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MI
Publishing August
2016, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
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THE
LATEST SENSATIONAL AND INSPIRATIONAL
BOOK
COMING OUT SOON! IT IS A MUST-READ BOOK!
IT’S
WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN VILLAGE BOY FROM GHANA AND TOGO AND PUBLISHED IN THE
NETHERLANDS.
Title:
“LITTLE
MAWU The Story of my Life”. The author is a creative writer, blogger
and poet. He is a bilingual journalist because his father hails from the French
speaking country Togo and his mother from the Anglophone country Ghana, both
countries in West Africa.
His
name Mawutodzi Kodzo Abissath is taller than the diminutive author himself. That
is the mystery behind the title of the book. His formal education could not
travel beyond primary school in French. He could not go to college not because
he was block-headed; ironically, he was the only candidate out of nine
presented by his village school to have successfully passed the toughest common
entrance examination that academic year in Togo in 1972. His inability to go to
secondary school was due to his parents’ financial circumstance.
The
author’s life could be summarised as “where there is a will there is a way, or
as the adage goes: when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” He was
inspired by the writings of the great Scottish novelist, Sir Walter Scott who
once said: “The best part of every man’s education is that which he gives to
himself.”
Thus,
out of self-motivation and self-education, the author obtained admission into
the Ghana Institute of Journalism, first for Diploma in Journalism and later
for Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Studies when the Institute was
then affiliated to the University of Ghana, Legon. His prolific writings in
arts and culture and environmental issues over the years, which he still does,
help the authorities to adopt certain policies for development in his country.
Eventually, he was granted scholarship at the
age of 50+ to fly to Europe to pursue his Master of Arts Degree in Development Studies
in the Netherlands at the outstanding International Institute of Social Studies
ISS of Erasmus University Rotterdam at The Hague. Before the airplane touched
the tarmac on Netherlands’ soil, the author saw the beautiful and colourful
tulip fields. He took out his pen and notebook from his briefcase and then and
there composed a poem dedicated to the country entitled Netherlands – Land of Learners (on page 198).
Even
the circumstance that led the author to report rather late to ISS, which caused
him to miss out on the first term examination was bizarre. On top of that he
had to spend almost a whole month in hospital during his studies and yet he was
able to successfully complete the course with his 2013-2014 academic year group
of graduates. It was a miracle!
Read
the book to appreciate the power of perseverance and self-determination in
life!
The
book will be available in September.
The price is fixed at € 19.99 (excl. VAT, handling
& shipping cost where applicable).
The book can be ordered by indicating how many copies
are required at:
MI Publishing In
Ghana the price is GH¢ 40.00:
P.O. Box 1566 Contact
in Ghana:
5200 BP ’s-Hertogenbosch M.K.Abissath (The Author)
Netherlands P.O.
Box TU 111
Accra,
Ghana
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MAWU The Story of my Life” – ISBN 978-90-809729-9-5
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