15+ [Must Read] Popular Books On Mozambique

18 short stories which look at the issues of civil war, petty officialdom and curruption against the backdrop of post-independence Mozambique. They tell the wider Mozambican story through tales of individual men and women, and contain many strange and fantastic incidents. ... [Read More]

World famous for his Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has been published in thirty-five countries, with more than 25 million copies of his books in print. In Chronicler of the Winds, he gives us something different: a beautifully crafted novel that is a testament to the power of storytelling itself. On the rooftop of a theater in an African port, a ten-year-old bo World famous for his Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has been published in thirty-five countries, with more than 25 million copies of his books in print. In Chronicler of the Winds, he gives us something different: a beautifully crafted novel that is a testament to the power of storytelling itself. On the rooftop of a theater in an African port, a ten-year-old boy lies slowly dying of bullet wounds. He is Nelio, a leader of street kids, rumored to be a healer and a prophet, and possessed of a strangely anc ... [Read More]

Um jovem estudante universitário regressa à sua ilha-natal para participar no funeral de seu avô Mariano. Enquanto aguarda pela cerimónia ele é testemunha de estranhas visitações na forma de pessoas e de cartas que lhe chegam do outro lado do mundo. São revelações de um universo dominado por uma espiritualidade que ele vai reaprendendo. À medida que se apercebe desse unive Um jovem estudante universitário regressa à sua ilha-natal para participar no funeral de seu avô Mariano. Enquanto aguarda pela cerimónia ele é testemunha de estranhas visitações na forma de pessoas e de cartas que lhe chegam do outro lado do mundo. São revelações de um universo dominado por uma espiritualidade que ele vai reaprendendo. À medida que se apercebe desse universo frágil e ameaçado, ele redescobre uma outra história para a sua própria vida e para a da sua terra. A pretexto do re ... [Read More]

In a place near Mozambique where no one knows the boundary, drought is changing everything. Tens, then hundreds of people seek refuge in a forgotten outpost where a clinic is run by lonely souls of uncertain training, nuns staunchly determined to serve. But the inundation soon becomes too much for them, and there is no help from outside. Within the small community of outca In a place near Mozambique where no one knows the boundary, drought is changing everything. Tens, then hundreds of people seek refuge in a forgotten outpost where a clinic is run by lonely souls of uncertain training, nuns staunchly determined to serve. But the inundation soon becomes too much for them, and there is no help from outside. Within the small community of outcasts a plan takes shape that is as outrageous as it is inspired. The illegal adventure that follows is a humanitarian act of heroic proportions, ye ... [Read More]

Nhamo is a virtual slave in her African village in 1981. Before her twelfth birthday, Nhamo runs away to escape marriage to a cruel husband, and spends a year going from Zimbabwe to Mozambique. Alone on the river in a stolen boat, swept into the uncharted heart of a great lake, she battles drowning, starvation, wild animals. Orchard collectible editions have new designs, au Nhamo is a virtual slave in her African village in 1981. Before her twelfth birthday, Nhamo runs away to escape marriage to a cruel husband, and spends a year going from Zimbabwe to Mozambique. Alone on the river in a stolen boat, swept into the uncharted heart of a great lake, she battles drowning, starvation, wild animals. Orchard collectible editions have new designs, author prefaces and discussion guides. ...more ... [Read More]

When Alexandra Bo Fuller was in Zambia a few years ago visiting her parents, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known as being a tough bugger. Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him: Curiosity scibbled the cat, he told her. Nonetheless, Fuller began her strange friendhip with the man she calls K, a white African and veteran of the When Alexandra Bo Fuller was in Zambia a few years ago visiting her parents, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known as being a tough bugger. Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him: Curiosity scibbled the cat, he told her. Nonetheless, Fuller began her strange friendhip with the man she calls K, a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian War. A man of contradictions, K is battle-scarred and work-weathered, a born-again Christian and given to weeping for the failure of his ... [Read More]

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander crime novels, a powerful stand-alone novel set in early-twentieth-century Sweden and Mozambique, whose vividly drawn female protagonist is awoken from her naïveté by her exposure to racism and by her own unexpected inner strengths. Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström’s childhood in remote northern Sweden, From the internationally acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander crime novels, a powerful stand-alone novel set in early-twentieth-century Sweden and Mozambique, whose vividly drawn female protagonist is awoken from her naïveté by her exposure to racism and by her own unexpected inner strengths. Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström’s childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1904, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life.  But none of her hopes—or fears—prepares ... [Read More]

These short stories are all set in Mozambique. ... [Read More]

