{"product_id":"airlift-orphan-9789966155153","title":"Airlift Orphan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Marjorie Kimani\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Nsemia Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Nsemia Inc.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo what inspired me to write \u003cstrong\u003eThe Airlift Orphan\u003c\/strong\u003e? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seed from which this book germinated was the Tom Mboya-John F. Kennedy airlifts which took place in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Dozens of young bright students from Kenya were given a chance to further their education in the United States of America. A Kenyan visionary, politician, and trade unionist, Tom Joseph Mboya, had seen that an independent Kenya would need its own well-educated citizens to steer the new nation as most of the colonial government workers were leaving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKendi, the chief persona in the story, is the daughter of a man who left his pregnant lover behind and failed to come back. The travails that Kendi and her mother go through at the hands of a ruthless society form the real gist of this story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is entirely fictional but is primarily based on a historical event that actually took place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarjory Kimani\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46450599723159,"sku":"9789966155153","price":2707.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789966155153.webp?v=1769150502","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/airlift-orphan-9789966155153","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}