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Rhett Willett
reviewed New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Become Prominent Since 1980 on February 04, 2015
New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Become Prominent Since 1980
Language can be a bridge from one way of thinking to another person's culture, which is what this book provides. It isn't about clever puns, riveting plot twists, or flowing descriptions, it's about a culture that you've most likely never seen, told through the eyes of a man who is watching it crumble into dust. The language is basic English, probably 6th grade or middle school level, but it provides a fascinating glimpse into an Africa that doesn't exist anymore. It doesn't romanticize it either. People are killed in ways that modern Western views still find barbaric, but it's just a fact of life for this tribe, a sacred law. The white men that come later do things that are just as barbaric, and some try to enforce civilization in a way that doesn't seem so bad. The point-of-view turn at the very end of the book makes it for me... I won't spoil it, but it made me want to scream with indignity for a culture that was squandered. This book will make you see Africa in a different way, and you'll be better for it.
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Add New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Become Prominent Since 1980, The past fifteen years have been remarkable in terms of history, literary creativity, and publishing opportunities in southern Africa. Zimbabwe achieved its independence in 1980, Namibia followed suit in 1990, and in 1994 apartheid was officially abandone, New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Become Prominent Since 1980 to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Become Prominent Since 1980, The past fifteen years have been remarkable in terms of history, literary creativity, and publishing opportunities in southern Africa. Zimbabwe achieved its independence in 1980, Namibia followed suit in 1990, and in 1994 apartheid was officially abandone, New Writing from Southern Africa: Authors Who Have Become Prominent Since 1980 to your collection on WonderClub |
