BRAMPTON, Ontario, Oct. 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Basusu Mensua was just like any normal boy who played games, until late one evening, just before a spectacular sunset, his life would change forever. Follow him in a fascinating journey where he must keep his hope and fuel his courage to triumph over the odds in Basusu, an intriguing novel written by George S. Peart.
It started out as just another simple day in the year 1841 in this small West African village at the foothills of a mountain summit. Women were preparing dinner for their hard working husbands who had spent the day hunting for small game in a nearby wooded area and fishing for trout in a small lake that bordered the village. Basusu was playing games with other boys when without warning, he noticed several strangers approaching the village with strange tools in their hands. Normally Basusu would not be alarmed except that they were white skinned. It was on that evening that his life would change so drastically as he becomes one of several slaves captured during a slave-catch.
Basusu is a compelling tale that celebrates the power of hope, faith, and a strong desire. The author masterfully weaves a lustrous tapestry that lures the readers on to go on a journey with him as he artfully sketches the moving panorama and vividly describes the terrain of the land of beginnings. Basusu represents the hope and aspiration of all those who strive for a better future despite chains of every kind. Wherever the wind of fate has chosen to take Basusu, he must cultivate the seed of a new future, create his own family -- forge a new destiny with the hand history has dealt him.
About the Author
Dr. Peart was born in Clarks Town, Trelawny, Jamaica. He emigrated to England in 1960, where he attended Furcroft College in Selly Oak, Birmingham, and Cliff College in Sheffield. Sociable and a gifted communicator for ten years, he served as pastor to three local congregations before matriculating at Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee in 1974. Stirred by an earned B.A. in Sociology in 1976, the central fires of his mind burned fiercely for more knowledge, driving him to Middle Tennessee State University, where he graduated with a M.A. in Sociology in 1981. A Doctor of Divinity from the European Theological Seminary followed in 1998.
Basusu * by George S. Peart
Publication Date: Oct. 16, 2007
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