English First Edition
Two Continents and One Island
My Long and Winding Journey from the Tropics to the Tropicana
- Author
- Abel Ndambasha
- Publisher
- Fulton Books
- Publication year
- 2021
- Paperback ISBN
- 978-1-64952-500-0
- Digital ISBN
- 978-1-64952-501-7
The memoir
Two Continents and One Island
My Long and Winding Journey from the Tropics to the Tropicana. Two Continents and One Island follows Abel Ndambasha from a crowded home on Zambia's Copperbelt, through scholarship and ideological contradiction in Cuba, to the uncertainty of immigrant life in the United States. It is a story of education as a bridge, faith under pressure, the cost of ambition, and the people whose ordinary acts of grace make a future possible.
Behind the title
Two continents. One island. A lifetime of crossings.
The geography is direct: Africa, Cuba, and North America. The deeper map is made of childhood, education, faith, family, migration, cultural collision, engineering, failure, grief, resilience, and transformation.
Abel's story refuses a simple ascent. Each new world offers possibility and asks a price. The memoir follows what changes, what survives, and who helps carry the journey forward.
Inside the memoir
Themes that cross every border.
- 01Faith under pressure
- 02Education as escape and calling
- 03Migration and identity
- 04The mother-son bond
- 05Human angels
- 06Accountability and growth
The story in readers' hands
A memoir written to reach one person at a time.
Abel has said the book was not written for fame or self-aggrandizement. Its purpose is to preserve a journey, honor his mother, and offer courage to anyone facing an uncertain road.
Available editions
English and Spanish editions.
Spanish Edition
Dos Continentes y Una Isla
Mi Largo e Intricado Camino Desde los Trópicos Hasta la Tropicana
- Author
- Abel Ndambasha
- Publisher
- Archway Publishing
- Publication date
- August 25, 2025
- Softcover ISBN
- 9781665782173
- E-book ISBN
- 9781665782180
- Page count
- 236