Real Africa Books – förlag

Just how did we become human? The question of human origins has never ceased to fascinate us. How did we learn to live, work, and love, together? Lasse Berg takes us to the cutting edge of research by the world?s leading evolutionary scientists. He combines breathtaking revelations with his own lifelong experience of living in different parts of the globe, particularly in Africa. The astonishing picture that emerges from this highly informative and accessible blend of our new knowledge about human nature is that we are ALL Africans. Biologically there are no human races. The encouraging message of this book is that humanity was made for peaceful co-operation by six million years of evolution in Africa.

This story, Eldflugorna, was fist published in Sweden in 1964. The young man Tom Mawe from Dar es Salaam is drilling wells to find water in the small villages of Sukumaland together with his boss, the cynical but good-hearted Englishman Colin Macpherson. Out there Tom meets the young Phebe Togire. She is a well-educated radical and hardworking rebel against the old African society, burning for a modern development of her country. Phebe and Tom are helplessly falling in love. But Phebe becomes a victim of the old traditions that she is fighting; she is raped by chief George who is head of the district and she is giving birth to his child. Tom returns from his studies in England, and he is helping Phebe to start a process to overturn old tribal customs and replace them with modern legislation. Which lead to a crescendo where Phebe is just about losing her life. These dramatic events take place during the short time when the young state Tanganyika, later Tanzania, is created and is getting its first president Julius Nyerere. For those who were present at that time, or for those whose parents were a part of this revolutionizing development, the story about Tom & Phebe is an interesting time document, giving an illuminating background to what this area has become today. The language of the translation is adjusted to possess the phrasal idiom of traditional eastern African English. Welcome to the world of Tom and Phebe!

Martin, a Swedish accountant, is out hiking on the countryside in Rwanda. In a lonely house on the remote hilly slopes of the interior of the country he meets the beautiful young woman Sharita and her little daughter Dolly. They invite him to share their simple lunch and Sharita tells Martin about her life and about Dolly?s father. That starts a drama about love, about lies and betrayal. A story where the truth is a shabby goat and the lie is a beautiful woman. The narrative brings Martin back to his home country Sweden, but to reveal the full truth he is also compelled to find pieces of the puzzle in Germany and to roam every corner of Rwanda before he is surely telling the veridical story to you, the reader. Put on your safety belt and join Martin on the trip!