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A Glimpse Of Sunray captures the life journey of an eleven-year-old boy, Tayo, who struggles with depression as he copes with the grief over losing his beloved dad. Tayo is fortunate to have the love and care of his devoted mother, who is likewise grieving the loss of her husband. Together, they manage to move forward in their lives. Tayo does his best to look after his mom and ensure their daily mutual survival. She encourages and empowers him to continue his education -----through primary and secondary forms and eventually university. While both of them experience accomplishments and victories along the way, they encounter recurring bouts of depression and grieving over their loss, yet their persistence and perseverance enable them to achieve victory by the end of the story. Olasehinde presents Tayo's odyssey in a first-person singular narrative throughout the story. This enables the reader to emotionally identify with various peaks and valleys of his maturing as a young man. For readers who have ever experienced the loss of a loved one and the subsequent grieving and/or depression, the writer's treatment of the ways Tayo and his mom cope with the setbacks, challenges and victories offer a lesson about the resilience of human nature in facing the darkness and light that are part of everyone's life. Olasehinde masterfully incorporates rich anecdotal material about how Tayo, his mom, and other characters respond to the positive and negative situations they encounter. For example, Tayo's responses to the stresses of his grade level proficiency examinations, winning an inter-school competition, orientation to university life, and his mixed experiences in his teaching jobs----are believable and engaging to the reader. Overall, this book is a story of hope-----a realistic progression from uncertainty and darkness to resolution and triumph.
Although the Horn of Africa was historically one of the earliest destinations for Yemeni migrants, it has been overlooked by scholars, who have otherwise meticulously documented the Yemeni presence in the Indian Ocean region. Subjects of Empires/Citizens of States draws on rich ethnographic and historical research to examine the interaction of the Yemeni diaspora with states and empires in Djibouti and Ethiopia from the early twentieth century, when European powers began to colonize the region. In doing so, it aims to counter a dominant perspective in Indian Ocean studies that regards migrants across the region as by-products of personal networks and local oceanic systems, which according to most scholarship led to cosmopolitan spaces and hybrid cultures. Samson Bezabeh argues that far from being free from the restrictions of state and empire, these migrant communities were constrained, and their agency structured, by their interactions with the institutions and relations of states and empires in the region. Elegantly combining theoretical readings with extensive empirical findings, this study documents a largely forgotten period in the history of Yemeni migration as well as contributing to the wider debates on class, citizenship, and ethnicity in relation to diaspora groups. It will appeal to specialists in Middle East studies and to those who study the Indian Ocean and Horn of Africa regions, as well as to migration and diaspora studies scholars, nongovernmental organizations, and policy makers concerned with the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden region.
YOU CAN THRIVE IN ALL PHASES OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAREERUndertaking a professional career is a journey. Career paths can be strewn with all kinds of expected and unexpected developments. The way you address such issues contributes to how your career develops. Developing the right skills to navigate career challenges is critical in providing you with an edge to stand out for recognition. In this book, Samson has presented situations that many career professionals encounter and how these challenges can be effectively managed. The main objective of this book is for the insights presented to provoke deeper reflection, inspire exploration, probe questions, and/or serve as a conversation starter. This could lead and help you on the path of crafting an approach, which is leveraged on who you are, and is suitable and sustainable for handling the issues related to your particular situation, and contributing to your consistent good value addition through your role, and advancement in your career.
WHERE YOU ARE IS A GOOD PLACE TO START THRIVINGWe are indeed all different, and there isn't a particular way for all to live life. We approach life differently and have individual ways that best suit us to thrive. Your power, as well as advantage, is that you are you.It is important that you know you, and the worth of who you are. You are a part of someone else's survival kit and enablement to thrive.You may think or believe you are in the shadow of who you desire to be. But you are still you. You can tap into relevant resources to develop what it takes to become the real you, and for you to grow in the confidence of who you really are, to truly thrive.Everyone starts from a different place and follows a different path. In this book, Samson has provided thoughts and effective strategies you can deploy to THRIVE on who you are. The essence is not for you to be reckless with who you are, but to be responsible and accountable to yourself and all in optimising the value of being you - be seen, recognised, respected, and rewarded for who you are.
YOUR DECISIONS CAN EMPOWER YOU AND SET YOU UP TO THRIVE AMID LIFE'S CHALLENGESYour decisions are yours. The consequences of your decisions are also yours. Not deciding, is a bad decision. For decisions to work for you, you have to respect and apply the principles for effective decision-making.Do you know certain people who appear to know exactly what to do in any given situation? Success seems to come easy for them. They keep growing and thriving despite the crises and chaos out in the world. How is it possible? YOU can get the same or even better results.Making quality decisions can provide you with an edge in every dimension of life. How do you cultivate these kinds of decisions for the desired outcome?In this book, Samson has presented techniques that will enable you to develop perspectives for the exploration of effective decision-making processes, which will enable you to effectively navigate various aspects of your life.
