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A Son of the Soil
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781915527080
Publisher: Books of Africa
Published: Mar 2 2026
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
A Son of the Soil is Wilson Katiyo's powerful debut novel, first published in 1976 and widely read across Zimbabwe and internationally. Set during the final decades of white-ruled Rhodesia, the novel follows Alexio Shonga from childhood in a rural village to adolescence in the segregated township of Salisbury (now Harare).
Through village folklore, family tensions and the harsh realities of racial discrimination, Alexio gradually develops a political awareness that leads him toward the liberation struggle. Blending oral storytelling traditions with psychological depth, Katiyo offers a vivid portrait of a society under strain and a young man's painful coming of age.
Formerly a Cambridge 'O' Level set text, this Legacy Edition invites new readers to rediscover a landmark of Zimbabwean literature.
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