| Description |
1 online resource (178 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Okuqukethweyo; Isibongo; Isandulelo; Inyamazana yendoda leqhalaqhala lomfazi; Itshatshazi elinguChristina; Ngingum'Afrika, akunjalo?; Kwenziwa umfazi opheleleyo; Lokhu lalokhuya-yimpilo leyo!; Ijwabu lakhe lisamephu; Kwandlela ziyaphambana; Umatshuna ipiyano; Imbongi yodumo; Ngedwa; Bayeza; UMnumzana Magodi; Ubuqhwawe thutshu; Wafa-wafa; Izigojwana zamatamatisi; Isidingo; Abalobi abakuleli qoqo lezindatshana; Back cover |
| Summary |
The book, the translation of Long Time Coming into Ndebele from English, brings together short stories and poems from thirty-three writers that provide snapshots of this turbulent period in Zimbabwe's history. Snapshots of living in a country where basic services have crumbled: where shops have no food, taps no water, banks no money, hospitals no drugs, bars no beer. Snapshots of characters surviving against seemingly insurmountable odds. Horrific snapshots of the abuse of power, of violence and oppression, of the destruction of dreams. But this is Zimbabwe and there are lighter moments and mo |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 29, 2014) |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Zimbabwe -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149812
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Zimbabwe -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149825
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| Subject |
Zimbabwe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morris, Jane, editor
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Ndlovu, Thabisani, translator
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Bhana, Veena, cover designer
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| ISBN |
9780797494510 |
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0797494510 |
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9780797494541 |
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0797494545 |
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