A novel of adventure and intrigue set in East Africa during World War One. From the Forward: "I want this story told because someone needs to set the record straight about my mother and my aunt. Almost everything that has been written about them is at best inaccurate, at worst a pack of self-serving lies. Even Powell will agree to that... A case in point is the article that appeared in the British Tanganyika Notes and Records in the 1950s that maintains that my mother was a cold-blooded killer and little more than a common highway bandit. There can be no question that my mother killed-both animals (she was a highly skilled big game hunter before the Great War) and humans. Some of the things she carried out do not make pleasant reading, but it was war and things like that happen in wartime. She was never a common bandit! Probably what I am most concerned about in terms of this book is Powell's proclivity to sensationalize. I see no reason to expose the sordid side of my aunt's early life. But Powell was stone-deaf to my entreaties. He actually wears hearing aids and will turn them off when he doesn't want to hear something. "Sex and violence sell books," he kept repeating. I am genuinely sorry, Malaika, if this story offends. I've done my best to influence Powell. But ready or not, the story needs to be told. If we don't know where we have come from, we can't have a clue where we are going. The story of Chui and Sadaka begins with a question and a gunshot. -Abraham Wesselhus Nutley, New Jersey, 2011
About the Author: William (Bill) Powell is an international nomad. He has worked as an educator for the past 30 years in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Malaysia. From 1991 to 1999, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and from 2000 - 2006 as Headmaster of the International School of Kuala Lumpur. He was also been a theater manager, bartender, gas station attendant, construction worker and newspaper editor. Bill is the author of fiction and non-fiction. His historical novels includes: The First Casualty (1979), Alia (2009), Chui and Sadaka (2010) and Malaika (2012). He has also authored two collections of short stories: During Mango Rains (2002) and The Drain Dwarf of Caringin Barat (2012). He is also the co-author, with his wife Ochan, of Count Me In! Developing Inclusive International Schools (2000) Making the Difference: Differentiation in International Schools (2008) Becoming an Emotionally Intelligent Teacher (2010) and How to teach now: Five keys to personalized learning in the global classroom (2011). He is a frequent contributor of educational articles to International School Journal, Journal of Research in International Education and Educational Leadership. When Bill is not speaking at conferences or writing, he can be found in the French Pyrenees collecting antique maps, cooking and tending a small flock of sheep.