The man who turned into
a Rastafarian
by Masimba Musodza
£10 / $20 / €15 + postage &
packing
Parental advisory:
This book deals with adult topics and is not suitable for minors.
"A book of short
fictional stories set in the Rastafari community in Zimbabwe. This book
offers a fascinating insight into the reality of life for I&I in
this African country.
Although I do read quite a
bit of fiction, normally I would not read short stories as I don't
particularly like them. Still I can say that from the minute I started
reading this book I could not put it down.
The stories are well
written and paint a picture of life in Zimbabwe that is not usually
available to I&I in the west.
I look forward to reading
more books from this very talented Rastafari bredren. " - Sista
Marydread
Blurb from the back
cover -
"When the tables are
turned, a man finds himself capable of acting out only his most
deep-seated prejudices and finding out just how destructive they are if
they accurately depicted the people he ascribes them to. A young woman,
caught up in the prevalent political situation, adroitly contrives with
the system to establish her belief as a point of International Law.
These and other themes make up The man who turned into a Rastafarian
- the reality of the Rastafarian experience in contemporary Zimbabwe
told in these works of fiction by one of the people. Bold exploratory,
revealing, celebrating, sometimes humerous, sometimes fatalistic, and sometimes
defiant. A first for the literature of a country where any religious system
outside the charismatic Christian Evangelist-Pentecostal movement
largely exists on the media's blind spot."
