lilopalu's review
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
5.0
This is a collection of essays by Chenjerai Hove, a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist that were first published in De Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper. In short essays he examines different aspects of life in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. They give a glimpse into the daily life of normal people in a land where colonialism destroyed many of the traditional structures and values and that struggles to find their way in the face drought, economic hardship, misogyny, AIDS and a dictatorship (it was published in 1997).
Even though the topics are hard-hitting the author delivers them with a lot of dry humor that seems to be similar to how his people deal with life. The essays gave me a lot of interesting insights and I am curious to learn more about Zimbabwe.
Even though the topics are hard-hitting the author delivers them with a lot of dry humor that seems to be similar to how his people deal with life. The essays gave me a lot of interesting insights and I am curious to learn more about Zimbabwe.
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