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Tambudza felt no sadness when hearing of her brother's death after years of being oppressed by him. She is a young girl struggling to escape the perimeters of her patriarchal society but she wouldn't be able to express her feelings in that manner. She is 13. The action takes place in Rhodesia in the 1960's. Her brother Nhamo, the only boy, had been given preferential treatment by their uncle Mukamo in that he is being educated at the Mission where t...