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The Luck Charm
Contributor(s): Banda, Tito (Author)
ISBN: 9996098125     ISBN-13: 9789996098123
Publisher: Luviri Press
OUR PRICE:   $26.13  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.41 lbs) 168 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
 
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Tomasi Manda, an intelligent boy whose rational mind rejects belief in witchcraft, does something that causes his mother and elder brother to fear that he might be bewitched.They decide to put "protective medicine" into his blood. But their problem is how to get Tomasi to accept the medicine, having once before failed to convince him to have such protection. However, when Tomasi passes his primary school examinations and is selected for a boarding secondary school away from home, the two approach him with the medicine disguised as a charm, something that would bring him good luck from the strangers among whom he will now be living. Tomasi initially rejects the offer, but when, to his surprise, he sees that this causes his mother great pain, he lets her insert into his blood "the totally useless powder." Then certain things begin to happen to Tomasi which, unable to explain them otherwise, he can't help thinking are being caused by the potion his mother has put in his blood. Eventually he becomes convinced that he now has a potent luck charm in his body, and reaches the frightening conclusion that from now on his life will be run by this charm. What is he to do?

Contributor Bio(s): Banda, Tito: - Tito Banda was born and brought up in Tihauke Village, Mzimba District. He received his secondary education at Mzimba and Nkhata-Bay Secondary Schools and his college education t Messiah College and Temple University in the USA and finally at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Until the time of his death in 2014, he was a lecturer in literature and creative writing in the then Department of Languages and Literature in the Faculty of Education at Mzuzu University. His research interest was in oral literature, both narrative and poetic. His published works include three novels: Sekani's Solution, A Bier Disapproval, and The Luck Charm. He also published many short stories and feature articles, mainly on cultural subjects.