Song of Be

Author(s): Lesley Beake

Location(s): Namibia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1990s

Be, a young Bushman woman searching in the desert for the peace she remembers from her childhood, realizes that she and her people must reconcile new personal and political realities with ancient traditions.

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