This is a book that deals with personal and social issues. It is set in two different timelines, Zimbabwe in the present and in the past of 1975 with two narrators that of Tumi and his grandmother.
The central character is a teenage boy, Tumi who is the first albino in his school. He also deals with issues that other teenagers do such as trying to fit in and doing well in school. However he is made to feel like an outsider due to his light skin and hair colour.
His older brother, Mkoma plays the father figure in Tumi's life. When he goes travelling for work, then he has to stay with his grandmother who write letters to him and shares her past.
In Spring of 1975 Ambuya Thandie, Tumi's grandmother shares her life stories of Zimbabwe's war for independence.
Tumi starts to understand more by listening to these stories of hardship and bravery.
I liked how the author had two first person narratives because it makes you have a greater insight of all the characters. The writing styles varies as there is the main text, written letters and diary account. It also has non-English words so it's authentic. It would've been even better if these had a translation in the footnote so it didn't feel like I missed part of the reading or understanding of the storyline.
The central character is a teenage boy, Tumi who is the first albino in his school. He also deals with issues that other teenagers do such as trying to fit in and doing well in school. However he is made to feel like an outsider due to his light skin and hair colour.
His older brother, Mkoma plays the father figure in Tumi's life. When he goes travelling for work, then he has to stay with his grandmother who write letters to him and shares her past.
In Spring of 1975 Ambuya Thandie, Tumi's grandmother shares her life stories of Zimbabwe's war for independence.
Tumi starts to understand more by listening to these stories of hardship and bravery.
I liked how the author had two first person narratives because it makes you have a greater insight of all the characters. The writing styles varies as there is the main text, written letters and diary account. It also has non-English words so it's authentic. It would've been even better if these had a translation in the footnote so it didn't feel like I missed part of the reading or understanding of the storyline.