The Rain Goddess

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  • Author: Peter Stiff
    Contributor:

    Norman Reard

    Summary:

    This title is an explosive novel set in the highly volatile area of Senga on the North-Eastern border of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the mid 1960s and early 1970s. The powerful dram erupts as the British South Africa Police, later joined by the Rhodesian Army and supported by the Air Force, struggle against communist backed guerrillas who use violence and torture to intimidate tribesmen to follow their cause. They fight to restore peace - a peace that is governed as much by force of arms as by the tribesmens' faith in the uncanny predictions of their tribal spirit medium who communes with the spirit of the rain goddess.

    Genre: Political fiction
    Original Publisher: Victoria Park , Association for the Blind of Western Australia
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    1919854061

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DC Contributor

Norman Reard

Abstract

This title is an explosive novel set in the highly volatile area of Senga on the North-Eastern border of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the mid 1960s and early 1970s. The powerful dram erupts as the British South Africa Police, later joined by the Rhodesian Army and supported by the Air Force, struggle against communist backed guerrillas who use violence and torture to intimidate tribesmen to follow their cause. They fight to restore peace - a peace that is governed as much by force of arms as by the tribesmens' faith in the uncanny predictions of their tribal spirit medium who communes with the spirit of the rain goddess.

Genre
Political fiction
Publisher (Source)

Victoria Park

Association for the Blind of Western Australia

Not specified
ISBN

1919854061

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