Footprints In the Mists Of Time

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Cover of the book Footprints In the Mists Of Time by Spiwe  N. Mahachi-Harper, Spiwe N Mahachi-Harper
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Author: Spiwe N. Mahachi-Harper ISBN: 1230000202398
Publisher: Spiwe N Mahachi-Harper Publication: December 13, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Spiwe N. Mahachi-Harper
ISBN: 1230000202398
Publisher: Spiwe N Mahachi-Harper
Publication: December 13, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

A Zimbabwean story like no other.... 

A story of migration and belonging and heritage, spanning 4 generations that lived through the colonisation of central and southern Africa by Britain. The story of the mostly young men who left what is now Zambia and Malawi to work in the mines and on the farms of what is now Zimbabwe, and whose descendants still bear the label Vabvakure, the people from afar. The story of Mavhuto, born to see the emergence of independent Zimbabwe, who must look back before he can look forward. Back to Dhairesi, his mother, now broken by a life-long quest to belong, his grandfather Masauso who was  born in the community of migrant mineworkers, and his great-grandfather, Bhaureni, who walked those miles from Nuhono Village in Nyasaland. The footprints are still there, in the mists of time.  Never before has the narrative of Those Who Come From Afar been brought to the fore in Zimbabwean literature. 

"The novel, which is essentially about labour migrations in Southern Africa can be read through multiple lenses. There is an extended debate, often couched in broader economic, political and social terms, on the causes and effects of migration on the receiving and sending countries. Spiwe Mahachi-Harper contributes to this debate in novel form- Kupukile Mlambo, Ph.D. (Econ)
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

"This is going to be an important novel for Zimbabwean literature. Zimbabwean fiction rarely puts the migrant and his offsprings at the centre of the narrative. But here is a novel written from their point of view.", Memory Chirere, The Herald

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A Zimbabwean story like no other.... 

A story of migration and belonging and heritage, spanning 4 generations that lived through the colonisation of central and southern Africa by Britain. The story of the mostly young men who left what is now Zambia and Malawi to work in the mines and on the farms of what is now Zimbabwe, and whose descendants still bear the label Vabvakure, the people from afar. The story of Mavhuto, born to see the emergence of independent Zimbabwe, who must look back before he can look forward. Back to Dhairesi, his mother, now broken by a life-long quest to belong, his grandfather Masauso who was  born in the community of migrant mineworkers, and his great-grandfather, Bhaureni, who walked those miles from Nuhono Village in Nyasaland. The footprints are still there, in the mists of time.  Never before has the narrative of Those Who Come From Afar been brought to the fore in Zimbabwean literature. 

"The novel, which is essentially about labour migrations in Southern Africa can be read through multiple lenses. There is an extended debate, often couched in broader economic, political and social terms, on the causes and effects of migration on the receiving and sending countries. Spiwe Mahachi-Harper contributes to this debate in novel form- Kupukile Mlambo, Ph.D. (Econ)
Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

"This is going to be an important novel for Zimbabwean literature. Zimbabwean fiction rarely puts the migrant and his offsprings at the centre of the narrative. But here is a novel written from their point of view.", Memory Chirere, The Herald

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