From that ugly truth, Nyoni makes something strange and restlessly ambitious — a tale of secrets loosed at the funeral rite that frames the story, where priggish family members size up the dead man’s ...
Following her bold debut I am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni digs deep into the surreality of Zambian mourning rituals with the story of a young woman who finds her abusive uncle dead on the side of a ...