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The rainy season : three lives in the new South Africa
- Title
- The rainy season : three lives in the new South Africa / Maggie Messitt.
- Author
- Messitt, Maggie
- Publication
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 198 pages : map; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The Rainy Season, a work of engaging literary journalism, introduces readers to the remote bushveld community of Rooiboklaagte and opens a window into the complicated reality of daily life in South Africa. The Rainy Season tells the stories of three generations in the Rainbow Nation one decade after its first democratic elections. This multi-threaded narrative follows Regina, a tapestry weaver in her sixties, standing at the crossroads where her Catholic faith and the AIDS pandemic crash; Thoko, a middle-aged sangoma (traditional healer) taking steps to turn her shebeen into a fully licensed tavern; and Dankie, a young man taking his matriculation exams, coming of age as one of Mandela's Children, the first academic class educated entirely under democratic governance." -- Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Contents
- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Epilogue -- In the field.
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-705
- ISBN
- 9781609383275 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 1609383273 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 9781609383329 (ebk)
- 160938332X (ebk)
- LCCN
- 2014034885
- OCLC
- 890080313
- Author
- Messitt, Maggie, author.
- Title
- The rainy season : three lives in the new South Africa / Maggie Messitt.
- Publisher
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-705