Liberian Literary Magazine
What book[s] are you
reading now? Or recently
read?
Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture
book, although I hav e not
started w riting yet – I am in
the research phase, so it is
too early to rev eal it. I can
say that it is not related to a
country. I am also w orking
on my blog, Feast or
Famine, w hich I try to
update ev ery day w ith
new s,
articles,
and
photography.
Have you read book[s] by
[a] Liberian author[s] or
about Liberia?
I am currently reading Max
Tegmark’s
‘Our
Mathematical Universe: My
Quest for the Ultimate
Nature of Reality’ because I
lov e books on mathematics
and science. I am also
currently reading Charles
Timoney’s ‘An Englishman
Abroad:
Discovering
France in a Row ing Boat’
because I lov e travel stories
and adv entures.
I hav e read quite a few
w orks of Liberian poetry
and songs, such as Bai T.
Moore’s poetry anthology
called Ebony Dust, and
contemporary poets, as
w ell as Bai T. Moore’s
nov ella Murder in the
Cassav a Patch.
Any last words?
May 2016 be a special year
for ev eryone, transforming
dreams into reality.
Tell us your latest news,
promotions, book tours,
launch etc.
I hav e recently released my
new
publication,
The
Shortness
of
Life:
A
Mongolian Lament, w hich I
am
promoting
and
publicizing.
What are
projects?
your
current
The beginning of the year is
a time for me to plan my
future consultancies in aid
dev elopment around the
w orld.
I
hav e
also
conceptualized a new
Liberia's Deadest Ends is a
novel based on fact. It is about
trust and truth: what or whom
to trust, and when. Truth in
19
Liberia during the civil war had
become
distorted,
embellished,
abandoned,
and abused out of bravado,
fear, shame, or self-protection.
No one seemed to know the
difference between truth and
rumor anymore. The novel is
set in Liberia from 2004 to 2012,
after the declaration of peace
and the end of two protracted
and
bloody
civil
wars:
December
1989-1997
and
1999-2003.
The country is
recovering economically and
mentally through government
stabilization and
services;
recording
Truth
and
Reconciliation statements of
human rights violations; and
the criminal trial of former
president, Charles Taylor. Jorja
Himmermann, an international
aid worker, monitors the
resurgence
of
education
programs, peace building,
community
development,
child labor, and the protection
of former child soldiers. As the
country's past
truths are
revealed, Jorja seeks her own
truths: of elusive pygm y
hippos; the burns on her
driver's body; the extradition of
her British friend; and her
relationship with an enigmatic
Moroccan journalist. It reveals
whom Jorja can really trust.
Martina Nicolls writes from her
own experiences
as
an
independent aid worker in
developing countries, primarily
in post-conflict countries and
those with transitional or
emerging governments. She
advises
donor
agencies,
provides technical assistance,
and evaluates humanitarian
and development programs.
She
lives
in
Canberra,
Australia. Publisher's Website:
http://sbpra.com/MartinaNic
olls
Author
Websites:
http://www.martinanicolls.net
and
http://martinasblogs.blogspot.
com