Download or read book Fiela s Child written by Dalene Matthee and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1992-09 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son. What follows is Benjamin's search for his identity and the fundamental changes affecting the white and black families who claim him. "Everything a novel can be: convincing, thought-provoking, upsetting, unforgettable, and timeless."—Grace Ingoldby, New Statesman "Fiela's Child is a parade that broadens and humanizes our understanding of the conflicts still affecting South Africa today."—Francis Levy, New York Times Book Review "A powerful creation of time and place with dark threads of destiny and oppression and its roots in the almost Biblical soil of a storyteller's art."—Christopher Wordsworth, The Guardian "The characters in the novel live and breathe; and the landscape is so brightly painted that the trees, birds, elephants, and rivers of old South Africa are characters themselves. A book not to miss."—Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Agaat written by Marlene VanNiekerk and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in apartheid South Africa, Agaat portrays the unique, forty-year relationship between Milla, a sixty-seven-year-old white woman, and her black maidservant turned caretaker, Agaat. In 1950s South Africa, life for white farmers was full of promise - young and newly married, Milla raised a son and created her own farm out of a swathe of Cape mountainside with Agaat by her side. By the 1990s, Milla's family has fallen apart, the country she knew is on the brink of huge change, and all she has left are memories and her proud, contrary, yet affectionate guardian. With haunting, lyrical prose, Marlene van Niekerk creates a story about love and loyalty.

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Download or read book Rumors of Rain written by Andre Brink and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just before the shocking violence that brings South African apartheid to an end, Martin decides to return to the family farm for a weekend. A highly successful businessman and Afrikaans Nationalist, he hopes to sell the property to the government in a deal both highly profitable and corrupt. The moment he steps onto the farm, his plans are derailed. The repercussions of a society's endemic violence catch up to him, and shake the relationships that frame his life.

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Download or read book My Home in Afrikaans written by Kasahorow and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Modern Afrikaans language exercise book to learn more Afrikaans vocabulary. My Home in Afrikaans is a bilingual translation exercise book for introducing your favourite children to the things in a home. Translate in Afrikaans and English.A good home is comfortable and welcoming. Learn the Afrikaans names of things you may find a home. Each word is a separate translation activity! First from Afrikaans to English, and then from English to Afrikaans. Test how many Afrikaans words you know. Translate from English to Afrikaans to make sure you really understand.Written in Modern Afrikaans by kasahorow.Keywords: Afrikaans vocabulary, learn Afrikaans, first Afrikaans, Afrikaans, Afrikaans language, Modern Afrikaans

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