Bessie Head

Partiendo de la rica tradición oral africana, Bessie Head emplea el lenguaje y la imaginería de los cuentacuentos para presentar al lector un mosaico de relatos ambientados en la Botsuana posterior a la independencia. Un periodo de transicion entre un mundo ancestral que no ha cambiado, donde impera la voluntad de los hechiceros y los jefes de las tribus, y la modernidad, representada por las a menudo dudosas aportaciones del hombre blanco: el cristianismo, la medicina moderna y las costumbres distintas, que no siempre encajan con la forma de vida de los lugareños. En este nuevo entorno encontramos a mujeres emancipadas, esposas devotas,madres y abuelas que intentan hacerse un hueco en un mundo dominado todavia por las necesidades y deseos de los hombres, lo que las convierte en muchos casos en pioneras en sus comunidades.

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A RIVETING STORY FROM ONE OF AFRICAS MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN WRITERS When Rain Clouds Gather and Maru are fairy tales about the transformations that love can wreak. And they transform love into a force to be thankful for HELEN OYEYEMIEscaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful and purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi, he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is trying to modernise farming methods to benefit the community. The two outsiders join forces, but their task is fraught with hazards: opposition from the corrupt chief, the pressures of tradition and the unrelenting climate ever threaten to bring tragedy. Maru: Margaret, an orphan from a despised tribe, has lived her life under the loving protection of a missionarys wife. She has only to open her mouth to cause confusion, for her education and English accent do not fit her looks. When she accepts her first teaching post, in a remote village, Margaret is befriended by Dikeledi, sister of Maru the chief-in-waiting. Despite making influential friends, Margaret faces prejudice even from the children she teaches, and her presence causes Maru and his best friend - also Dikeledis lover - to become sworn enemies.