Description
In the late 1970s, as Zimbabwe is torn by guerrilla war, a young woman named Mazvita leaves her rural home in search of safety and a livable future. Moving toward the city and its uncertain promises, she takes work in the tobacco fields, where desire and tenderness surface in the midst of fear, and an affair with Nyenyedzi complicates everything she thought she needed to survive. Through Mazvita’s shifting hopes and silences, the novel explores displacement, gendered vulnerability, and the ways violence reshapes intimacy, identity, and belonging. Yvonne Vera’s lyrical, emotionally precise style turns personal longing into a wider meditation on history’s pressure—showing how a life can be both claimed and erased when there is “no name” to protect you.
Available Editions
paperback
Baobab Books
Published Jan 1, 1994
104 pages
ISBN: 0908311788
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Details
First Published
1994
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Without a Name by Yvonne Vera.