Juggling Truths

Unity Dow

ISBN 10: 1876756381 / ISBN 13: 9781876756383

Published by Spinifex Press, AU, 2003

About this Item

Unity Dow's third novel, Juggling Truths portrays the childhood of Monei Ntuka in the Botswanan village of Mochudi in Africa. Go to the past with me, so you can take the past to the future, asks her Nkoko. Nei takes us on an extraordinary journey through the many truths that shape her life; the truths of the colonisers and their churches and of her own people. We travel with her through dreams and share the wisdom of her grandmother as she lets the never-ending stories weave their own reality in face of a universe of conflicting truths. Unity Dow recreates with telling insight and gentle humour a world where the truths of the missionaries and the witchdoctors jostle with those of the generations of women.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Juggling Truths
• Publisher: Spinifex Press, AU
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1876756381
• ISBN 13: 9781876756383
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 169 grams

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Synopsis

The Botswanan childhood of Monei Ntuka is shaped by stories from her mother, father, and grandmother as well as from the colonizers and the Christian church in this novel about the tensions between modernization and tradition in postcolonial Africa.

About the Author

Unity Dow is the first woman to be appointed high court judge in Botswana. She is the recipient of the 2003 William J. Brennan, Jr., Human Rights Award from Rutgers Law School. She is the author of Far and Beyon' and The Screaming of the Innocent.