Maru

Maru

Read worldwide for her wisdom, authenticity, and skillful prose, South African born Bessie Head (1937-1986) offers a moving and magical tale of an orphaned girl, Margaret Cadmore, who goes to teach in a remote village in Botswana where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarizes a community that does not see her people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast. In the love story and intrigue that follows Head brilliantly combines a portrait of loneliness with a rich affirmation of the mystery and spirituality of life. The core of this otherworldly, rhapsodic work is a plot about racial injustice and prejudice with a lesson in how traditional intolerance may render whole sections of a society untouchable.<p> <b>Other titles by Bessie Head available from Waveland Press:</b> <i>The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales</i> (ISBN 9781478607601) and <i>When Rain Clouds Gather</i> (ISBN 9781478607595).<p> <b>Other titles by African writers from Waveland Press:</b><p> Ba, <i>So Long a Letter</i> (ISBN 9781577668060)<p> Beti, <i>The Poor Christ of Bomba</i> (ISBN 9781577664185)<p> Emecheta, <i>Kehinde</i> (ISBN 9781577664192)<p> Equiano, <i>Equiano's Travels</i> (ISBN 9781577664871)<p> La Guma, <i>In the Fog of the Seasons' End</i> (ISBN 9781478600251)<p> Marechera, <i>The House of Hunger</i> (ISBN 9781478604730)<p> Mofolo, <i>Chaka</i> (ISBN 9781478607151)<p> Ngugi-Mugo, <i>The Trial of Dedan Kimathi</i> (ISBN 9781478611318)<p> Nwapa, <i>Efuru</i> (ISBN 9781478611011)<p> Oyono, <i>Houseboy</i> (ISBN 9781577669883)<p> Oyono, <i>The Old Man and the Medal</i> (ISBN 9781478609582)<p> p'Bitek, <i>Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol</i> (ISBN 9781478604723)<p> Plaatje, <i>Mhudi</i> (ISBN 9781478609575)<p> Rifaat, <i>Distant Views of a Minaret and Other Short Stories</i> (ISBN 9781478611288)