Neshani Andreas (1964–2011)
Autor von The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
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- Geburtstag
- 1964
- Todestag
- 2011-05
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Namibia
- Geburtsort
- Walvis Bay, South-West Africa (now Namibia)
- Todesursache
- cancer (lung)
- Ausbildung
- Ongwediva Teachers' College
University of Namibia - Berufe
- teacher
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- US Peace Corps
Forum of African Women Educationalists in Namibia
National Archives (Namibia)
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- #287,973
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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.… (mehr)