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The Madonna of Excelsior

The Madonna of Excelsior

by Zakes Mda

First published: 2004

Description

A novel takes readers deep into the heart of apartheid in the early 1970s, focusing on a mixed race family that is trying to survive on the closely regulated line between black and white.

Subjects

Rape victims Racially mixed children Apartheid Fiction Group identity Mother and child Mother and child, fiction South africa, fiction Fiction, historical South african war, 1899-1902, fiction Fiction, historical, general Historical fiction
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