A review by anetq
Nehanda by Yvonne Vera

3.0

Stylistically very interesting - while the chapters about the white colonists in Africa are written in a classic (Western/European) style with naturalistic descriptions and dialogue, most of the book is written from the viewpoint of the indigenous people of the land. The spirit world is real, time is of no real importance (something which does a lot of structuring in a western story) - it is sometimes unclear to me as a western reader what is going on, if anything, and what it really means. This does not make it an illegible book at all, it just does a very good job of conveying the feelings and thoughts describing the war against the white invaders in Botswana, even if it is an unusual read. But also made me consider how much of the other African literature is in deed very British/French/Western in form and structure.