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Zamani - A haunted memoir of Tanzania - cover
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Zamani - A haunted memoir of Tanzania

Jane Bryce

Editora: Cinnamon Press

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Haunted by memories of a Tanzanian childhood abruptly ended when her parents were deported, Jane Bryce returns in search of the past only to be ambushed by the present. As she retraces her own and her parents' footsteps she is surprised by unexpected connections, reaching back into the colonial past, and further, to a time of myth and legend. The key to understanding what holds these together comes to her in the form of 'zamani'—the Swahili sea of time where spirits inhabit places and landscape, memory animates the everyday and voices from the past speak to the present. Collectively these voices paint a picture of social and political change in Tanzania over the last 50 years, and invite the author to take her place in it.
Disponível desde: 30/04/2024.
Comprimento de impressão: 226 páginas.

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