The Master's Territory

About the Book

Trying hard to live out a dream struggling to stay afloat. Dora thought that once she'd convinced her husband to allow her to pursue her longtime dream, the rest would be easy. After all, how hard could it be to operate a successful soul food restaurant? Others had done it just not here! But why was this any different than any other place? She never thought she'd be welcomed with open arms, but she didn't expect to be avoided like she had some sort of communicable disease, either.

She'd done all of the research, a brief internship at a popular restaurant, and gone through all of the changes the City put her through. White people didn't want to work for her simply because she is black, and blacks thought that it was forbidden for a black person to put a soul food restaurant in a predominantly white neighborhood, therefore, they refused to come to Chesterfield to work in a soul food restaurant for a black person, an African. She had no choice but to hire some riffraff whose ultimate intensions were to deplete her resources, a Muslim who refused to touch pork because of his religious believes and a psycho who came to work with his house hold belongs his first day of work. What else did they want from her? What else could go wrong? She'd been challenged and tried and she was weary from the rollercoaster ride they'd taken her on. Now, after all she'd dealt with here, she was still trying to get her tiny piece of The Master's Territory.

About the Author

Dorothy C. Aguwa earned her master?s in social worker at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, following her B.S. from Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois. She is a member of the National Association of Social Worker. After working for more than twelve years in different facet of mental health and substance abuse programs, providing clinical assessment, treatment, and consultation, she took some time off from her profession to follow her long time dream, to open a soul food restaurant. She had a dream of sharing her art and passion with diverse ethnic groups. She is an acclaimed eclectic cook who is admired by family and friends.

She is currently the president of DCA Behavioral Management Inc. and Dorsy Home Health Care Inc., located in Southfield, Michigan. She has continued to strive to achieve excellence in serving and meeting the needs of the community, which she serves. Dorothy Aguwa affirms that the secret to success lies within the soul, intellect, and the mind of an individual¸ therefore, neither the society nor individuals can control or determine the destiny of any given person for as long as he or she did not allow insidious souls to penetrate through their soul, intellect, and mind.