Returning the Knife: Festivals (Rainbow Reading Festivals)

by Gerald Kithinji

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This is a traditional story written by a well-known author from Zimbabwe. It tells of a village preparing for a celebration and a young boy who is not sure what the celebration is about. He observes as the people of the village prepare food, sing songs and dance. During the celebration, he watches as his parents are honoured by the chief and the knife which his father used to slaughter a bull for his wedding is returned to him to proclaim him an elder of the tribe.
  • ISBN13 9780521757065
  • Publish Date 25 February 2009
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 24
  • Language English