Sunday, February 25, 2007

Alila's Sunset on Polygamy available online Worldwide

Fans/Friends

Alila's "Sunset on Polygamy" (ISBN 1424166845) has hit European and American online stores well ahead of its April 2, 2007 release.This book on life's tragedies and conflicts between age-old cultural practices and the reality of a disease epidemic is a must read for all of us who must struggle with tragic consequences of deeply-ingrained populist cultural norms.
It is a novel about romance and love; it is a book about our moral lows; it is a book about the power of humans to procreate and to kill by their actions and thought. It is a book about human folly: the first wife who in ire almost killed her husband; the many men who thought they would survive on the breast of a woman who had dispatched many men to their graves.
In a sense it is a book about the spiritual power of women over the destiny of mankind evn as men think otherwise.
JR Alila

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Sunset on Polygamy's home

This site is a work in progress. But we are getting somewhere.

JR Alila

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Sunset on Polygamy

Bloggers/Friends/Fans,
SUNSET ON POLYGAMY (by Joseph R. Alila)
(ISBN No. 14241-6684-5)
Is available online worldwide, ahead of its April 2, 2007 release date.
To order, go to
www.PublishAmerica.com /Bookstore;
OR
www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.barnes&noble.com,
www.booksAmillion.com

Synopsis to

SUNSET ON POLYGAMY (by Joseph R. Alila) (ISBN No. 14241-6684-5)

A near-fatal crisis pits polygamous Jim and younger wives against the hyper-jealous Felicia the Nyadendi, a master of intrigues, who engineers a home-wide mutiny. Mutiny ends, and a surge of babies for all but the in-menopause Felicia the Nyadendi. Unable to withstand a childless period in her journey, Felicia suffers a mental breakdown. But she would have the last laugh, thanks to a contegious disease epidemic.
The New Disease ensnares her people as Gina, virus-infected and very beautiful, unwillingly remarries because of spiritual demands placed upon her by the ways of her people. Deceivingly healthy, Gina kills suitor-after-suitor, and shuts down home-after-home, as the society sleeps and nurses a tragic spiritual (Luo: Chira) explanation for a medically well-understood Viral-Killer. Gina’s long life is a tragedy, and so are polygamy, wife-inheritance, and a communal psyche moored on a myriad of taboos.

Joseph Ramogi Alila

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Sunset on Polygamy on sale

Blog Visitors and Friends,
My novel, Sunset on Polygamy (ISBN 1-424-1-6684-5 ), is on sale at Barnes & Noble online bookstore.
Google Barnes & Noble then 'alila' or 'sunset on polygamy.'
Welcome.

JR Alila.

If you have comments post them here; or send to jramogi@hotmail.com ; or go to http://www.ramogialilablog@yahoo.co.uk

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Sunset on Polygamy Early-Bird Release on Amazon.com

Sunset on Polygamy (ISBN 1-424-1-6684-5 (Under old 10-digit system)
or 978-1-424-1-6684-8 (New 13-digit system) is now available on www.amazon.com.


On the social dynamics in a polygamous home Alila writes in this must-read novel:

"..... A polygamous relationship is not for the feeble-minded man or woman. Mental astuteness is a key requirement for any man or woman in a polygamous marriage. The feeble-minded woman may end up in servitude of the other women, and a deficient polygamous man can be kicked about like football. I have witnessed either situation in the small village that raised me.
The social dynamics in a polygamous home is fluid: sometimes, and particularly when the man is away, relationships among the women are very cordial; they address each other on a first name basis, and even exchange delicacies. At other times, relationships are so rocky that not even common salt is exchanged. For a polygamous man living under these conditions, days of total consensus among his wives are considered unusual. Like a despot, he is more at peace under partial chaos; he often is isolated in his hut from where he issues irrational orders like a Greek god ....."

