Neshani Andreas (1964–2011)
Forfatter af The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
Værker af Neshani Andreas
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1964
- Dødsdag
- 2011-05
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- Namibia
- Fødested
- Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia)
- Dødsårsag
- cancer (lung)
- Uddannelse
- Ongwediva Teachers' College
University of Namibia - Erhverv
- teacher
- Organisationer
- US Peace Corps
Forum of African Women Educationalists in Namibia
National Archives (Namibia)
Medlemmer
Discussions
Wrong Melvil Decimal Classification i Talk about LibraryThing (februar 2022)
Anmeldelser
Lister
Namibia (1)
Hæderspriser
Statistikker
- Værker
- 1
- Medlemmer
- 56
- Popularitet
- #291,557
- Vurdering
- 3.2
- Anmeldelser
- 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.… (mere)