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082			_aEF KALI
100			_aKalimamukwent, Mubanga _9188503
245			_aThe mourning bird _cby Mubanga Kalimamkwento
260			_aAuckland Park; _bJcana Media (Pty) Ltd; _c2019.
300			_a193 pages; _c24 cm.
500			_aWhen eleven-year-old Chimuka and her younger brother Ali find themselves orphaned in the 1990s, it’s clear that their seemingly ordinary Zambian family is brimming with secrets: from HIV/AIDS to infidelity to suicide. Faced with the difficult choice of living with their abusive extended family or slithering into the dark underbelly of Lusaka’s streets, Chimuka and Ali escape and become street kids. Against the backdrop of a failed military coup, election riots and a declining economy, Chimuka and Ali are raised by drugs, crime and police brutality. As a teenager, Chimuka is caught between prostitution and the remnants of the fragile stability from before her parents’ death. The Mourning Bird is not just Chimuka’s story, it’s a national portrait of Zambia in an era of strife. With lively and unflinching prose, Kalimamukwento paints a country’s burden, shame and silence that, when juxtaposed with Chimuka’s triumph, forms an empowering debut novel.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w174 _xSanet Schoeman _y174 _zSanet Schoeman
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