Obligations to the Wounded: Stories
Obligations to the Wounded: Stories (Drue Heinz Literature Prize) by Mubanga Kalimamukwento
English | October 8, 2024 | ISBN: 0822948362 | True EPUB | 200 pages | 0.9 MB
English | October 8, 2024 | ISBN: 0822948362 | True EPUB | 200 pages | 0.9 MB
In formally adventurous stories rooted in Zambian literary tradition, Obligations to the Wounded explores the expectations and burdens of womanhood in Zambia and for Zambian women living abroad.
The collection converses with global social problems through the depiction of games, social media feuds, letters, and folklore to illustrate how girls and women manage religious expectation, migration, loss of language, death, intimate partner violence, and racial discrimination. Although the women and girls inhabiting these pages are separated geographically and by life stage, their shared burdens, culture, and homeland inextricably link them together in struggle and triumph.