These Tears

by Joseph J Kiwovele

Overview

The plot is set in Tanzania in the sixties and reaches Sweden and California. It's a story of culture, history, and faith passed from one generation to another including various aspects of African culture, history, Christianity, and missionary work. These Tears is a human story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937748340
Publisher:	Memoir Books
Publication date:	04/07/2020
Pages:	74
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.15(d)

About the Author

Joseph J. Kiwovele was born in Tanzania. He's a graduate of Makerere University, Uganda, California State University, Chico, Tyndale Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, and International Theological Seminary, Bradenton, Florida. He's affectionately called "Pastor Joe" by the congregation of his Second Baptist Church in Chico, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1, These Tears

Chapter 2, My Pride

Chapter 3, My Mother

Chapter 4, My Father

Chapter 5, My Friend

Chapter 6, My Compassion

Chapter 1, My Regrets

Chapter 8, My Questions

Chapter 9, My Desire

Chapter 10, My Peace

Proverbs and Sayings

Editorial Reviews

This is a story of the human experience; a story of joy and happiness, sorrow and pain; a story of unanswered question and despair; and a story of hope and redemption. The plot of the story is in southwest Tanzania in the sixties. The story is centered on the grandmother answering her granddaughter’s questions, “Why do you love to sing and why do you cry when you sing?”

The grandmother explained she was not eloquent with words. She was uncomfortable to express herself in speeches or conversations, especially with people she was not familiar with. Rather, she found it much easier and comfortable to express herself in songs. Therefore she created songs and sang them to express what was in her heart in every situation of life. The grandmother explained to her granddaughter that she often shed tears when she sang to express her inner emotions as were dictated by the song. She shed tears of both joy and happiness and tears of sorrow and pain.

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