Just Matata (Matata Trilogy)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.53 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1466360933 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Just Matata-Funny, Informative and Entertaining Just Matata is a well-written and researched book, and poignantly told, of the life of a young Goan lad growing up in Goa and Kenya. It also dealt sensitively with the castes and racial prejudices which Goan people faced in Goa, India and East Africa. The book was of particular interest to me as I was born in Burma just before the war and grew up in Burma and India during the war. I was part of the group described in the book as "travelling in t. lyn said Entertaining and Interesting. "Just Matata" offers several things - a good story, some interesting history, some wise relfections on cultural differences - and it is overall an entertaining read. I really liked it! It is set primarily in the 19Entertaining and Interesting lyn "Just Matata" offers several things - a good story, some interesting history, some wise relfections on cultural differences - and it is overall an entertaining read. I really liked it! It is set primarily in the 1940s, following several years in the life of young Lando, a Goan boy growing up in Kenya, and then in Goa, India. Lando himself is engaging, with observations which are both amusing and wise. The story is thread throughout with the hist. 0s, following several years in the life of young Lando, a Goan boy growing up in Kenya, and then in Goa, India. Lando himself is engaging, with observations which are both amusing and wise. The story is thread throughout with the hist. "Just Marvelous" according to wetcoast. "Just Matata" is an excellent coming-of-age novel. It tells the story of a young boy growing up in Kenya with his Goan parents and sibling after World War II, and it is marvellously evocative of the time and place. Menezes makes his world come alive and provides vivid descriptions of both Kenya and Goa. His protagonist, Lando, is a loveable and believable character and I really felt myself drawn into his world. The novel blends well the exotic (
His work has appeared in various anthologies including; Canadian Voices, Volume 1&2, (2009-2010) Bookland Press, Toronto; Goa Masala, (2010) A-Plus Publishing, Toronto; Indian Voices, (2011) Fortytwo Books Galaxy, (2011) Mumbai; and Canadian Imprints, (2011) Writers and Editors Network-WEN, Toronto. He lives in Toronto. In 1978 he joined the World Bank and has travelled and worked in a n
He returned to Kenya and established a successful practice, before eventually immigrating with his family to Canada in 1976. He lives in Toronto. About the Author The author, Braz Menezes, is a retired architect and urban planner,Commonwealth Scholar. Just Matata is his debut novel, and the first of the Matata Trilogy . He returned to Canada in 2004. He graduated from the University of Nairobi in Architecture. In 1978 he joined the World Bank and has travelled and worked in a number of countries including Brazil, Egypt, India, Mexico, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He was awarded a British Commonwealth Scholarship in 1964 to study Civic Design at the Universit
From cashews and the coco-de-mer, the stories, alternatively funny, sad or evocative, deal with the enduring dichotomy between generations, races, cultures and love, and the transformational impact of destiny-changing events in life’s perpetual journey.. Just two decades later all Chico’s plans are on hold. Instead of his original destination of Mozambique, he arrives in the British-ruled Kenya. These tales transport the reader in dhows and steamships across the Indian Ocean; and in ox-drawn Scotch-wagons, horse-carriages, steam locomotives and bicycles between the two cultures. .Matata means ‘trouble’ in Swahili, as Chico discovers after jumping ship on a journey from India to Africa in 1928. Sin, Saints and Settlers sum it all. With some skills and much sweat, he navigates the channels open to him under the racially segregated structure of the colony, while doing all to keep his Indo-Portuguese heritage alive, and dreaming only of retirement to his beloved Goa. Enter son Lando. Just Matata, narrated by Lando, from the perspective of a eleven year-old boy, brings history to life in these multi-layered stories that straddle two distinct colonies in mid 20th century - the bucolic and romantic Goa (Portuguese India) and the adventure-fil