Southern Africa
Botswana
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Thirteen short stories drawing on Botswana village life, women who endure violence, men who abdicate, and communities that hold together through traditional values and collective memory, illuminating ordinary lives with extraordinary dignity.
Literary Significance
Considered Head's finest fiction writing; essential to the canon of African women's short fiction
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editorial-summarynot primary textThirteen short stories drawing on Botswana village life, women who endure violence, men who abdicate, and communities that hold together through traditional values and collective memory, illuminating ordinary lives with extraordinary dignity. Considered Head's finest fiction writing; essential to the canon of African women's short fiction
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