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Afro-Indian Dreams Trilogy    by William Forde
Price: $2.00 USD. 47480 words. Language: English. Published on August 13, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Africa.

This book is a compilation of the 3 stories that Nelson Mandela phoned me personally to say were ‘Wonderful’ at their publication in the year 2000. They tell the story of an African, Indian and Jamacian from the individual perspective of three children; one from South Africa, one from the Punjab in India and one from Falmouth in Jamaica, and provide an accurate historical background setting.
Two Worlds One Heart    by William Forde
Price: $1.50 USD. 36660 words. Language: Commonwealth English. Published on July 11, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Africa.

This is an Afro-Caribbean publication containing two stories that Nelson Mandela said was ‘wonderful’. The African story concerns an Africa from the past to the present day and Nelson Mandela’s influence on it. The Indian of a girl’s dream of the man she will one day marry. Both stories extol the virtues that the peoples of both proud countries have given to the world.
The Valley of the Two Tall Oaks    by William Forde
Price: $1.00 USD. 19700 words. Language: English. Published on June 3, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Historical / Africa.

Many have written about Nelson Mandela, but I wanted to write about his dream; a dream which sustained him through three decades of imprisonment; a dream held by other tribal chiefs in the Africa of old and passed on to the next generation, like a baton until it eventually ended up in the hands of Nelson Mandela, who then gave it to the world. Nelson Mandela described this story as ‘Wonderful’.
Bucket Bill    by William Forde
Price: $1.00 USD. 11660 words. Language: English. Published on June 1, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » Boys & Men.

Bucket Bill is a story of a Jamaican dream that Nelson Mandela described as 'wonderful'. It's about a safe harbour where the sun shines in equal measure and hope springs eternal in the hearts of all good people and where the river of respect runs deep. Set in Falmouth, the old slave capital of Jamaica, it concerns the quest of a boy who is preoccupied with the question: ’When will I become a man?’
Omaka to the Rescue    by Roderic Anderson
Price: $0.99 USD. 15590 words. Language: English. Published on February 27, 2012. Fiction » Children’s books » People & Places / Africa.

Set in Nigeria in the 1980s ,Omaka and Adaeze were on holidays at Mr Odali’s where they came across two suspicious night visitors. Little did the girls know that they would help rescue Omaka’s father from these criminals nor did Omaka realize that she had rescued Adaeze by taking her to Lagos.