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At a point in our child years spinning round and round on a standing on one spot then suddenly stopping was a fun thing to do. Yeah I know you do, I also spun and waited to stagger when i was a toddler. It was fun and games and the apparent stagger act was cool somewhat to the girls we tried hard to please. Little did we know we would literally stagger into our early twenties with bottle in one hand and a stick of tobacco in the other? This is where we lost balance and crumbled down fast oblivious of the imminent danger, we still had the bottle closely tucked behind our long coats of prejudice. We were like the long lost Wild Wild West cowboys in the then movies we used to watch as kids.

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    The book is captivating enough for any reader whatsoever the age. I recommend The African Powerhouse to any avid reader

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