MOSES LEON HOWARD is an American writer and educator who has been writing for children and adults for fifty years. He has worked as dean of a community college, biology teacher, assistant high school principal, and counselor/mentor for students at risk. He lives in Tacoma, Washington.
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Nzinga – African Warrior Queen
Sent to make a treaty, Nzinga of Angola is swept into world history, a generation after Elizabeth I ruled England. For forty years, Queen Nzinga fights to destroy imperial colonists who seek to enslave her people. Nzinga, in history and legend, is a brilliant leader during a time of violent upheaval.
Luminous storytelling in this fictional biography brings to life the Angolan culture in a flourishing African kingdom, now lost.
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The Sky High Road
A footballer faces crushing odds—against the Lord’s Liberation Army!
How to keep hope kindled for a brighter future?
The Sky High Road is a coming-of-age story for readers in grades 7–12, young adults, and all readers interested in the coming-of-age challenges for educated adolescents in 21st century African villages.
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Testament – Collected Stories
The collected stories in Testament offer insight into the circumstances of others’ lives—sometimes humorous, often disturbing.
These are stories with hopes for brilliant futures, for rebellious and creative people finding their way through the complexities and contradictions of modern America.
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Instant Culture – Collected Poems
he poems in this collection reflect his personal life and experiences as an educator and counselor for students at risk.
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A Teacher in East Africa (nonfiction)
Learning from the first free students in Uganda in the 1960s:
Dr. Moses Howard describes his experiences as an African-American lecturer from Mississippi who came to spend ten years as a teacher in Uganda, beginning first as a Fulbright scholar in 1961.
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Dr. Howard also has essays from this time included in
We Were Walimu Once and Young.
Early and
Middle-grade Readers:
The Sensitive Giraffe
The Rhino’s Horns
Scary Things
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More by Moses L. Howard:
(out of print)
The Ostrich Chase – Find booksellers
The Human Mandolin – Find booksellers
Writing as Musa Nagenda:
Dogs of Fear – Find booksellers
The Ostrich Egg Shell Canteen
