HENDERSON, Patti - Under the Marula Tree - (1st Edition Hardcover)

Published by Ravan Press, South Africa, 1981 - Condition: Very Good - 40 pages - Tightly bound and intact - Has delightful illustrations by the author - Very, very scarce - And I will put in the gift card from IDASA to my now deceased very left wing friend who made me so left wing at the time.   >>>  It begins "My name is Nkomengm I live in a village called Mochudi in the country of Botswana. Our village is sandy with big shady trees. Our fathers have gone away to other countries to work for money. We have grandmothers and grandfathers who grow mabele at the lands and who watch cattle at the cattle posts with watery eyes, They give the cattle beautifl sad names, such as 'ba ile batho' which means 'the people who have gone'  .... etc., etc.       * Africana *