Author(s): Frank Coates

Pre-Loved Books | African Fiction

In the tradition of Beverley Harper comes a novel as big as Africa. After a bizarre mishap Jack Morgan takes up a UN posting in Kenya, hoping to find obscurity on the streets of Nairobi. there he is befriended by the American 'Bear' Hoffman, a man equally at home in the city's racy nightlife as in the Kenyan bush. Jack's hopes for seclusion are soon dashed as he is seduced by the excitement of Africa and by a beautiful Maasai woman named Malaika. Malaika carries a dark secret, and when a warrior returns from her past, she and Jack are plunged into a world of ancient spiritualism and tribal curses. Caught at the centre of a gathering storm, they must fight for the survival of their love... Rich in historical details, tears of the Maasai follows Jack on a flight from truth, and a Maasai family's journey through time, from warrior supremacy to the colour and drama of modern-day Kenya.

But Africa is a land of danger, adventure and temptation, and within weeks of arriving Jack is seduced - by the spectacular Serengeti National Park, the rich Kenyan culture, and a beautiful Maasai woman named Malaika.Strong, successful and fiercely independent, Malaika works in the Nairobi office of a US aid agency. But she, too, carries a burden within: she fled her abusive father as a young child, and in doing so was forced to abandon her majestic Maasai heritage and repress painful memories. Determined to protect her hard-won autonomy - a rarity for women in Africa - Malaika approaches Jack with curiosity. And caution.But the heart knows no boundaries, and their love takes its course, drawing attention from officials both black and white. When Malaika is reunited with a Maasai man she had long ago forgotten, she is plunged back into a world of ancient curses and tribal responsibilities, a world for which neither she nor Jack is prepared.At the centre of a gathering storm, Malaika and Jack must decide if their pasts can permit a future for their love.Rich with historical detail as well as the sights and sounds of modern-day Africa, Tears of the Maasai is an epic story about family, responsibility, and the cost of loving. In prose that is as broad as the plain and as colourful as the wildlife, Frank Coates brings together black and white, old and new, and shows how we must first look back in order to look forward.