
