G. Alan Brooks, Ruby A. Brooks Adventures of Zumba and Rumba

Annotation

The Adventures of Zumba and Rumba is a childrens book. It is designed for seven- to twelve-year-old readers. The story takes place in Africa, mainly in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia. Zumba and Rumba are brother and sister who are separated from their parents when warriors raid a village where they are visiting. Zumba is the boy, and he is eleven years old. Rumba is ten years old. In Book 3, they are searching for their mother. They must travel across Tanzania and Kenya to reach Somalia. Once in Somalia, they must find where their mother is being held by slave-trading pirates. They are aided by a fourteen-year-old Somali boy whom they rescue. He is an excellent sailor, and they are able to sail along the coast of Somalia to attempt a rescue. Warriors, crocodiles, sharks, pirates, cyclones, and wild hogs put them in constant danger.