Nyumba ya Afilika
| File:Christina Lamb - The Africa House.jpeg First edition cover | |
| Author | Christina Lamb |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography, Travel |
| Publisher | Viking Penguin |
Publication date | 1999 Hardcover 01 Jun 2000 Paperback |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 380 (hardcover edition) 400 (Paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-87727-0 (hardcover edition) 978-0-14-026834-8 (Penguin) |
| OCLC | 40754887 |
| Preceded by | Waiting for Allah |
Nyumba ya Afilika ni buku ilo lalembeka na Christina Lamb mu 1999. Buku ili lili na mutu wakuti The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream.
Mwakudumula
[lemba | kulemba source]The Africa House ni nkhani ya umoyo wa msilikari, uyo wakaŵa wakwamba kukhazikika mu vyaru vinyake, wandale ndiposo wakukhozgera wanangwa wa Africa Stewart Gore-Browne pakuzenga chiharo chake cha Shiwa Ngandu ku Northern Rhodesia, sono Zambia. Buku ili likamba mu 1996 apo wakakumana na muzukuru wa Gore-Browne ku Lusaka. Buku ili lili na mabuku gha Gore-Browne, makalata, mapepara na vithuzithuzi vya mbumba yake, kweniso ivyo wakafumba ŵabali na ŵabwezi ŵake.
Kupokera
[lemba | kulemba source]Ŵanthu ŵakakondwa yayi na buku la The Africa House.
Nyuzipepara ya Seattle Times yikalumba buku la The Africa House, yikati 'ndakulongosora makora nyengo, malo, munthu na ndyali za vyaru viŵiri.'
The Independent yikati buku ili ni'mbiri yiwemi comene' kweni yikamunena Lamb cifukwa ca 'kuŵika maghanoghano gha ŵanthu mu maghanoghano ghawo' kweniso yikati vithuzithuzi vinandi vikaŵa 'vicoko comene kuti vimanyikwenge.' Buku la Kirkus Reviews likati buku ili 'ndakucenjezga kweni ndakukhozga mtima comene kwa munthu uyo wakaŵa na maghanoghano ghaheni, nangauli wakacitanga viheni vinandi yayi.'
Mu nkhani iyo wakalemba mu nyuzipepara ya New Statesman, Graham Boynton wakalemba kuti buku la The Africa House 'ndakuzirwa comene, cifukwa likuyowoya waka za munthu wapadera yayi, kweni likovwiraso kulongosora malo gha ŵazungu mu Africa.'
Publishers Weekly ŵakayowoya kuti buku ili likaŵa 'lakukondweska ndipo likalembeka makora chomene, nangauli ivyo Lamb wakuchita pakulongosora umoyo wa ŵanthu awo wakuŵasambizga vikuwoneka nga ni vyautesi, ndipo ivyo wakuyowoya vikubenekelera chomene Ufumu wa Britain.'