Zenzele : a letter for my daughter

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Title:

Author:

Maraire, J. Nozipo.

ISBN:

9780385318228

Personal Author:

Maraire, J. Nozipo.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

194 pages ; 19 cm

General Note:

"Reprinted by arrangement with Crown Publishers, Inc."--Title page verso.

"A Delta Book"--Title page verso.

Abstract:

A collection of letters from an African mother to her daughter in America, urging her to remember her roots. The mother, who is from Zimbabwe, describes the country's customs, her generation's struggle for independence, their hopes and disappointments, and the current clash between proponents of the traditionalist way and the European way. The mother bemoans that so many young Africans do not come home after their studies, but remain abroad.

Subject Term:

Mothers and daughters -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction.

Women -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Zimbabwe -- History -- Fiction.

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Summary

Written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter, a student at Harvard, J. Nozipo Maraire evokes the moving story of a mother reaching out to her daughter to share the lessons life has taught her and bring the two closer than ever before. Interweaving history and memories, disappointments and dreams, Zenzele tells the tales of Zimbabwe's struggle for independence and the men and women who shaped it: Zenzele's father, an outspoken activist lawyer; her aunt, a schoolteacher by day and secret guerrilla fighter by night; and her cousin, a maid and a spy.

Rich with insight, history, and philosophy, Zenzele is a powerful and compelling story that is both revolutionary and revelatory--the story of one life that poignantly speaks of all lives.