Parrots of White Feathers

10 exciting stories from emerging Tanzanian writers

• Two young women vow to combat Teleza practices in their community only to find out that some women have access to the spoils…
• A young woman born with albinism struggling to find her place in her own family…
• A modern wife gets in trouble after challenging traditions that forces her to compromise the comfort of her family…
• About to attend her sister’s wedding, a girl is caught in a web of censorship from her family regarding what she should wear to make a good impression on the guests…
• A young man falls into a dilemma after challenging his father’s patriarchal beliefs which leads to a fatal situation…
• A young lady decides to trace and reconnect with her family roots in her mission to discover her own definition of life…
• A young girl with a dream to change the world meets an alluring man who pulls the wool over her eyes…
• A young lady who is struggling with pale skin and low vision, encounters a number of rejections that trigger a battle between her own feelings and that of others…
• Adamant to reveal who impregnated her when she was in school, a woman decides to break her silence on her deathbed, only to leave everyone with utter devastation…
• A young girl is given up by her parents to work as a housemaid in town, but the trends of her employers leave her with only one choice, if she wants to save herself…