Song of Be 20th July 2020
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.
Blogs in July 2020
Jackal’s Dance 20th July 2020
‘Twelve pairs of eyes watched the Land Rovers leave … Once the tourists were out of sight, their leader rose and gestured that the others should follow. Their destination lay thirteen kilometres to the east–Logans Island Lodge.’ As the...
A River Called Time 20th July 2020
With a magical realism that blurs the boundaries between life and the afterlife in Mozambique, Mia Couto captures Africa today—a brilliant dissonance of old and new sounds.
A Shattering of Silence 20th July 2020
Eight-year-old Faith’s life is shattered when she witnesses a massacre in her village in rural Mozambique. She escapes, but loses everything – her parents, her home, her identity – and her voice. A Shattering of Silence charts Faith’s quest...
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy 20th July 2020
After twenty years of marriage, Rami discovers that her husband has been living a double–or rather, a quintuple–life. Tony, a senior police officer in Maputo, has apparently been supporting four other families for many years. Rami remains calm in...
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