She Plays with the Darkness

She Plays with the Darkness

By Zakes Mda

Pages

224

Rating

3.43

Year

2000

Magical RealismFictionAfricaSouth AfricaLesotho

Description

In a remote mountain village in Lesotho, the beautiful Dikosha lives for dancing and for song, setting herself apart from her fellow villagers. Her twin brother, Radisene, works in the lowland capital of Maseru, struggling amid political upheaval to find a life for himself away from the hills. As the years pass, Radisene's fortunes rise and fall in the city, while Dikosha remains in the village, never leaving and never aging. And through it all, the community watches, comments, and passes judgment.