The Train from Rhodesia

by Nadine Gordimer

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How might "The Train from Rhodesia" change if narrated by the old man? The young man?

Explore the differences between contemporary South Africa and the apartheid-era South Africa of 1952. Could a scenario similar to the one in "The Train from Rhodesia" happen there today?

Investigate the art of indigenous Africans. What purposes did carved figures like those in the story serve? What were some common characteristics of these figures, and what did they represent?

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