Abubakar’s Dream
By Otieno Ogai
Nathaniel Otieno Ogai was born in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 April 1965 and attended primary and secondary education in the same city. In 1986, he joined the Kenya Air Force as an Air Cadet commissioning the following year as a Second Lieutenant. He qualified in 1989 as Squadron Pilot. Between 2003 and 2004, he served as a Military Observer with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). He lectured at the South African National War College in Pretoria from 2015 to 2017. He retired from the Service in December 2017 and took up writing as a vocation. Abubakar’s Dream is his second novel.
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Abubakar’s Dream
Abubakar Bwana Kodo is the son of the Imam of Witu, a Swahili city-state within the Lamu archipelago. As a youth, he is taught his people’s culture and history. A sailor and soldier, he sails the Indian Ocean, visits coastal communities, and serves as a captain in his nation’s army.
Walter ‘Hassan’ Fox, a Royal Marine, is a descendant of al-Hassan bin Ahmad, the last Swahili Sultan of Mombasa. Decades before, his grandfather, Mitchel ‘Hassan’ Fox, was abducted and sold as a slave to the British East Indian Company. He serves in the anti-slavery blockade mounted by the Royal Navy across the Indian Ocean.
Set in the late nineteenth century, this is the tale of the Sultanate of Witu, of the Nabahani dynasty, her Sultans, and subjects. At stake in her fight against usurping Omani colonialists aided by their British allies is the survival of Swahili civilization. As the region descends into anarchy, the lives and destinies of Abubakar and Walter become intertwined.
Contained herein is a comprehensive record of native cultures, polities, and a catalogue of historical events.