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Sunset on Polygamy
(Tragedy: Cultural Practices and Disease Epidemic)
ISBN No. 1-4241-6684
-5

The Broader View:
In this African anthropological cultural drama, the author (Joseph Alila) explores such universal issues as competitive love and romance, spiritualism, moral conduct and orderliness, farming, fairness, power structure, conflicts and conflict resolution; all within a polygamous Luo home.
Beyond the polygamous home, the author takes us through an anthropological communal tour on the spiritual underpinnings of such issues as farming, death and mourning, marriage, remarriage, courtship, moral law and order, and power within a Luo communal unit. He delicately addresses the conflict of cultural practices and spiritual understanding of a disease versus proven modern medical evidence and understanding of a disease epidemic and its management. And which conflict destined a people to a tragic decimation of its populace. If STDs are difficult to manage among certain groups, STDs become unmanageable when to polygamy, is factored a spiritual interpretation of all diseases.The tragedy worsens when a people’s psyche is intimately tied to a spiritual position on disease or sex.
Sunset on Polygamy is a must read for social workers, anthropologists, and policy makers who are often called upon to work with populations they hardly understand. It also is a light romantic reading for all who are enjoined or must one day be enjoined to someone in marriage. The author teaches that even in a polygamous home, man and woman must communicate, must play, must occasionally visit, mentally, one-on-one, because they are human; and exceptional ones at that.
The book is a feel-good read as you reminisce in your cool-down sunset days, and as you remember your less than noble high-school days.
To order
SUNSET ON POLYGAMY (by Joseph R. Alila) (ISBN No. 14241-6684-5)
go to www.PublishAmerica.com/Bookstore.
Synopsis.
A near-fatal crisis pits polygamous Jim and younger wives against the hyper-jealous Felicia the Nyadendi, a master of intrigues, who engineers a home-wide mutiny. Mutiny ends, and a surge of babies for all but the in-menopause Felicia the Nyadendi. Unable to withstand a childless period in her journey, Felicia suffers a mental breakdown. But she would have the last laugh, thanks to a contagious disease epidemic.
The New Disease ensnares her people as Gina, virus-infected and very beautiful, unwillingly remarries because of spiritual demands placed upon her by the ways of her people. Deceivingly healthy, Gina kills suitor-after-suitor, and shuts down home-after-home, as the society sleeps and nurses a tragic spiritual (Luo: Chira) explanation for a medically well-understood Viral-Killer. Gina’s long life is a tragedy, and so are polygamy, wife-inheritance, and a communal psyche moored on a myriad of taboos.
To order
SUNSET ON POLYGAMY (by Joseph R. Alila) (ISBN No. 1-424-1-6684-5)
go to www.PublishAmerica.com/Bookstore.

“Sunset on Polygamy”

Sunset on Polygamy

By Joseph R. Alila

ISBN No. 1-4241-6684-5

“Sunset on Polygamy”
Overview: In this African cultural-anthropological drama, the author (Joseph Alila) explores such universal issues as, competitive love and romance, spiritualism and moral conduct and orderliness, farming, fairness, power structure, conflicts and conflict resolution, all within the context of a polygamous Luo home, as seen through a grown-up child’s eyes. Beyond the polygamous home, the author takes us through an anthropological communal tour on the spiritual underpinnings of such issues as farming, death and mourning, marriage, remarriage, courtship, moral law and order, and power within Luo communal unit. He delicately addresses the conflict between (arcane) cultural practices and spiritual understanding of a disease and its cures, on one side, versus proven modern medical evidence and understanding of a disease epidemic and its management, on the other. This conflict destined a people to a tragic death. If STDs are difficult to manage among certain groups, STD becomes unmanageable when into polygamy is factored a spiritual interpretation of all diseases. “Sunset on Polygamy” is a must read for all men and women, more so social workers, anthropologists, and policy makers who are often called upon to work with populations they hardly can understand. It also is a light romantic reading for all who are enjoined or must one day be enjoined to someone in marriage. Among other things, the author teaches that even in a polygamous home, the man and every woman must communicate, must play, must occasionally visit, verbally and mentally, one-on-one, because they are human, and very exceptional ones at that to survive ‘the grind’ that is polygamy. This one-on-one communication between all parties must happen even as families move through crises. It also is the best way to reminisce in your cool-down days, as you remember your less than noble high-school days. To order SUNSET ON POLYGAMY (by Joseph R. Alila) ISBN No. 1-424-1-6684-5 go to www.PublishAmerica.com/Bookstore.

New Home for SUNSET ON POLYGAMY

Friends,
I know you have been frustrated in not being able to post comments and words of encouragement at the prvious home (www.ramogialilablog@yahoo.co.uk) to my Novel Sunset on polygamy, ISBN # 1-424-1-6684-5, (2006, PublishAmerica LLP. Go to www.publishameric.com/bookstore for advance orders). That problem is over with the activation of this new home. Your comments are welcome.
Let us blog.
You can reach me by e-mail at jramogi@hotmail.com