When I was a Girl

When I was a Girl

What are you now?

A Woman, an African Woman who tells stories.

I have published the stories as novels. I use fictional characters to follow African girls who've attained different levels of education and their journey of becoming career women. Thus, my novel series, The African Woman's Journey.

In the last ten months, I have marketed the books through various channels. The most touching was being a vendor at public events where I engaged with an average of eighty people per month. The questions varied in line with the individuals, but centered on:

1. If the novels are my story.

2. What it was like to grow up in a village in Africa.

3. Why the African girl is the most talked about?

5. What about the boy child?

And, a noticeable number said the story of my African Girl resonates with their life, growing up in a Western world - gender issues and challenges faced by women are not very different the world over.

The most touching part was return readers - they came and bought book two and three in the trilogy, or the four books in the series.

We held in-depth discussions, now that they had read the books, had a better insight of Sophia and Angela, the principal characters in the novels.

Others asked questions on my writing and publishing process and journey.

I learned so much and would like us to continue the conversation online.

What questions do you have that have not been asked above? Join me in my Face book Page and Group - When I was a Girl, for detailed discussions. Welcome.