Description
Fiction. African & African American Studies. Short Stories. New Edition with an introduction by M G Vassanji. The place is white-ruled Rhodesia of the seventies (now Zimbabwe), the exile the African in his or her own land. Young men and women flee from their villages to join the freedom fighters in the forests. These stories, set during the years of the armed struggle, tell of the other struggle, that of survival of those who stayed behind. Told essentially from the women's point of view, in lyrical but unaffected prose, the stories recreate the dark atmosphere of those months full of fear and hope.
Author Bio
Yvonne Vera was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Her works WHY DON'T YOU CARVE OTHER ANIMALS and NEHANDA were short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers Award Africa Region in 1993 and 1994, respectively.
Author City: CAN