Gaele Sobott-Mogwe is the author of several children's books and has lived in Botswana since 1978. She is a lecturer in the English Department at the University of Botswana.
In this haunting collection of short stories, fantasy and reality blend as African history and tradition meld with the grittiness of everyday life. Gaele Sobott-Mogwe's stories tell of everyday life in Southern Africa. She captures the casual or determined oppression of men and women, the delightful tenderness of human affection, the powerful rhythm of African myth. The politics of personal relationship are explored against a background of social injustice and material hardship. Yet we never lose sight of the individual human experience, the moment of insight, the sensation of pain or pleasure.