Allan Stratton
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Allan Stratton
“As soon as I get back from the shabeen, I go next door to see Mrs. Tafa. I have to ask to use her phone to let our relatives know about Sara. I’m nervous. Mrs. Tafa would like to run the world. Since she can’t run the world she’s decided to run our neighborhood.”
So speaks sixteen-year-old Chanda, an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa.
While Mrs. Tafa’s hijinks are often amusing, the fact is that Chanda’s world is profoundly difficult. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of…
