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Books about the persecution of black people and the burdens it places on women when men think they know better and start wars or want what doesn't belong to them. Tjipuka was far too harsh on herself and far too kind and forgiving with Ruhapo. Of all the characters, I disliked Ruhapo from almost when I first met him as his arrogance told me that he was dangerous and it only got worse as the story progressed. Perhaps how the story starts is what informs my instinct about him.I do like books that
This book is about a period in namibian history that most would rather not talk about.. one of those incidents in the dark past that makes you realy wonder at how cruel can life be. Excellent story about a dark period. Must read!
An insider perspective on the shocking trauma of the Herero extermination in German South West Africa, coupled with insights on the Anglo-Boer war. Intimate. Not comfortable. Multi-faceted characters.
The Scattering by Lauri KubuitsileThe story follows the fate of two remarkable young women whose paths cross during the Boer War. It is 1904 in South Africa and the Germans have issued an extermination order and the Hereros are forced to safety in Bechuanland. Ruhapo and Tjipuka are young Hereros adults who were recently married. Ruhapo was a high spirited but unexperienced warrior and left to fight the Germans leaving Tjipuka behind promising to return for her. Unfortunately, she is quickly cap...
Wow! One of those books that grabbed me completely. The heart-wrenching and heartwarming story of a young Herero girl/woman who is caught up, totally unprepared in the brutal realities of war in Southwest Africa (now Namibia) then under German colonial rule. Lauri Kubuitsile convincingly sets the personal experiences of Tjipuka's innocent happy youth to her harrowing struggle for survival against the historical realities of the growing tensions between indigenous populations and occupying settle...
This book was a winner for me. It tells the story of two women with completely different lives and their struggles through the colonization of Namibia previously South West Africa and Boer War. It was heart wrenching in places but very engaging, showing the strength of the human spirit through awful circumstances. Will read this author again if she writes more historical fiction.
– She isn't sure she can love a man with these bits of a stranger about him. But how can she tell him, stop being you? Stop being this man who you are now? – – How could the stars not be changed by all this evil they had witnessed? – –They were alive. Their systems ran. Their hearts beat. Their blood moved through their veins. But something shifts in a person when the only hope they have is to live and nothing more. –– Touch now only meant sex. And sex did not mean love. Sex was a search for los...
The Scattering is a love story set against the genocide of the Herero by the Germans in South-West Africa, what is known today as Namibia. In 1904 an extermination order is issued, forcing the Herero into the desert - the scattering referred to in the title - where they die of thirst, starve or are hunted down. Some of the Herero are taken as prisoners and a few lucky ones make it to British Bechuanaland - today's Botswana, where they resettle, mostly as labourers. Tjipuka and Ruhapo are a young...
This may not have been the best choice of reading material amid a pandemic, but oh man, it put things into perspective. There's still a lot to be thankful for, even in these uncertain times. The Scattering is a heart wrenching read that tells the gruelling story of two women, one Herero and one Afrikaans. It's set against the backdrop of the German-Herero war of 1904 - 1908. Germany was responsible for this first genocide of the 20th century. Nearly 100,000 Herero, Nama and San people died. It o...
Some tragedies and atrocities are on such an overwhelmingly massive scale that I think we sometimes shrink from even giving thought to them. One of the things fiction can do is to present the experiences of individual humans, whether imagined or based on real people, and in caring about these characters we can come a little closer to grasping the suffering of all.This is a story of genocide, of the appalling decimation of the Herero people by the German colonial authorities in the early 1900s, i...
Afascinating read with well researched history. A true story of things passed but not forgotten
Wow, what a heart-wrenching depiction of the German genocide of the Herero! This book is beautifully written in an extremely readable style. I found it difficult to put it down, even though the subject matter is a tough one. It is a story of love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit. I highly recommend it.
Found it difficult to put down. A good insight into the suffering in Southern Africa, and especially Namibia under German rule, it tells the story of the survival of two strong women characters. A slight warning - it is not a happy book, but it is so well written that it keeps you gripped until the end.
The extermination and exile of Hereros by Germans, from what is now Namibia, during the time frame of 1904 to 1908. the long, arduous trek into Bechaunaland is recounted.The absolute sadness and indignity of it all.
3.5 stars
Brilliant, heart-wrenching tragic depiction of the German genocide of the Herero.
