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An African Millennial who had his published first book Published in January 2016 likens the experience of African change-makers to the breaking of a Coconut. Breaking the Coconut is nonfiction and contains insights of eleven African change-makers who bare their mind on thriving in Africa. The short Stories of these change-makers  captures leadership values marinated in a simply written style to inspire and urge young people  thriving to keep beating on their craft. The stories hopes to serve as a heads-up to the next set of African change agents. #Breakingthecoconut is the story of anyone out there who is making a mark in their part of the world and continuously beating on their craft to inspire someone  out there to become the theme that runs through the stories is how much we can triumph against  life’s curve balls.
Reviews: “Breaking the Coconut will provide the fuel you need to begin the journey to make an impact and leave an indelible mark in your society…” Leadership Effectiveness, Accountability and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa   “…No one else would do for us what we need to do for ourselves and that is why I believe #BreakingtheCoconut is a timely documentation…” Grace Ihejiamaizu  Social entrepreneur, global shaper, founder and chief editor of Opportunity Desk, one of Africa’s largest online platforms for global youth opportunities. “…In all, the transition and writing style is impeccable. I would recommend this book to all the youths living in Nigeria and Africa because it gives a detailed account of our shared experiences growing up.” Solomon Ojeagbase Complete Sport Nigeria| C.E.O Solbase Digital Marketing Company
Charles Umeh takes his readers on an inspiring African journey. The beauty of these stories is their easy to read language  which is more appealing to  the young at heart. #BreakingtheCoconut is the first of its kind: having young people share their ongoing “biographies” on how they helped influence and inspire change in their communities. The idea is to influence and inspire the next game changer to learn from these lessons and act better. Book readings of Breaking the Coconut have been scheduled for five African Countries and seven states in Nigeria in 2016 and hopes to be an avenue to inspire and influence reading. Breaking the Coconut was published by Partridge Africa publishing house On sale on Amazon.com,  Barnes and Nobles.com, for $15 .99 for paperback and $5.00 for e-copies on Kindle, and over 28,000 affiliates online stores. Also available on www.okadabooks.com. For bulk purchase and books or further details kindly send an email to charismaticcharles@gmail.com, talktome@charlesumeh.com or call 234 -9051728112.  
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This article was first published on 22nd February 2016

charlesumeh

He is a personal effectiveness coach, Author of an Inspirational African book Breaking the Coconut, Business Consultant consulting to individuals in SME’s, with entrepreneurs and top management in corporate businesses which have equipped him with the needed requisite to deal with a wide range of business challenges.

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