Overview
Region
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Set in the black township of Makokoba in Bulawayo in the 1940s, following Fumbatha and Phephelaphi against the backdrop of Rhodesia's most brutal years. Vera's lyrical prose is like nothing else in African fiction.
Literary Significance
Vera is considered Zimbabwe's greatest writer; her death at 40 was a devastating loss to African literature