RANDOLPH, Mass., March 13, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The continent of Africa still stands in a state of unrest. Centuries of colonization, imperialism and slavery have left the continent hanging on to stability by a thread. Constantly shifting political regimes, tribal conflicts, starvation, drought and high mortality rates keep the area from advancing. In the first book by Tata Thaddeus Agwo, Journey from Africa to America (now available through 1stBooks Library) he addresses the traumatic experience of severed familial bonds and high teenage mortality rates in his homeland of Cameroon.
Manga is a teenager growing up after a long separation from his parents since age three. Upon his return, several years later, he is not a "normal" adolescent. His father soon passes away leaving his mother with the difficult task of caring for six children on her own. However, the behavioral problems Manga exhibits drives his mother to the edge as she realizes she will never be able to raise him properly. Turning to the classroom for help, Manga is sent into a transformation during his teenage years that will render him scarred for the rest of his life.
Agwo follows the successes and failures of Manga as he moves from tumultuous Cameroon of the late 1980s to Boston. The social and economic problems he faces in both countries can be "directly linked to the absence of a paternal bond at an early age," and it culminates with a chase down the highway involving 20 Massachusetts troopers.
A "high energy thriller," Journey from Africa to America shows the difficulty faced for indigenous African teenagers to survive under extreme and unusual conditions in Africa and the United States.
Agwo was born and educated in Cameroon. He graduated from the department of computer science, Northeastern University in Massachusetts and attended healthcare systems integration and electronic data integration certifications in California, Chicago and Boston. Working briefly for the government of Cameroon researching and writing blueprints for systems migration, Agwo also automated a private local hospital in Douala, Cameroon. He has worked for a major software company in Chicago, Sony and Holy Family Medical Center in Illinois. Currently, he works for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston as a systems integration engineer. Journey from Africa to America, told from an African perspective, is his first book.
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