Neshani Andreas (1964–2011)
Auteur de The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
Œuvres de Neshani Andreas
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1964
- Date de décès
- 2011-05
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Namibia
- Lieu de naissance
- Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia)
- Cause du décès
- cancer (lung)
- Études
- Ongwediva Teachers' College
University of Namibia - Professions
- teacher
- Organisations
- US Peace Corps
Forum of African Women Educationalists in Namibia
National Archives (Namibia)
Membres
Discussions
Wrong Melvil Decimal Classification à Talk about LibraryThing (Février 2022)
Critiques
Listes
Namibia (1)
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 56
- Popularité
- #291,557
- Évaluation
- 3.2
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 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.… (plus d'informations)