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The joy in the struggle A Memoir book by John Allan Namu

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The joy in the Struggle is Kenyan investigative journalist John-Allan Namu’s memoir, in which he shares his journey to becoming one of Africa’s foremost journalists.

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The joy in the Struggle is Kenyan investigative journalist John-Allan Namu’s memoir, in which he shares his journey to becoming one of Africa’s foremost journalists.

It is a deeply personal and vulnerable personal account of one man’s journey to find joy and meaning in his own life, as he tells the important stories of others.

John-Allan weaves the fascinating story of his childhood and earliest influences in a happy family, whose circumstances were irretrievably changed by the corrupt government of former Kenyan President, Daniel Arap Moi. For the first time, he opens up about an episode of abuse, the shame and silence it foisted onto his life, and the poetic justice in a career spent amplifying the voices of those who were victimized by powerful people.

 

This memoir is a retelling of the unseen moments from some of John-Allan’s most daring investigative stories; from covering the beginnings of Kenya’s post-election violence, to a phonecall made to his mother while in the middle of a terrorist attack. “The Joy in the struggle” isn’t just a book title, but John-Allan’s own statement of intent to find joy in the midst of struggle, be it a struggle to find oneself, or the struggle to build an enduring legacy for African journalism.

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