Primeiro livro da trilogia As Areias do Imperador, Mulheres de cinzas é um romance histórico sobre a época em que o sul de Moçambique era governado por Ngungunyane (ou Gungunhane, como ficou conhecido pelos portugueses), o último dos líderes do Estado de Gaza - segundo maior império no continente comandado por um africano. Em fins do século XIX, o sargento português Germano Primeiro livro da trilogia As Areias do Imperador, Mulheres de cinzas é um romance histórico sobre a época em que o sul de Moçambique era governado por Ngungunyane (ou Gungunhane, como ficou conhecido pelos portugueses), o último dos líderes do Estado de Gaza - segundo maior império no continente comandado por um africano. Em fins do século XIX, o sargento português Germano de Melo foi enviado ao vilarejo de Nkokolani para a batalha contra o imperador que ameaçava o domínio colonial. Ali o ... [Read More]

Tizangara, primeiros anos do pós-guerra. Nesta vila tudo parecia correr bem. Os capacetes azuis já haviam chegado para vigiarem o processo de paz, e o dia-a-dia da população corria numa aparente normalidade. Mas por razões que quase todos desconheciam, esses mesmos capacetes azuis começaram, de súbito, a explodir. ... [Read More]

On the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid, Narguiss, who 'never wanted anything to do with politics', is more preoccupied with family problems than with the radio news of kidnappings and murders. Nearby, Leia, Januário and their young daughter are caught up in the pleasure and security of finally finding a flat of their own, while Mena, who was once the beauty of her village On the eve of the Muslim festival of Eid, Narguiss, who 'never wanted anything to do with politics', is more preoccupied with family problems than with the radio news of kidnappings and murders. Nearby, Leia, Januário and their young daughter are caught up in the pleasure and security of finally finding a flat of their own, while Mena, who was once the beauty of her village, overhears her husband plotting murder. Before dawn, these innocent people seeking to lead peaceful lives are thrown together in a v ... [Read More]

O romance é narrado pelo carpinteiro Ermelindo Mucanga, que morreu às vésperas da Independência, quando trabalhava nas obras de restauro da Fortaleza de S. Nicolau, onde funciona um asilo para velhos. Ele é um "xipoco", um fantasma que vive numa cova sob a árvore de frangipani na varanda da fortaleza colonial. As autoridades do país querem transformar Mucanga em herói naci O romance é narrado pelo carpinteiro Ermelindo Mucanga, que morreu às vésperas da Independência, quando trabalhava nas obras de restauro da Fortaleza de S. Nicolau, onde funciona um asilo para velhos. Ele é um "xipoco", um fantasma que vive numa cova sob a árvore de frangipani na varanda da fortaleza colonial. As autoridades do país querem transformar Mucanga em herói nacional, mas ele pretende, ao contrário, morrer definitivamente. Para tanto, precisa "remorrer". Então, seguindo conselho de seu pa ... [Read More]

Negra de origem humilde, Paulina Chiziane teve de percorrer um longo caminho até se firmar como escritora. Primeira mulher moçambicana a publicar um romance, a autora faz uma literatura ligada às suas raízes culturais, abordando temas femininos num país em que a atividade é exercida quase em sua totalidade por homens. Niketche conta a história de Tony, um alto funcionário d Negra de origem humilde, Paulina Chiziane teve de percorrer um longo caminho até se firmar como escritora. Primeira mulher moçambicana a publicar um romance, a autora faz uma literatura ligada às suas raízes culturais, abordando temas femininos num país em que a atividade é exercida quase em sua totalidade por homens. Niketche conta a história de Tony, um alto funcionário da polícia, e sua mulher Rami, casados há vinte anos. Certo dia, Rami descobre que o marido é polígamo: tem outras quatro m ... [Read More]

A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them. Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women who live there. A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them. Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women who live there. Mariamar, a woman whose sister was killed in a lioness attack, finds her life thrown into chaos when the outsider Archangel Bull ... [Read More]

As the civil war rages in 1980s Mozambique, an old man and a young boy, refugees from the war, seek shelter in a burnt-out bus. Among the effects of a dead passenger, they come across a set of notebooks that tell of his life. As the boy reads the story to his elderly companion, this story and their own develop in tandem. Written in 1992, Mia Couto’s first novel is a powerf As the civil war rages in 1980s Mozambique, an old man and a young boy, refugees from the war, seek shelter in a burnt-out bus. Among the effects of a dead passenger, they come across a set of notebooks that tell of his life. As the boy reads the story to his elderly companion, this story and their own develop in tandem. Written in 1992, Mia Couto’s first novel is a powerful indictment of the suffering war brings. ...more ... [Read More]