Chinongwa
Chinongwa

Author: Lucy Michot

Publisher: Real African Publishers

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1919855815

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A riveting and emotional portrait of abusive conditions in rural Zimbabwe during the 1920s, this novel follows the terrible misfortunes of a brave and likable young girl as she grows to womanhood. Chinongwa always has been told that her paternal grandfather was shot and beheaded in front of her father's eyes, but she can't be sure whether this story is real because it is so intertwined in her mind with fantastical tales of talking snakes and men buried alive with mice tied to their backs. At age nine, however, her own life becomes nightmare when, in exchange for food, she is given to a man older than her father, and at age 11 she has her first baby. Throughout her ordeal, Chinongwa is sustained by the natural beauty of the countryside and her hopes that better times lie ahead, but the story sadly foreshadows the plight of present-day Zimbabwe.

Chinongwa
Chinongwa

Author: Lucy Mushita

Publisher:

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781925950816

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In the village where Chinongwa lives, her family, displaced from their lands, are very poor. One desperate solution to hunger is to trade young daughters into marriage. At first, to their shame, her father's and aunt's attempts to marry off their youngest child fail. No one is interested in this small, thin girl. Eventually, a childless woman, Amai Chitsva, offers Chinongwa as a second wife to her own husband who is old enough to be the girl's grandfather. Chinongwa is forced to grow up very fast and rely on her survival instincts. She does her best to do what is expected of her and become a good wife and mother, but being very young, very alone, and a girl, the odds are stacked against her. Eventually, after spending her whole life doing the bidding of others, all Chinongwa wants is her independence. But how can one gain such a thing as a woman? Will she ever truly be free? Lucy Mushita's powerful novel is set in the early twentieth century, but sadly child marriage still occurs within Zimbabwe, driven by poverty, patriarchy, or faith in the healing properties of purity. Chinongwa will help us to understand and explore the effect of marriage on very young girls.

Chinongwa
Chinongwa

Author: Lucy Mushita

Publisher: Actes Sud Editions

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9782330008895

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Depuis que sa soeur aînée a été "cédée", c'est-à-dire donnée en mariage à un riche vieillard contre de la nourriture, Chinongwa, neuf ans, sait quel sort l'attend. Sa famille est la plus pauvre du village et elle sera échangée elle aussi. Mais quand son père et sa tante partent en quête d'un parti pour elle, la fillette est si maigre que leur entreprise ne suscite que pitié ou raillerie - en aucun cas intérêt. C'est finalement une femme stérile qui offre Chinongwa comme deuxième épouse à son propre mari, une femme d'abord bienveillante mais qui la voit bientôt comme une concurrente. Chétive, ignorante, la trop jeune Chinongwa puise sa force clans un entêtant instinct de survie. Baigné de légendes familiales et de superstitions rurales, son monde est comme éclairé par un merveilleux candide qui résonne jusque dans la langue de Lucy Mushita. C'est cette poésie fruste, cette simplicité, cet humour aussi, qui font de Chinongwa, bien plus qu'un témoignage sur un village d'Afrique australe au début du XXe siècle, un roman poignant sur l'accession d'un individu à l'indépendance, payée au prix fort.

Agritourism for Sustainable Development
Agritourism for Sustainable Development

Author: Brighton Nyagadza

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2024-01-29

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1800623682

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Through the lens of African emerging economies, this text examines empirical studies and the related practices of agritourism. By looking at tourism innovation, entrepreneurship ethics and responsibility of public and private organizational stakeholders, the text promotes an understanding of how radical novel sustainable agritourism might be implemented to help society's living become more sustainable with low usage of material resources, low energy and environmental cost. The book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students interested in the challenges of sustainable agritourism and African emerging economies.

Time to Tell
Time to Tell

Author: Barry Feinberg

Publisher: Real African Publishers

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1920222340

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This dramatically revealing memoir follows Barry Feinberg's 45 years of activism, travel, relationships, and creative expression. While the twin narratives of private life and political doings are equally absorbing on their own, it is the relationship between the two—and the story of this relationship's expression through Feinberg's pen, brush, and lens—that provide a unique and compelling perspective on the most significant and volatile decades in South Africa's history.

Revenge of Kali
Revenge of Kali

Author: Aziz Hassim

Publisher: Real African Publishers

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1920222375

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Spanning 80 years of Indian servitude in South Africa, this novel ebbs and flows with four generations of characters who work as indentured laborers in the cane fields of Natal and Durban. Eventually, the families move to the Casbah district, home of the infamous "Grey Street system." With meticulous research and magnetic, taut storytelling, this work weaves a narrative that is rich in character, history, and place.

Richmond
Richmond

Author: Andrew Ragavaloo

Publisher: Real African Publishers

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1919855823

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A true story, this gripping narrative reads like a political thriller as it describes one South African town's year of terror in the early days of the new post-apartheid government. Sifiso Nkabinde, the regional leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in the town of Richmond, KwaZulu Natal, is expelled for being a police spy. A self-proclaimed warlord during the conflict in the area in the early 1990s, he reverts to violent activities following his expulsion and is believed by the townspeople to be responsible for inciting a small-scale civil war in Richmond that leaves more than 100 people dead over the course of a year. The mayor of the town, who is the author of this account, stands firmly in charge even as he is under constant threat by Nkabinde's henchmen. This deeply moving account stands as a testament to the importance and fragility of democracy.

Classrooms in the Shade
Classrooms in the Shade

Author: Shanthee Manjoo

Publisher: Real African Publishers

Published: 2009-04-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 191985567X

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From the opening Sanskrit mantra to the final act of voting in South Africa's first democratic elections, this lyrical memoir provides a unique perspective on South Africa's modern history. The account shows how a young Hindu woman of Indian ancestry, living in South Africa in the 1940s, defied convention, married a Muslim man, and became an activist at time when Muslim women were seldom seen in such a role. As a teacher, she spoke up during the political strife of that highly segregated era, which included the relocation of Indians and angry student boycotts, and here shares her philosophies and insights into education. Filled with characters from both a personal and national context, the memoir captures the nuances of an important time and place.