Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter | J. Nozipo Maraire

Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter | J. Nozipo Maraire | This is a book so beautiful it sparkles.

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	Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter J. Nozipo Maraire Delta, 1997 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

One of the best books out there!

This now one of my favorite books of all times! Maraire paints a vivid picture of life in Zimbabwe before independence and after independence. However, the best thing about the book is that the advice that Zenzele's mother gives to her is applicable in real life. I recommend this book to black women all over the world!

This is a book so beautiful it sparkles.

Zenzele is one of the most beautiful books I have read. This book carries with it all the tender and profound wisdom of a mother, a freedom fighter, a woman, and citizen of Zimbabwe.

a long-awaited perspective in mainstream literature

This is a touching, warmly told story of a Zimbabwean family, as revealed through a mother's letters to her daughter, Zenzele, on Zenzele's immanent departure to study at Harvard. Through a mother's careful, vivid remembrances, we see Zenzele's past as well as her future, her difficulty in accepting her family's humble roots in a rural Zimbabwean village, and the wisdom of her culture, which some day she will come to embrace. In addition to this wonderful portrait of a family, the reader becomes acquainted with a voice not often heard in "mainstream" Western literature, the voice of the black African woman. Zenzele's mother tells her own story, that of a woman who, though not a foot soldier in the struggle against colonization, nevertheless plays a vital role in the fight for independence. An excellent book and an unusual opportunity for the American reading public

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Deeply moving, and uplifting.

I was really impressed with this work, and I would recomend it to anyone who had an interest in Africa, but definately to any mother or daughter. This book shows how much hope a mother has for her children even though she knows that she will not be able to witness it. I look forward her work in the future.

Political and deeply personal, Zenzele delivers life.

Zenzele was a wonderful overview of colonial to independent transitions and how they progress at different speeds for different generations and for society as a whole. The ability to also transmit the feeling in relationships (especially the mother-daughter relationship) is profound. I read it quickly and then again more reflectively. As a white woman who has spent time in Zimbabwe and loves the people and the land, I was deeply affected by this book. As a psychiatrist, I was enthralled by the relationships portrayed. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in Africa, racial issues, women's issues, and families.

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