Focusing on the challenges within the legal system, the story follows a determined young lawyer representing an assaulted teenager. She confronts devious adversaries and an untrustworthy judge while striving for justice. The narrative serves as a critical examination of legal shortcomings, all set against the vibrant backdrop of everyday life in Botswana, highlighting the cultural nuances and realities of the region.
When a twelve-year-old girl goes missing near her village, the local police tell her mother and the villagers that she has been taken by a wild animal. Five years later, a young government employee finds a box containing evidence of human involvement in the affair.
The Botswanan childhood of Monei Ntuka is shaped by stories from her mother, father, and grandmother as well as from the colonizers and the Christian church in this novel about the tensions between modernization and tradition in postcolonial Africa.
In einem Dorf in Botswana verschwindet ein kleines Mädchen spurlos. Während wilde Tiere und die Wildnis als mögliche Ursachen diskutiert werden, gelingt es der jungen Sozialarbeiterin Amantle, dem Geheimnis auf die Spur zu kommen.
Ein Dorf in Botswana, Eines Nachmittags verschwindet ein kleines Mädchen spurlos. Haben wilde Tiere das Kind getötet? Hat es sich in der Wildnis verirrt? Erst die junge Sozialarbeiterin Amantle kommt dem Geheimnis auf die Spur.(Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)