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Places Mozambique , Zimbabwe , Africa. Crouched on a branch of a mukuyu tree,a girl tore open a speckled fruit. Classifications Dewey [Fic]. Edition Description While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

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