Looking for a Rain God (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Bessie Amelia Emery
- First Published: 1977
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1958-1964
- Setting: A village in British Bechuanaland (now Botswana, Africa)
- Principal Characters: Mokgobja, Ramadi, Tiro, Nesta, Neo, Boseyong
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, Africa or Africans, Tradition, Blacks, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Villages, Death or dying, Sacrifice, Droughts, Hunger, Survival
- Locales: Botswana
The Story
“Looking for a Rain God” is part of a larger collection of stories, The Collector of Treasures, and Other Botswana Village Tales (1977), an account of the history and people of Serowe, a large village in southern Africa. It is told in the third person by a member of the village. The main action takes place on the lands surrounding the village, where a family resorts to ritual murder to ensure rainfall for their crops.
The story begins in the lonely yet tranquil lands outside the village of Serowe, where people journey to grow crops each year. The...
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