Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum
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Document Type
Book
Description
This is the story of two young people from completely different worlds: Kennedy Odede from Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, and Jessica Posner from Denver, Colorado. Kennedy foraged for food, lived on the street, and taught himself to read with old newspapers. When an American volunteer gave him the work of Mandela, Garvey, and King, teenaged Kennedy decided he was going to change his life and his community. He bought a soccer ball and started a youth empowerment group he called Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). Then in 2007, Wesleyan undergraduate Jessica Posner spent a semester abroad in Kenya working with SHOFCO. Breaking all convention, she decided to live in Kibera with Kennedy, and they fell in love.Their connection persisted, and Jessica helped Kennedy to escape political violence and fulfill his lifelong dream of an education, at Wesleyan University.
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
Ecco
City
New York
State
NY
Award
2016 Nonfiction Runner-Up
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Nonfiction
Repository Citation
Odede , K., & Posner , J. (2016). Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum. New York, NY: Ecco.
