New Releases by Unity Dow

Neo, una bambina di dodici anni, sparisce in una zona rurale del Botswana. Dopo un’indagine frettolosa, la polizia locale dice alla madre che la figlia è stata assalita e uccisa dalle bestie feroci. Cinque anni dopo, la giovane Amantle Bokaa viene inviata in quel villaggio sperduto dell'Africa per assolvere un tirocinio nel locale ambulatorio, e lì per caso ritrova in uno sgabuzzino una scatola dalla misteriosa etichetta. La scatola contiene qualcosa che riporta al caso ormai archiviato e dà luogo alla ricerca della verità, verità che risulterà ben più terribile e pericolosa di quanto Amantle potesse inizialmente immaginare.

In the year 2000 the World Health Organization estimated that 85 percent of fifteen-year-olds in Botswana would eventually die of AIDS. In Saturday Is for Funerals we learn why that won't happen. Unity Dow and Max Essex tell the true story of lives ravaged by AIDSÑof orphans, bereaved parents, and widows; of families who devote most Saturdays to the burial of relatives and friends. We witness the actions of community leaders, medical professionals, research scientists, and educators of all types to see how an unprecedented epidemic of death and destruction is being stopped in its tracks. This book describes how a country responded in a time of crisis. In the true-life stories of loss and quiet heroism, activism and scientific initiatives, we learn of new techniques that dramatically reduce rates of transmission from mother to child, new therapies that can save lives of many infected with AIDS, and intricate knowledge about the spread of HIV, as well as issues of confidentiality, distributive justice, and human rights. The experiences of Botswana offer practical lessons along with the critical element of hope.

Unity Dow's fourth novel tells the story of Naledi Chaba, a young attorney who has to battle prejudices within the legal profession and in the broader society. Her clients are mainly women and children, and she finds that under traditional law and modern Botswana law they are without protection.

Amantle accomplit son service national dans un dispensaire de brousse, du côté des superbes paysages du delta de l'Okavango. Affectée à des tâches subalternes, elle découvre une boîte contenant les vêtements d'une petite fille, couverts de sang. Il s'avère que ce sont ceux de la jeune Neo, disparue cinq ans plus tôt. La police avait classé l'affaire : " attaque par un lion, aucune trace de l'accident ". Véritable empêcheuse de danser en rond, Amantle va relancer l'enquête, au grand dam des autorités locales. Dans les hautes sphères aussi on s'inquiète de cette exigence de vérité qu'osent poser des villageois supposés dociles. On ne parle plus de lion mais d'erreur humaine, d'élimination de preuves, de crime rituel perpétré par des gens haut placés. La découverte des vêtements gêne du monde, les coupables sans doute, ceux qui ont peur des pouvoirs occultes certainement, ceux aussi qui craignent et jalousent leurs supérieurs. Mais Amantle ne lâche pas, elle contacte une amie avocate et se fait des alliés parmi les villageois qui voient en elle la seule chance d'en savoir plus, de coincer peut-être les coupables impunis de ces meurtres rituels relativement réguliers qui frappent de petites campagnardes. Maîtrisant parfaitement les dialogues, les portraits, les cadres de vie, Unity Dow écrit là non seulement un bon thriller sur fond d'Afrique partagée entre modernité et tradition mais aussi un réquisitoire contre des pratiques excessivement barbares.

Het leven van een familie in Botswana wordt getekend door de problemen die het hedendaagse Afrika beheersen, zoals de aids-epidemie.

"Unity Dow's third novel, Juggling Truths, portrays the childhood of Monei Ntuka in the Botswana village of Mochudi in Africa ... We travel with her through dreams and share the wisdom of her grandmother as she lets the never-ending stories weave their own reality in face of a universe of conflicting truths."--Cover.

One afternoon, a twelve-year-old girl goes missing near her village. The local police tell her mother and the villagers she's been taken by wild animals.

For Mara, mother of four, sole provider for her family, life has never been easy. In a community that relies upon traditional magic to cure AIDS, and blames bad luck upon a bewitching curse, women carry a heavy burden as the world changes around them. But in modern Botswana, the tensions are growing as more and more young people adopt white ways and challenge the heavily divided structure of African society. For Mara, it is her children's dismissal of all the ancient magicks that have held families together for generations; for her son Stan it is the opportunities represented by his white teachers and the education system; and for daughter Mosa it is her burgeoning awareness of the inequality of her home, and community. Together they will develop new strengths and define new goals, enabling them all to triumph and travel 'far and beyon'.

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