Daba's Travels from Ouadda to Bangui

Posted on 19 April 2019 by Makombo Bamboté

Daba was born in Ouadda, in what is now the Central African Republic His mother often told him about the terrible dry season that year, when elephants, buffaloes and antelopes stampeded through the countryside in a frenzied search for water Even panthers stalked the bush around the village, often carrying innocent sheep Safe near his parents hut, Daba listened to the story time and time again And as he grew, loved and protected, there grew in him a strength of spirit and a deep love for his native village.But Daba was not destined to live his live in Ouadda When he was still a young boy, he left his beloved home on the first of a series of journeys that would lead him farther and farther away even to France For Daba s parents wanted him to be educated, a rare and special privilege not often enjoyed by poor village children.The life, history and tradition of the people of the Central African Republic are described with great feeling by Bambote, for Daba s Travels is a recollection of his own childhood and youth. Read Daba's Travels from Ouadda to Bangui – kino-fada.fr Daba s Travels is a happy tale of a little boy named Daba who gets a chance to leave his village in north central Central African Republic with a neighbor s family that s going on a vacation to the father s home village Daba s family arranged for him to study at a boarding school after the trip, so he stays on after the neighbor s family goes home As time goes on Daba makes new friends and keeps finding opportunities to travel further he excels at school and gets chances to study elsewhere Daba s Travels is a happy tale of a little boy named Daba who gets a chance to leave his village in north central Central African Republic with a neighbor s family that s going on a vacation to the father s home village Daba s family arranged for him to study at a boarding school after the trip, so he stays on after the neighbor s family goes home As time goes on Daba makes new friends and keeps finding opportunities to travel further he excels at school and gets chances to study elsewhere Through this luck and hard work and general carpe diem, readers get to follow Daba across CAR as he integrates into rural villages and bustling central market towns Daba gets to join friends on hunts and hikes He participates as an insider outsider in festivals and rel...Like apparently most of the people who read this book, I read it for my world books challenge and wasn t particularly impressed It seems to be aimed at middle grade readers ages 9 12 , and recounts the childhood experiences of a boy named Daba as he leaves his village in the Central African Republic to attend school in a larger town and spends his vacations traveling around the country with friends and relatives.As you would expect, this is a quick and easy read that even includes some Like apparently most of the people who read this book, I read it for my world books challenge and wasn t particularly impressed It seems to be aimed at middle grade readers ages 9 12 , and recounts the childhood experiences of a boy named Daba as he leaves his village in the Central African Republic to attend school in a larger town and spends his vacations traveling around the country with friends and relatives.As you would expect, this is a quick and easy read that even includes some illustrations It s a pretty gentle story, including adventures such as attending a boarding school and tagging along for a crocodile hunt However, it is disjointed, prematurely ending events that could have been exciting if fully developed like the crocodile hunt, which gets less page time than a neighbor telling th...This was literally the only work of fiction I could find that is set in Central African Republic CAR Other bloggers have reported the same challenge, so it seems many of us are reading the same book for this small, seemingly forgotten country in the middle of Africa Daba s Travels from Ouadda to Bangui is a children s novel that is the largely autobiographical story of the author s childhood Our young narrator, Daba begins with his early years in the remote village of his birth, but he This was literally the only work of fiction I could find that is set in Central African Republic CAR Other bloggers have reported the same challenge, so it seems many of us are reading the same book for this small, seemingly forgotten country in the middle of Africa Daba s Travels from Ouadda to Bangui is a children s novel that is the largely autobiographical story of the author s childhood Our young narrator, Daba begins with his early years in the remote village of his birth, but he doesn t linger there for very long The book follows Daba on a strang...A potential companion to A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park we travel with young Daba through his adventures Being raised with limited resources and hearing the stories of yeste...Jeg anerkender, at jeg ikke ville have l st denne bog, med mindre jeg havde bestemt for, at jeg bare skulle have et flueben ud for Den Centralafrikanske Republik i min personlige l seudfordring, Verden rundt i b ger Daba s Travels from Ouadda to Bangui er s ledes den absolut eneste roman fra Den Centralafrikanske Republik, jeg har kunnet opspore p...It s the story of a school boy named Daba who goes to a boarding school in a different part of the Central African Republic The most interesting parts of the book are when Daba and his friends encounter dangerous creatures on their long walks to different towns A young boy from France wins...I read this in French It is also available in English as Daba s Travels from Ouadda to Bangui It is a children s book, so the level of French required is not too high for anyone who can manage to hold a conversation or read a newspaper a group which includes me, although the conversations are sometimes stilted The story and the illustrations have a certain charm and the descriptions bring the country and its people to life I recommend it for World Tour readers who don t have a prejudice I read this in French It is also available in En...

19 April 2019

Makombo Bamboté