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Cowrie of Hope
Binwell Sinyangwe

'These were the nineties,' reflects the narrator of A Cowrie of Hope, and for the young widow, Nasula, they are years of economic hardship and privation as a small, peasant farmer. She dreams of a better life for her young daughter, Sula, free from poverty and independent of ties that will lock her into servitude. But when she is unable to pay for her daughter's secondary education, her determination is tested.

In A Cowrie of Hope, Binwell Sinyangwe captures of courage of women whose poverty has not diminished their dignity or their will to hope; resilience and ingenuity are matched by small acts of courage; friendship, loyalty and love play a strong role.

2007: 205 x 130 mm
ISBN 978-1-77922-060-8
Territory: World except South Africa, Botswana and Namibia