Bones

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Bones is a critically acclaimed novel by Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove that explores the human cost of colonialism and war through the life of a rural woman.

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instanceOf novel
author Chenjerai Hove NERFINISHED
awarded Noma Award for Publishing in Africa NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Zimbabwe NERFINISHED
criticalReception critically acclaimed
depicts Zimbabwean liberation war
white-owned commercial farm
explores disappearance of political activists
gender and power relations in colonial Zimbabwe
impact of colonialism on rural communities
motherhood under oppression
violence of the liberation struggle
voice and voicelessness
focusesOn life of a rural woman
genre novel
political fiction
postcolonial literature
hasPublicationYear 1988
hasSequel Ancestors NERFINISHED
Shadows NERFINISHED
hasSubject African women
colonial violence
national liberation
rural life in Zimbabwe
literaryMovement African literature
Zimbabwean literature
mainCharacter Marita NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle multiple narrators
oral storytelling techniques
notableFor poetic prose style
use of Shona oral traditions
originalLanguage English
protagonistRole farm worker
publisher Baobab Books NERFINISHED
setDuring late colonial period in Zimbabwe
setting rural Zimbabwe
theme colonialism
human cost of war
land dispossession
liberation struggle
memory
oppression of women
resistance
silencing of subaltern voices
war
timePeriodOfSetting Rhodesian Bush War NERFINISHED

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