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There is something IâEUR(TM)ve never told you about our king, âEUR(TM) Father was saying as we walked around the palisade. We were three abreast, and I was in the middle. He looked at me.

Simbabwe, kurz nach der Unabhängigkeit Anfang der 1980er Jahre: Gemeinsam mit ihrer Mutter, ihrer Tante und ihrem kleinen Cousin flieht die 14-jährige Rudo vor dem Gukurahundi genannten und von der jungen Regierung um Mugabe angeordneten Genozid an den Ndebele. Die vier sind die einzigen Überlebenden der einstigen Großfamilie, denen Shona und Ndebele angehören. Auf ihrer Flucht werden sie wiederholt Zeugen des gewalttätigen Vorgehens der Regie...

Unsentimental and unselfpitying, this short but powerful novel by Chris Mlalazi vivifies an account by Rudo, a fourteen-year-old school girl who observes the terrifying events that take place in her village. Running with Mother provides us with a gripping story of how Rudo, her mother, her aunt and her little cousin survive the onslaught. Shocking as the story that unfolds may be, it is balanced by the resilience, self-respect, unselfishness a...

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Dancing with Life is a collection of short stories by Christopher Mlalazi. He has had stories published in anthologies inside and outside Zimbabwe, this is his first collection. "Christopher Mlalazi may well be the most promising young writer in Zimbabwe today. His fiction captures the edgy energy of townships where young people have learned to be light on their feet, their dancing born of economic necessity and mocking disrespect for traditio...