Niketche: Uma História de Poligamia

Posted on 27 February 2018 by Paulina Chiziane

Negra de origem humilde, Paulina Chiziane teve de percorrer um longo caminho at se firmar como escritora Primeira mulher mo ambicana a publicar um romance, a autora faz uma literatura ligada s suas ra zes culturais, abordando temas femininos num pa s em que a atividade exercida quase em sua totalidade por homens.Niketche conta a hist ria de Tony, um alto funcion rio da pol cia, e sua mulher Rami, casados h vinte anos Certo dia, Rami descobre que o marido pol gamo tem outras quatro mulheres e v rios filhos As esposas de Tony est o espalhadas pelo pa s em Maputo, em Inhambane, na Zamb zia, em Nampula, em Cabo Delgado Numa decis o surpreendente, Rami decide ir atr s das mulheres do marido.O romance retrata a busca de Rami como uma incurs o pelo desconhecido e uma tentativa de lidar com a diferen a, simbolizada pelas amantes do marido Niketche uma das dan as do norte de Mo ambique, extremo oposto de onde mora Rami Ritual de amor e erotismo, a dan a desempenhada pelas meninas durante cerim nias de inicia o.Narrado em primeira pessoa por Rami, o livro alterna bom humor e lirismo Neta de uma contadora de hist rias, Chiziane herdou da av o talento narrativo para construir hist rias simples e envolventes sobre a vida cotidiana em seu pa s. Read Niketche: Uma História de Poligamia – kino-fada.fr update I just recommended this novel in the Read Women group, where we re currently reading So Long a Letter by Mariama B , a classic novel about polygamy in Africa I wanted to recommend both of them on my timeline and here is my review of The First Wife I loved reading this book It delighted me over and over again for its brash heroine who, even though she finds herself in a loveless marriage, and even though her entire family tells her that what she has is all she deserves, refuses to update I just recommended this novel in the Read Women group,...In love, all men are betrayers A raw and intimate look at polygamy, written by Mozambique s first published woman a fact that still has me blinking in disbelief What a unique reading experience this was I definitely felt culture shock, and soon realized this book was not written for a Western audience The culture shock was in response to both content and style, which made for both an interesting and challenging read It is amazing that this was written and set in current day and not In love, all men are betrayers A raw and intimate look at polygamy, written by Mozambique s first published woman a fact that still has me blinking in disbelief What a unique reading experience this was I definitely felt culture shock, and soon realized this book was not written for a Western audience The cult...In my year long project of trying to finish reading a book from every country, I took the time to revisit Mozambique I could not resist after a few friends rated this one so highly, and even so when I discovered that this is the FIRST female author to be published from Mozambique Most of the time you see Mia Couto, who often has women as background only.What a mistake not to feature the women, as Chiziane demonstrates Rami, the titled First Wife, thought she was the ONLY wife of her In my year long project of trying to finish reading a book from every country, I took the time to revisit Mozambique I could not resist after a few friends rated this one so highly, and even so when I discovered that this is the FIRST female author to be published from Mozambique Most of the time you see Mia Couto, who often has women as background only.What a mistake not to feature the women, as Chiziane demonstrates Rami, the titled First Wife, thought she was the ONLY wife of her husband Tony She discovers a host of women he has been involved with, has had children with, and soon understands why he is frequently gone or too tired to be with her Shenanigans follow, which really are a lot of fun.But the point of the novel is much deeper than that Chiziane shows women treating each other with physical violence and social isolation She outlines how the family of the husband has the upper hand, backing up expectations that the woman serves the man ON HER KNEES and only eating his scr...While they men learn to write the word life on the map of the world, we go out in the early morning, following our mothers, to scare the birds away from our plantations of rice An intimate story of the ugly plight of women in a post colonial culture that consciously kept the bits of pre colonial tradition that benefit those in power, rich over poor, strong over weak but mostly men over women Rami is a brilliant, loving self described good girl who was married young to a man she stillWhile they men learn to write the word life on the map of the world, we go out in the early morning, following our mothers, to scare the birds away from our plantations of rice An intimate story of the ugly plight of women in a pos...I found this to be a fascinating study of a culture I had no idea existed I understood very early in the book that in this culture, men are kings and women are not muchthan their slaves This point is hammered to the reader over and over, a...very enlightening and raw story about polygamy and how it can change and shape someone really liked itChiziane s novel might be read as a dystopian warning about the dominance of misogynist tradition and oppressive patriarchal culture as a fantasy a society so structured as the one that traps these women might be wholly unbelievable for the sheer hopelessness of escape I can imagine a science fiction editor forcing a retaliatory overthrow at the end of the story.THE FIRST WIFE is Rami who discovers that her husband of 20 years has several other wives He is a polygamist The novel follows Chiziane s novel might be read as a dystopian warning about the dominance of misogynist tradition and oppressive patriarchal culture as a fantasy a society so structured as the one that traps these women might be wholly unbelievable for the sheer hopelessness of escape I can imagine a science fiction editor forcing a retaliatory overthrow at the end of the story.THE FIRST WIFE is Rami who discovers that her husband of 20 years has several other wives He is a polygamist The novel follows Rami s descent into the mire of being the first wife While polygamy is accepted and expected within the culture, the way her husband, Tony, has gone about securing his extra wives is outside the tr...What a fascinating book I wasn t expecting much from a book about polygamy, maybe some interesting tidbits, I don t know But I picked it up for a reading challenge I am doing so there we go And I am so glad I did I definitely found a lot of really good things The narrative voice is beautiful, very lyrical and descriptive, poetic Sometimes so much so that I had trouble knowing what was actually going on but I could catch on eventually I am always fascinated when a translation reads so What a fascinating book I wasn t expecting much from a book about polygamy, maybe some interesting tidbits, I don t know But I picked it up for a reading challenge I am doing so there we go A...I love fiction that takes me to a place I don t know and drops me into the thick of things, and The First Wife is a delicious example.In this book Mozambique s first published female novelist you read that right weaves the story of Rami, wife to Tony and mother to several children She thinks she is Tony s only wife until she discovers a second, who points to a third, all the way down to his fifth and most recent acquisition The book follows Rami as she comes to terms with this a...When I realised The First Wife was the first published novel by a Mozambican woman I was eager to read it The book could be considered to be pretty typical women s fiction fare as it centres on Rami s efforts to keep her straying husband, Tony, by her side However Chiziane s powerful writing and gorgeous prose lift The First Wife way above its genre and I absolutely loved reading it The poetical sweeps of language are frequently breathtaking and Brookshaw has done a superb job of their When I realised The First Wife was the first published novel by a Mozambican woman I was eager to read it The book could be considered to be pretty typical women s fiction fare as it 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27 February 2018

Paulina Chiziane