Juma

by Nasrin Siege

Seit die Mutter gestorben ist, hat sich fr Juma alles gendert. Mit der Stiefmutter kommt er nicht klar, der Vater trinkt. Eines Tages hlt Juma es nicht mehr aus ; er haut ab in die groe Stadt Dar es Salaam. Das Leben auf der Strae ist hart und gefhrlich, auch wenn Juma dort neue Freunde findet, die das Leben ertrglich machen. Als die Jungen von dem neuen "Zentrum" hren, in dem man sich um Straenkinder kmmert, reagieren sie misstrauisch und neugierig zugleich.

168 pages, Paperback

First published February 13, 2002

About the author

Nasrin Siege is a German Author, born in Persia (Iran). Her parents immigrated to Germany when Nasrin was nine years old. She studied Psychology in Kiel and worked as a Psychotherapist at a Psychosomatic Clinic in Frankfurt. She first moved to Tanzania in 1983 with her husband and daughter. Since then she lived with her family (her son was born in 1985 in Kenya) -with short breaks in Germany - in Zambia, Tanzania, Madagascar and since June 2008 in Ethiopia. Nasrin Siege's books have been published in Germany. Some of her novels have been translated in other languages (Japanese, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Malagasy and Danish).
Her book “Die Piraten von Libertalia” has been published by Bloomsbury Children and Youth Book Berlin in February 2009. Her book "Ich kehre zurück, Dadabé" is published by Brandes & Apsel. The Madagasy version "Hiverina aho,Dadabe" has been published 2013 by Vakoka Vakiteny in Madagascar. In March her book "Die Spur des Elefanten" has been published by Razamba Publishing.

Nasrin Siege has been a member of the board of Dogodogo Centre Street Children Trust and has been working at the project from 1994-2003.
Nasrin Siege, together with friends, founded in 1996 the NGO “Help for Africa e.V.” (http://www.hilfefuerafrika.de)with which she is since supporting children projects in Tanzania, Zambia, Madagascar and Ethiopia.

In 1994 she received for her books "Sombo, das Mädchen vom Fluss" and "Wie der Fluss in meinem Dorf" the children books Award of the Berlin Senate.
In 2006, she received the Austrian Two Wings Award for her collection of traditional African stories(Kalulu)and for her continuous contributions as a development aid worker in different children's projects in several African countries.