The Weight of the Yam

Name: The Weight of the Yam
Price: 44.06 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9781918039658

A Rebellion Against Burnout

Zebedee Njisuh Feka

$51.95 $44.06

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We will update you on expected arrival time to us. If this delay is too long, please let us know within 2 business days and we can give you options regarding cancelling or adjusting your order. More details on cancelling your order can be found in our Terms of Trade.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Good Reach Publishing
01 February 2026

Time management; Self-help & personal development

Summary
Details

You are not tired because you're weak.

You are tired because you inherited a world that taught you to outrun your own humanity.

In The Weight of the Yam, Zebedee Njisuh Feka delivers a searing, deeply personal unravelling of modern burnout-beginning in the kerosene-lit quiet of his Cameroonian childhood and stretching into the relentless pressures of global hustle culture. Like Anne Helen Petersen's Can't Even or Devon Price's Laziness Does Not Exist, this book dismantles the toxic myths surrounding overwork. But it goes further-revealing how burnout is not only personal or generational, but historical, racialised, and rooted in colonial time, inherited shame, and the economics of visibility.

No other book connects these structural forces with such intimate, lyrical storytelling.

With a voice that is both tender and unflinching, Feka exposes the invisible machinery shaping how we strive, sacrifice, and break-then offers a radical alternative: you can reclaim a rhythm of life that finally works for you, not against you.

If you've ever felt behind, depleted, ashamed of resting, or trapped in a cycle of proving your worth, this book is your invitation home:

Stop performing.

Start rooting.

Grow at the pace your spirit remembers.

This is not another self-help fix.

It is a homecoming to dignity, community, and Soil Time.

By: Zebedee Njisuh Feka
Imprint: Good Reach Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 653g
ISBN: 9781918039658
ISBN 10: 1918039658
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 01 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active