The Princess of Kaya – A Romeo and Juliet in Africa – Where tradition governs the course of your destiny.

–Readers would have a taste of sweetness, sourness, bitterness, and finally a bittersweet taste at the thought of it all.
Dorothy.

« Europe is breath-taking but there is no place like home.»  Beautiful, young and naïve Princess Kaya has returned home to her father’s coastal West African kingdom after schooling in England. While traveling, her entourage is attacked by a band of enemy Tekland soldiers. A mysterious, brooding and indisputably handsome stranger named Aadil comes to her rescue and escorts her safely back home.

Princess Kaya’s twentieth birthday calls for a great celebration in the kingdom of Kaya. In the massive crowd that has gathered to honor her, Kaya glimpses Aadil. Later, he gets past her vigilant bodyguard for furtive meetings with Kaya to begin a clandestine relationship. Meanwhile, the king has surprising plans for his daughter and announces at Kaya’s birthday fete, her engagement to the Prince of Bashir, the kingdom of Kaya’s closest ally. Yet even as Kaya stands poised to marry Prince Anthony for the sake of forming a political alliance, she feels her burgeoning love for Aadil. Kaya and Aadil share moments of forbidden passion before Kaya discovers that Aadil is in fact a Tek, and thereby an enemy of her people.

This marks the beginning of an endless resurfacing of lies and secrets from the shores of this fantastic yet war-stricken West African Island. It would take a beautiful, mature and sophisticated Queen Kaya to dissolve the bad blood between Kaya and Tekland and finally restore peace. But can she restore the respect from her people? Can she stay married to Prince Anthony? Can she forgive Aadil? Better yet, Kaya has one secret she must share with Aadil.

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About Dorothy

Dorothy was born in the small town of Tiko in Cameroon, West Africa. When she was only a few years old her family moved to the commercial city of Limbe, once called Victoria. In high school, an all girls boarding school – Saker Baptist College, she was found in various plays and was famous for organizing musical performances.

After high school, she traveled to Michigan in the U.S. and obtained a Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry. She was honored with the title of Co-op Student of the Year, The National Dean’s List and the Jesuit Founders Scholarship. Having some time in her hands without having to worry about grades, she put more effort and time into her passion: Acting and writing. She left an exhausting laboratory, changed coats and dived into the theatre at night, where she performed in productions such as ‘Angelique, and Love All’.

On the fall of 1999, Dorothy left her job as a chemist; packed two big and green suitcases and came to New York to attend the well-known Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in Manhattan. She graduated with a degree in Dramatic Arts. She has performed in various plays, films and commercials; including a spot for the Canon Camera in the Newsweek magazine 2001. One Night, an indie film shot in Brooklyn, marked her film debut in a principle role; now available on video.

Dorothy also received rave reviews for productions such as Wedding Band, and August Wilson’s, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Her movies include Sounds of the Past, a film about the Rwandan Genocide, Nancy Loves Ms Brown, and Mayday for the Discovery Channel.

Commercials include The Disappearing – AIDS in Africa for the Stephen Lewis Foundation currrently airing on TV – www.cftpa.ca/newsroom/psa.htm Click on the Disappearing. She also claimed a feature spot in the BBC World Cup Magazine 2002.

She is currently looking forward to working in South African and Nigerian films. She just finished the third draft for the screenplay The Princess of Kaya- now available for option, and is working on her second screenplay.
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