Rain Petitioning and Step Child
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In Nzarayapera's village, famine and hunger strike as rain could not fall. The sky remains blue with scorching heat that leaves no creature desiring to move on with life. Chief Nzarayapera and his councillors believe this scourge is a curse from the ancestors. They think of holding a ceremony to mollify the ancestors and petition rain. The ceremony is held, but nothing happens except that hunger and famine strike even harder. This sets a fertile ground for conflict between traditionalists, Christians and scientists who lay blame on one another and take turns to intercede for the people. What comes out of this conflict only requires you to rea…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-9956-790-70-8
- EAN: 9789956790708
- Produktnummer: 34224460
- Verlag: Langaa Rpcig
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 84 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.4 cm 101 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 101
Über den Autor
Munyaradzi Mawere holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town. He is a Professor and Research Chair in the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies at Great Zimbabwe University, in Zimbabwe.
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