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Nii, a young boy from the West Coast of Africa stows away on a ship to the land of dreams, The United Sates of America. He is thrown away to white sharks for breakfast by the crew of a ship called Xeno. Protected by a mysterious rainbow fish, he washes up on the shores of the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa and meets Tofi, a Zulu maiden. After a misunderstanding over language and culture he is accepted into the cattle herding nation. He teaches the Zulus how to fish because "e;Sea Never Dry ."e; They, in turn, teach him about cows because "e;Cattle is wealth."e; When Nii has to go home, Tofi fights for his return. She is compelled to go on a pulsating search for the magic rainbow fish , and has to dance in fire.

When Sindi decides that she will break from the stereotype of her background as a girl brought up around cattle, she plunges into a whole new world. The sea is too vast, the oceans too wide, and fishing skills in short supply. Yet she is determined to fish the oceans and challenge horizons. First she has to seek knowledge from those who know, skills from those who practice it, and then try,try, try. But even then, she has to go through a mysterious maze. She has to do the Lion dance, and she has to bear witness to the earth dance. She is not finished yet. In a surreal encounter with the African grey tweeting parrot, and the amicable fat cat, she becomes fortified to continue her quest. She encounters Mendala, Ghandia, and Nongse and becomes transformed. Sheis more determined not to give up on the dying Lion fish which had become her travel companion and mentor. In a pulsating race to the Scottburgh beach against time, Sindi is ushered into a brave new world. And her life would never be the same.

From the great Ethiopian Queen, Makeda (the biblical Queen of Sheba) to the richest man who ever lived, Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali (worth 400 billion dollars today), African kings and queens have exemplified not only excellence in leadership, but have served as extraordinary representatives of a civilization that changed the world. 100 Greatest African Kings and Queens: Volume One explores the journey of the first 10 African monarchs and will inspire readers to celebrate humanity and the shared civilization from which it springs. With discussions on Hannibal of Tunisia, Cleopatra Selene IV, Yaa Asantewaa of Ghana, the legendary Khufu (Cheops) of Egypt and more, the book also touches on the construction of the 13-city-block Pyramid of Giza; Al Karaouine in Morrocco, the world's first university; and the Library of Alexandria, which predates Christ by some 300 years. In 100 Greatest African Kings and Queens, you'll be introduced to the birthplace of civilization and the people who helped it grow.