For several moments, the only sound is nature’s version of silence, the muted splash of wavelets against the old wooden planks of the dhow’s hull, the soft flapping as the limp creamy sail struggles to trap the most whimsical of breezes, the shrill far-off call of sea eagles. We are…
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from the air
We Need New Names by No Violet Bulawayo: Review
Darling is ten, growing up in the ironically-named Paradise, a hastily constructed shanty town in Zimbabwe “all tin and stretch(ing) out like a wet sheepskin nailed on the ground to dry.” She hangs out with a motley collection of friends, Bastard and Godknows, Sbho, Stina and 11-year-old Chipo who is…