Neshani Andreas (1964–2011)
Auteur van The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
Werken van Neshani Andreas
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1964
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2011-05
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Namibia
- Geboorteplaats
- Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia)
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cancer (lung)
- Opleiding
- Ongwediva Teachers' College
University of Namibia - Beroepen
- teacher
- Organisaties
- US Peace Corps
Forum of African Women Educationalists in Namibia
National Archives (Namibia)
Leden
Discussies
Wrong Melvil Decimal Classification in Talk about LibraryThing (februari 2022)
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Namibia (1)
Prijzen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 1
- Leden
- 56
- Populariteit
- #291,557
- Waardering
- 3.2
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 3
But then Shange dies suddenly, probably of a heart attack, and Kauna finds hordes of Shange's family descending on her, accusing her of poisoning, witchcraft, and worse, as they strip her of her property. As a widow she might have legal rights in theory, but in practice she is powerless to assert them.
Andreas also touches on quite a number of other issues in the course of this short, simply-written and very engaging novel: another widow is accused of witchcraft when her husband dies of AIDS-related illness, Kauna's aunt makes a precarious living as a market trader, Ali's husband is injured in a collision between overloaded minibuses, and so on. At the very centre of the story is a lively okakungungu, a working party where all the women of the village come together over food and freshly-brewed beer to help Kauna finish her ploughing before the rains.… (meer)