(one of my favorite excerpts <3)
“How do you stand it?” Jamie asked Banda one day.
“The hungry lion hides its claws. We will change all this someday. The white man accepts the black man because his muscles are needed, but he must also learn to accept his brain. The more he drives us into a corner, the more he fears us because he knows that one day there may be discrimination and humiliation in reverse. He cannot bear the thought of that. But we will survive because of isiko.”
“Who is isiko?”
Banda shook his head. “Not a who. A what. It is difficult to explain, Mr. McGregor. Isiko is our roots. It is the feeling of belonging to a nation that has given its name to the great Zambezi River. Generations ago my ancestors entered the waters of the Zambezi naked, driving their herds before them. Their weakest members were lost, the prey of the swirling waters or hungry crocodiles, but the survivors emerged from the waters stronger and more virile. When a Bantu dies, isiko demands that the members of his family retire to the forest so that the rest of the community will not have to share their distress. Isiko is the scorn felt for a slave who cringes, the belief that a man can look anyone in the face, that he is worth no more and no less than any other man..."
-- Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon
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This book is so FREAKIN AWESOME! It covered a family's adventure in life. How Jamie McGregor built the pillars of his success and how his next generations struggled to different plights that came to them: competition, conflicts, economy, etc. The novel showed how the characters played with life...as masters.
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Compositions: A Random Collection
RandomThese are just my random-made essays and compositions. Some are mine, some are not. DISCLAIMER: I do not own some of the following pieces. Original source is always given if possible.
