How Long to Read Twilight of the Exiles

How Long Does it Take to Read Twilight of the Exiles?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 50 minutes to read Twilight of the Exiles by Cyprian Fernandes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

TWILIGHT OF THE EXILES I DEDICATE THIS book (could be my last unless ...) to all the people who were forced to leave their birth-mother countries because of the Africanisation program enforced by the newly independent nations. I call these people, myself and my family included the exiles of eastern Africa. Most exiles have adopted and adapted to their new homes and countries of the diaspora. There are some, however, who will never forgive the Africans, especially the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, for virtually chucking them out. It was generally a quite brutal exodus for most, but Idi Amin was particularly savage in forcing the Asians out of their beloved Uganda. Others knew from the very start of the independence process that there was no place for them in African and that a day would come when they would have to leave. My family and I were this mind that is why we did not Kenya citizenship. But you can't stop loving the yearning for the country of your birth. Sure, some of these countries are no longer 100% safe with a high crime rate and most people tend to say "thank God I live in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe" or elsewhere. But that does not stop them from jumping out of comfy chairs screaming their lungs out, encouraging a Kenya victory on the track while watching it on television. Nostalgia binds us all and memory and nostalgia are stepmothers of a kind. We return at least once (or twice or three times, or whenever we can) to the old country and bask in its sunshine, feast on its cuisine and devour its fruit, and go on safaris in search of the Big Five Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and relive the dreams and memories of yesterday.One of the key elements of these nostalgia safaris is to meet up with friends and family who remained behind. They have prospered and done well for themselves. A visit to the Nairobi Goan Gymkhana, a meet-and-greet or a "koroga" (cooking) party at the Nairobi Goan Institute or the Mombasa Goan Institute is always high on the travelling menu.For a few days, or a week or two, or four, we live the life that we had become accustomed to before we had to leave. From the sidelines of the diaspora, most exiles wish nothing but the best for their countries of birth: safe cities and towns, a solution for the shanty towns and their people, elimination of political and monetary corruption. Most exiles remember one side of the colonial era with great nostalgia: good law and order. The other, colour-bar, exploitation of the African and the wholesale robbery of tribal lands and the crimes committed against the people of these former colonies, they would rather not think about. Most Africans have forgotten about the sad and ugly past. Similarly, like much of the nostalgia, Nairobi is wiping out with every new mega-structure, the bits that will now live in the memory of the aged (both exiles and the folks who live there) and soon all that reminds of the past in Nairobi will be there no longer. For a start, the exiles cannot recognise the new street names. Nor can we remember what was where in our youth or while we were adults. There are those who have cut the umbilical cord and have erased Kenya from all of their memory but bear no ill feelings towards anyone.If there are no keepers of our collective and individual memory left alive, then we cease to exist completely, much more so than if we were remembered. The ground is called laterite and is a clay which has been enriched with Iron and aluminium that has been developed over long periods by the heavy rainfalls and the intense heat. Sometimes the material is rock hard but when scuffed by vehicle wheels, it becomes a choking, red dust. The iron is the origin of the redness, it is a rusty red colour. - Jack Hill.FOR a long time, I have been writing and talking about our East African DNA. Most Europeans will tell you of their love for their Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania... The histories of these countries' past are "in the blood."

How long is Twilight of the Exiles?

Twilight of the Exiles by Cyprian Fernandes is 350 pages long, and a total of 87,500 words.

This makes it 118% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Twilight of the Exiles Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 58 minutes to read Twilight of the Exiles aloud.

What Reading Level is Twilight of the Exiles?

Twilight of the Exiles is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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