The World of "Mestre" Tamoda
Xitu, Uanhenga
From Angola - scene of one of southern Africa's longest and bitterest colonial struggles - comes the refreshing comedy of "Mestre" Tamoda. The archetypal bush lawyer, mock rhetorician and speechifier, Tamoda is the creation of Uanhenga Xitu, one of Angola's most revered writers and a revolutionary leader imprisoned for more than a decade by the Portuguese.
Tamoda was conceived in a colonial prison, but his continuing adventures go beyond the...