Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia)
This is one of the most realistic and passionate contemporary novels about the life of young people in today's Africa, written by Malama Katulwende, a young Zambian poet and intellectual. It describes... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:159569031X
ISBN13:9781595690319
Release Date:July 2005
Publisher:MONDIAL
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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Life of young people in Zambia
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Tribe and social affiliations and the student riots at the University of Zambia, in a captivating and intelligent story about love, political involvement and individual responsibilities: This is one of the most realistic and passionate contemporary novels about the life of young people in today's Africa, written by Malama Katulwende, a Zambian poet and intellectual. It describes the seeming incompatibility of old African traditions and modern life, depicts the political struggle of Zambia's students, and the hope and despair of the book's main character, his family, lover, and friends. Based on real events, this novel provides an insight into African history, daily life, and culture, at the example of an oppressive society. Imagine Europe's revoltes of 1968 in Austral Africa...
Enthusiasm for the future of Africa
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Malama Katulwende's literary works display his vivid connection with our ancestral past, inspire and evoke feelings of patriotism and the much needed enthusiasm for the future on a continent that is facing so many challenges. (Mbuyu Nalumango; Editor of "Under the African Skies - Poetry from Zambia") --- Themes about Negritude or the Black experience... echo real experiences of people who have been tied by a common doom - slavery, racism, colonialism and underdevelopment... So when we define Africanness as a historical fact or phenomenon, we're talking about the African personality as a collective person pitted against his past, his present and his future. We're saying: What are we about in relation to what we have gone through? This is a question that exacts answers. (Malama Katulwende; in: "Bitterness")
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