When Rain Clouds Gather (African Writers) by Bessie Head Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments: The poverty-stricken village of Golema Mmidi‚ in the heart of rural Botswana‚ offers a haven to the exiles gathered there. Makhaya‚ a political refugee from South Africa‚ becomes involved with an English agricultural expert and the villagers as they struggle to upgrade their traditional farming methods with modern techniques. The pressures of tradition‚ the opposition of the local chief‚ and‚ above all
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How does Bessie Head use symbolism in her novel When rain clouds gather and what effect does it have on the way we read and respond to the story? In the novel When rain clouds gather‚ Bessie Head uses symbolism to express the transition from the harsh life of tribalism‚ to the development of modern day co-operatives and the effect it has on the community. One of the main symbolic images in the text is the recurring theme of When rain clouds gather. This incomplete and open statement refers
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ENGLISH 1ST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LITERATURE - WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER NOTE: This lesson focuses on the historical background to the story and a synopsis of all the chapters. Summary of chapters gives the story line i.e. main issues in each chapter. Do not disregard the book and depend on this summary‚ they could be some omissions. Furthermore you are expected to interrogate the text and draw your own personal conclusions about what the writer has presented. Lastly apply the different literary
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WHEN RAIN CLOUDS GATHER THEMES * TRIBALISM * APARTHEID * RACISM * DESCRIMINATION * PROGRESSION – DEVELOPMENT * BLACK/BLACK – WHITE/BLACK – MALE/FEMALE * SOCIAL INJUSTICE When rain clouds gather written by Bessie Head is set in Botswana. The protagonist‚ Makhaya Maseko is escaping from South Africa as he does not want to be part of the apartheid system‚ he just wants peace and equality. The aims of the author are to show the horrible living conditions due to the same
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Throughout this novel‚ there were many instances where tight-knit communities and relationships were tested. It is very obvious that the main focus of this book is revolved around loyalty. There were many obstacles that were thrown at the characters‚ and it showed just how loyal they were to the people around them. The biggest two contrasting communities or groups in this novel are between the brotherhood of Liu Bei and Cao Cao and his generals. Although they both fight for what they believe is
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some of his inner struggles - black people had no rights to vote. People were poorly educated and often imprisoned and beaten - bessie head explains that not all white man in south Africa are evil a good example of her conveying it is when dinorego states “I take gilbert as my own son which fact surprises me since he is a white man and we Botswana do not know any white people” -“to gilbert‚ it was the first real hand clap he had experienced and the loneliness in which he found
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mountain Divide but also the divide among their societal perspectives. As I have learned in my First Nation studies‚ a majority of the Canadian colonizers history is written from the European individualistic perspective. The stories and narrative of this novel also provides an example of how the Eurocentric individualistic perspective has even shaped the stories of the Glaciers and the people. Wilson‚ another review reminded me again about how the colonizer’s perspective
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Semester 2: Assignment 2 Chief Matenje is an example of corrupt leadership – particularly‚ the corrupt and oppressive leadership seen on the African continent. He is the antagonist and villain of the novel “When Rain Clouds Gather”. When we are first introduced to Chief Matenje‚ he is referred to as the “troublesome and unpopular brother” of the “paramount chief named Sekoto” (Head 2008:18). Chief Sekoto appointed Chief Matenje as the subchief of Golema Mmidi‚ a small‚ rural village in Botswana
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Chief Matenge as an example of corrupt leadership in Bessie Head’s "When Rain Clouds Gather" Character Sketch - Chief Matenge Chief Matenge is first revered to in the novel as Pamount Chief Sokoto’s "troubIesome and unpopular younger brother". p.18) We has "an overwhelming avariciousness and unpleasant personality". p. 18) He is "intensely disliked by the villagers". (p. 18) Chief Sekoto ’wanted his brother [Matenge] destroyed for all the family feuds and intrigues he had instigated." p
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CHAPTER III “A LONG WAY GONE” ANALYSIS After a long and dramatic journey‚ the period of relative peace found in a village protected by the Sierra Leone army didn’t last that long for Ishmael Beah and his friends. One day the Lieutenant in charge of village protection announced “In the forest‚ there are men waiting to destroy all of our life […]. Some of you are here because they have killed your parents or families […] we need strong men and boys to help us fight these guys […]. This is your time
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