Rain Petitioning and Step Child: Plays

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In Nzarayapera’s village, famine and hunger strike as rain could not fall. The sky remains blue with scorching heat that leaves no creature desiring to move on with life. Chief Nzarayapera and his councillors believe this scourge is a curse from the ancestors. They think of holding a ceremony to mollify the ancestors and petition rain. The ceremony is held, but nothing happens except that hunger and famine strike even harder.This sets a fertile ground for conflict between traditionalists, Christians and scientists who lay blame on one another and take turns to intercede for the people. What comes out of this conflict only requires you to read Rain Petitioning for yourself. Equally there to awaken your curiosity is Step Child, the second play in this collection. MUNYARADZI MAWERE is Associate Professor at UniversidadePedagogica, Mozambique. Before joining this University he was Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe. Mawere is completing his PhD at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has written and published eight books and more than forty papers in scholarly journals. Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group P.O. Box 902 Mankon Bamenda North West Region Cameroon R P & S C Munyaradzi Mawere ...