Huchu, Tendai

Summary: This novel follows three Zimbabwean men as they struggle to find places for themselves in a new society. As he wanders Edinburgh to a constant loop of the music from home, the Magistrate--once a judge, now a health aide--tries to find meaning in his new surroundings. The depressed and quixotic Maestro--gone AWOL from his job at a grocery store--escapes into books. And the youthful Mathematician...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUC

Mandela, Winnie

Summary: "491 Days: Prisoner number 1323/69 shares with the world Winnie Mandela's moving and compelling journal along with some of the letters written between several affected parties at the time, including Winnie and Nelson Mandela, himself then a prisoner on Robben Island for nearly seven years. Readers will gain insight into the brutality she experienced and her depths of despair, as well as her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 968.062 MANDELA, WINNIE MAN

Huchu, Tendai

Summary: "Vimbai is the best hairdresser in Mrs. Khumalo's salon, and she is secure in her status until the handsome, smooth-talking Dumisani shows up one day for work. Despite her resistance, the two become friends, and eventually, Vimbai becomes Dumisani's landlady. He is as charming as he is deft with the scissors, and Vimbai finds that he means more and more to her. Yet, by novel's end, the pair's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUC