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The themes cover a wide range - from the tenacity with which old demagogues hold on to political power, to teenage love and infatuation in the village setting; family life with its challenge and inexorable attraction of married men to their extra-marital satisfaction.
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PublisherZapf Chancery Publishers Africa Ltd.
Release dateDec 29, 2009
ISBN9789966040305
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