We are pleased to announce the production and publication of the audio version of the award-winning collection of poetry by Jerusha Kananu Marete, Echoes of Military Souls, narrated by Mawira M’tuamwari and Kamanu M’tuamwari.
Echoes of Military Souls won the 2022 Afrika Redefined Indie Book Prize, and the author was awarded on 24 August 2023 at an award ceremony at Alliance Française de Nairobi. The event was attended by academicians, educators, and readers from all walks of life, with keynote speeches by Dr Muthomi Thiankolu (Kenya) and Dr Gameli Tordzro (Ghana). Other speeches were by: Colonel (Retired) Julius Minyori; Professor Wangari Mwai, Vice Chancellor Presbyterian University of East Africa; Professor Mohamed Bakari, former Vice Chancellor RAF International University, now Islamic University of Kenya; Professor John Mugubi, Professor of Film and Theatre Arts at Kenyatta University; Professor Ngugi; Honourable Dr John Kanyuithia Mutunga; Mp Tigania West and a self-published author of three non-fiction books; Mrs Alice Kairichi, Senior Curriculum Development Officer, KICD, an Educationist, Researcher, and Trainer of Trainers; Professor PLO Lumumba; and Professor Austin Bukenya, who wrote an article about in the Saturday Nation.
About the Book
Genre: Poetry
Language: English/Kiswahili
Year Published: 2019
A military poetry collection of its kind. The book shows the emotional aspect of our men and women in service, their families, and the void they leave when they pay the ultimate price. It presents the nexus between war and women’s experiences, the trauma of broken families from losing a loved one because of war. It wouldn’t have come at a better time when the Kenya Defence Forces have been in Somalia fighting to keep their loved ones back home in Kenya safe from terrorists. The price soldiers and their families pay is great, leaving a bottomless void and immense sorrow.
The book addresses what is happening currently in Africa: the scourge of terrorism in Somalia, the Central Africa Republic, Mozambique, and the Boko Haram menace in West Africa. Families are devasted across Africa because of war, militaries committed to a faceless enemy, and the gallant soldiers who never give up.
Download the audiobook from:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/echoes-of-military-souls-1 – Kobo
https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/echoes-of-military-souls-by-jerusha-kananu-marete – Chirp Books
https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Jerusha_Kananu_Marete_Echoes_of_Military_Souls?id=AQAAAEBizR6NbM – Google Play
https://www.storytel.com/se/sv/books/4472970 – Storytel
https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9798368978772 – Libro.FM
https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/665833216/Echoes-of-Military-Souls-A-Collection-of-Military-Poetry – Scribd
https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/echoes-of-military-souls-a-collection-of-military-poetry/706188 – audiobooks.com
