The waterbearer /
Hofmeyr, Dianne
The waterbearer / Dianne Hofmeyr. - 1st ed. - Cape Town, South Africa : Tafelberg, 2001. - 144 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
When a storm capsizes their boat and kills his father, Maji, a young trader on the East Coast of Africa in the fourteenth century, is captured and taken inland to the city of Great Zimbabwe, where he discovers a talent for divining underground water.
062403982X
2001427693
Coming of age--Fiction.
Water--Fiction.
Dowsing--Fiction.
Shona (African people)--History--14th century--Fiction.
Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)--Fiction.
Africa, Eastern--History--14th century--Fiction.
PZ7.H6797 / Wat 2001
[Fic]
The waterbearer / Dianne Hofmeyr. - 1st ed. - Cape Town, South Africa : Tafelberg, 2001. - 144 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
When a storm capsizes their boat and kills his father, Maji, a young trader on the East Coast of Africa in the fourteenth century, is captured and taken inland to the city of Great Zimbabwe, where he discovers a talent for divining underground water.
062403982X
2001427693
Coming of age--Fiction.
Water--Fiction.
Dowsing--Fiction.
Shona (African people)--History--14th century--Fiction.
Great Zimbabwe (Extinct city)--Fiction.
Africa, Eastern--History--14th century--Fiction.
PZ7.H6797 / Wat 2001
[Fic]