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The Rape Of Shavi
The Rape of Shavi is a 1983 fiction novel written by Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta. It was first published in 1983 by George Braziller. Plot summary The novel centers on the Shavians; an imaginary community in the Sahara desert where everyone is no greater than the other. Then the Western world, Westerners arrive: Andria, Ista, Flip, Mendoza and Ronje, who Emergency landing, crash-land on Shavi while King Patayon the Slow is holding a conversation with his wife. The westerners, who the Shavians think to be messenger, at first blend into the culture and life of people although Ronje rapes a Shavi. The westerners join in the farming and trading of the Shavians, while they work on fueling and repairing their plane called "Newark". The Westerners finally return back to England with industrial diamond and crystals and also Asogba, the son of Patayon the Slow. Mendoza who has found a new line of business sends Asogba back to Shavi with guns and jeeps. Asogba on the other hands extort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchi Emecheta
Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta (21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian-born novelist, based in the UK from 1962, who also wrote plays and an autobiography, as well as works for children. She was the author of more than 20 books, including '' Second Class Citizen'' (1974), '' The Bride Price'' (1976), '' The Slave Girl'' (1977) and '' The Joys of Motherhood'' (1979). Most of her early novels were published by Allison and Busby, where her editor was Margaret Busby. Emecheta's themes of child slavery, motherhood, female independence and freedom through education gained recognition from critics and honours. She once described her stories as "stories of the world, where women face the universal problems of poverty and oppression, and the longer they stay, no matter where they have come from originally, the more the problems become identical." Her works explore the tension between tradition and modernity. She has been characterized as "the first successful black woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |