1964-

In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.

The author provides an account of her journey through Rhodesia with her friend K, a white ex-soldier and born-again Christian, and their attempt to help him come to grips with the guilt he feels over his role in the Rhodesian War.