Book 5 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 3880 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This is a story about a young migrant worker who made good in the big city and returns home after several years’ absence. He makes a grand entrance into his village showing off his material wealth. However, his family and the village elders teach him a lesson in “uBuntu” the African tradition of sharing.

Book 4 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 5230 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This humorous short story is set during the 1970s in a small town near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Two young, apprentice crooks eager to join the “big time” finally meet up with a real criminal and are taken to the cleaners.

Book 3 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 3110 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This short story poses the question: where does one draw the boundary between a husband’s infidelity and a polygamous marriage in traditional African society?

Book 2 Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 4750 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
This story is set about forty years ago at the time when laws were passed forbidding mixed marriages and sex across the colour bar. The main character in the story is faced with a moral dilemma: whether to co-operate with the authorities and betray his respected mentor for breaking the law, or whether to sacrifice a friend in order to protect his mentor.

Book 1 - Streets Paved with Gold    by Clive Cooke
Price: Free! 5290 words. Language: English (South African dialect). Published on March 28, 2013. Fiction » Literary collections » African.
Johannesburg, the city of gold! The streets, so it was thought, were literally paved with gold. Millions of migrants flocked to the city every year looking for work. This story, set in the 1960s, follows the fortunes of a migrant worker at a time when influx control caused untold hardships for many.

Kepsteno Rotwo    by Julie Wheeler
Price: Free! 2200 words. Language: British English. Published on October 12, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general.
In the village of Pokot in Kenya, traditional father, Felix struggles to cope as his daughter Matilda decides to reject one of the oldest rituals of their community.