Enemy Land
Another rose that grew from concrete
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
Soldier
Another day in hell, this is life on the frontline
I’m ready to go through whatever to get that paper
From my house to my money-making section is a scary journey
It’s as if I’m heading to my death
I leave my house for another day at work ready to die
This feeling has occurred way too many times that I am now immune to it
I was once normal like everyone else in London
But then, people began to make my life impossible
The city became a war zone
This life I’m living now is what changes the world
Carrying on under impossible circumstances is what I do
Around here I’m the only lifeline left for the blacks
If I don’t live on, I don’t think anyone else would
I have to carry on so that the man eventually gives us our own way
And so that the ghetto children have a future
Formats
Book Details
About the Book
“Enemy Land” is a new book by a talented author named Nicholas Kyasima.
Enemy Land is a collection of short stories all of which are presented in different angles. The short stories can not be said to be poems even though that’s what they seem. Some stories may appear as love songs, other stories might look like a means of expression by someone who is really hurt. Poems or not, this book carries serious entertainment and most importantly of all, knowledge in the most simplest of ways.
As the reader, you don’t get a chance to be bored. For example, in the first chapter of Enemy Land, a guy who is secretly in love with a woman, asks her to meet him at the London bridge station – she doesn’t show up. This causes wretchedness which is expressed line by line and as you read it, you’ll feel like it is you who has had the experience. It is a work of a genius.
This book Enemy Land carries stories that are ridiculously full of expression. So much so that a teenage boy who wants to play he’s music system loud on full blast listening to Tupac or 50 cent would sit down and read this book. If boys that are not into reading books love Enemy Land – imagine how grown men and women that are into books feel about it.
There’s no telling how many genres are presented in Enemy Land. Apart from poems and love stories as mention earlier, in this book, you’ll also have war stories based on the harsh reality in the ghetto areas of London. These are the most dramatic ones especially when you adapt the persona of a Black African Boy from which the stories were written. Once again, it’s genius.
Enemy Land has so many perspectives and with that, it is made for everyone to enjoy. Nobody is left out. On top of all that you’ll gain new experiences from reading this book because the person that wrote it (Nicholas Kyasima) based it on his real life as it is now. Nothing in this book is fiction. It’s all reality.
About the Author
Forenames: Nicholas Kyasima Other names: Busagwa (S.T.O.I.C) Author of: ‘Enemy Land’ ‘Still looking for love’ ‘Southern Love Tales’ C.E.O of: Timeless words RIE writings Nicholas Kyasima is a young black male who was born in East Africa, Uganda Kampala. The exact place of birth is Namirembe hospital at which his date of birth was recorded as - nineteen eighty-two, on the seventeenth of December (Tuesday 8:30 PM).
Uganda (Kyasima’s home-country) is a third-world-country and the circumstances in which he was raised are almost self explanatory. Fortunately according to Nicholas, he only lived in East Africa for twelve years. From twelve upwards, his life has been situated in the United Kingdom (UK). To this day, he is still in the UK living with his family and taking on more interests than anyone can imagine. Ever since a child, Nicholas was strongly motivated by rhymes. Rhymes pushed him into music, music pushed him into writing songs. His skill of writing songs developed into that of writing short stories for his friends. Surprised by the countless go-ahead reactions he was getting from his friends, Nicholas decided to go pro as an author.
This has brought about the release of “Enemy Land” and “Still looking for Love”.
To bring things up to date, Nicholas is a novelist, dramatist, song writer, and poet. He is also the C.E.O of Timeless Words and RIE writings which are companies that support the books written by him.