When Rain Clouds Gather
Bessie Head
188 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0435909614
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Language: English
Publish: 802335600000
AfricaAfrican LiteratureBotswanaClassicsFictionLiteratureNovelsSchoolSouth AfricaSouthern Africa
The poverty-stricken village of Golema Mmidi, in the heart of rural Botswana, offers a haven to the exiles gathered there. Makhaya, a political refugee from South Africa, becomes involved with an English agricultural expert and the villagers as they struggle to upgrade their traditional farming methods with modern techniques. The pressures of tradition, the opposition of the local chief, and, above all, the harsh climate threaten to bring tragedy to the community, but strangely, there remains a hope for the future.