The Outsider(S)

About the Book

Irmtraut Eickelschaft plays in the upper league of nightmare bosses. In the ‘Shark Kingdom’ where she resides, staying one step ahead has as literal a meaning as it gets. When her fierce rival Nadia speaks during a tense meeting with Chinese investors in what sounds like perfect Chinese, she realizes that she has to act.

That act pushes her from her life in her native Germany and lands her in Africa, a place she has so far only seen on TV. And not necessarily in good light. Philister Taa, barely surviving on Nairobi streets sets out for ‘Majuu’, a place where according to her ‘knowledgeable’ friend Tamaa Matano is the gateway to riches and success.

The two women set out on a journey in opposite directions, to Germany and to Kenya. Two countries that have only one thing in common; their differences.

About the Author

Caroline Adhiambo Jakob was born and brought up in Kenya. She holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Nairobi and a second Bachelors Degree in Educational science from the Technical University of Karlsruhe. She is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in career and organizational development at the University of Heidelberg. She speaks English, German, Swahili and Luo. She lives with her husband and their two children in Mannheim, Germany. Apart from being a passionate basketball player, she is an avid sports fan who swears that she’s never come across a ‘boring’ sport.