Moving and provocative short stories that explore the strained relations between parent and child, husband an wife, brothers, and friends, as traditional values of rural Africa clash with ambitions of urban life.

The setting sun and the rolling world

Literature & Fiction

MUNGOSHI, Charles

Short Stories & Anthologies

William Heinemann

Waiting for the Rain (African Writers)

Heinemann

The Setting Sun and the Rolling World: Selected Short Stories (African Writers Series)

Contemporary

Pearson Education Limited

Moving and provocative short stories that explore the strained relations between parent and child, husband an wife, brothers, and friends, as traditional values of rural Africa clash with ambitions of urban life.

The Setting Sun and the Rolling World

Beacon Pr

Stories from a Shona Childhood

Children's Books

Geography & Cultures

Baobab Books

The award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi is recognised in Africa, and internationally, as one of the continent's most powerful writers today. This early novel deals with the pain and dislocation of the clash of the old and new ways - the educated young man determined to go overseas, and the elders of the family believing his duty is to stay and head the family.

Waiting for the Rain (Zph Writers Series)

Zimbabwe Publishing House

These ten short stories from the prize-winning Zimbabwean writer, were banned in (the then) Rhodesia, but some were published in Europe. One of the stories, 'The Setting Sun and the Rolling World', gave its title to another acclaimed collection.

Coming of the Dry Season (Zph Writers)

Literary

Zimbabwe Publ. House

Kunyarara hakusi kutaura? (Writers)

Zimbabwe Pub. House

In this poignant novel, award-winning author, Charles Mungoshi, explores the consequences of colonialism in 1960s Zimbabwe. Waiting for the Rain asks how a nation can look to the future and preserve its traditions while being tied down to the present tyranny of its oppressors. Told through multiple perspectives of the Mandengu family, Waiting for the Rain eloquently captures the generational effects of colonialism and the slow breaking of family bonds. Writing during the fiercest years of the Zimbabwe War of Independence, Mungoshi treads a fine line between criticising colonial rule and attempting to avoid British censorship. The result is an astute commentary on the challenges faced in 1960s Zimbabwe. 'Zimbabwe's finest and most versatile writer.' Petina Gappah 'The influence of Mungoshi's work cuts across generations, continents and cultures.' Professor Arthur Mutambara, former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister

Waiting for the Rain

Apollo

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