The program was organized by Dynamic Lead Activist 'Tagged 'EquipAchild'
The book is to equip the student to have a good reading habit.
Social Historical Context of the Book(Tari's Golden Fleece).
Tari’s Golden Fleece is a book whose story is based on a young village boy Tari, who while growing up faced the harsh side of life. From desertion to death and disappointments of every kind, Tari saw it all. Not deterred, he persevered and continued his struggle till the day his optimism and hard work brought him good fortune.
Life brings the good, the bad and the ugly but to survive we must choose to strive and never give up, hoping for the best and believing in the future.
Little wonder why the saying ’when life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ inspire us to be strong and optimistic despite life’s mysterious situations.
Put yourself in the shoes of the poor Ijaw boy Tari who born and breed in a small village Gbarou from the eastern part of Nigeria finds himself tied to the shackles of life’s intricate circumstances.
Tari’s father Firstman abandoned his mother Tamara when he was eight years old and his sister Perere two. His father absconded with another woman outside matrimony leaving his legal wife and children to suffer without pity.
After a long wait for his father Firstman, Tari’s mother Tamara receives sad and shocking news about the demise of her estranged husband and his illegitimate family in a boat accident.
Tamara picks up the pieces of her life and moves on with her two children Tari and Perere.
Tari becomes a promising child excelling at home and at school.
The journey continues until fate meets up with him and turn things around in his favour for the better.
About the Author
Francisca Ogechi Okwulehie is the Author of Tari's Golden Fleece an African Fiction based Novella and a graduate of Philosophy from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
She worked as a radio presenter on the programme Girl’s timeout on Unilag (103.1)FM, and as a journalist has reported and contributed for feminine lifestyle magazines.
As a multipassionate individual, she is the founder of Smile-Africa Foundation a Nonprofit organization and is also the CEO of Moncoeur Global Concept and Moncoeur Proposals a marriage proposal and event planning company. She undertakes a Creative writing workshop for secondary school students once a year.
She is a recipient of the Educate a Girl (EAG) scholarship on the "Fundamentals of Journalism" funded by the Ladies Fund in conjunction with the Whole Woman Network of Canada and the Dawood Global Foundation of Pakistan.
She currently writes a Column on DRIVE an entrepreneurship Magazine. Her penchant for highlife music leaves her listening to it when she is not reading or writing.
