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Strife is a rich and densely written novel that provides a dark expos? of the tension between modernity and tradition, and deep insights into culture in Zimbabwe in the 21st century. Chinodya explores the powerful draw that conflicting ideologies exercise over an emerging middle-class that at once yearns for autonomy and unconsciously desires the irresponsibility of an all-pervading destiny. Tracing the Gwanagara?s roots back over a century, Chinodya interweaves past and the present, juxtaposing incidents never forgotten or resolved, revealing how memory becomes an actor in lived time. A large family grows up in Gweru. Their father aspires to be an enlightened Christian man; he sees his children through school and college where they do well. But as adults, they are struck by illness. Who is to blame? Who is to cure these ailments? What wrongs have they committed to offend the ancestors? How can atonement be made? Can education, science and medicine provide any solution? Their mother, the moon huntress, seeks out the answers and the cures in traditional beliefs and customs.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright Page
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  1. The Author
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  1. Glossary
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  1. Chapter One
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  1. Chapter Two
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  1. Chapter Nine
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  1. Chapter Ten
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  1. Chapter Eleven
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  1. Chapter Twelve
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  1. Chapter Thirteen
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  1. Chapter Fourteen
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  1. Chapter Fifteen
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  1. Chapter Seventeen
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  1. Chapter Eighteen
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  1. Chapter Nineteen
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