Nehanda

Fiction. African American Studies. Set in Yvonne Vera's native country of Zimbabwe, NEHANDA tells the story of a late nineteenth century village where a young woman has been given a divine calling: the gift to inspire a war. Told in beautifully lucid and evocative prose, this is the portrait of resistance and struggle, a tale of a people's first meeting with colonialism. A stunning, beautiful and poetic novel. --The Herald (Zimbabwe)
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Nehanda

Fiction. African American Studies. Set in Yvonne Vera's native country of Zimbabwe, NEHANDA tells the story of a late nineteenth century village where a young woman has been given a divine calling: the gift to inspire a war. Told in beautifully lucid and evocative prose, this is the portrait of resistance and struggle, a tale of a people's first meeting with colonialism. A stunning, beautiful and poetic novel. --The Herald (Zimbabwe)
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Nehanda

Nehanda

by Yvonne Vera
Nehanda

Nehanda

by Yvonne Vera
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Fiction. African American Studies. Set in Yvonne Vera's native country of Zimbabwe, NEHANDA tells the story of a late nineteenth century village where a young woman has been given a divine calling: the gift to inspire a war. Told in beautifully lucid and evocative prose, this is the portrait of resistance and struggle, a tale of a people's first meeting with colonialism. A stunning, beautiful and poetic novel. --The Herald (Zimbabwe)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780920661413
Publisher: Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
Publication date: 01/28/1994
Pages: 104
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.73(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Yvonne Vera was born in Wayo, Zimbabwe, and attended university in Canada. She is the author of Why Don't You Carve Other Animals (stories), Without a Name (novel), and several other acclaimed works of fiction.

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