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Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko Book

The close resemblance of Patrick Neate's fictitious state of "Zambawi" to contemporary Zimbabwe, makes Musungu Jim and Great Chief Tuloko a tall but politically perceptive tale in which Neate takes the reader on a humorous tour of the downfall of a corrupt neo-colonial government.Weaving from presidential palace to rural homestead, and from intercontinental hotel to red light district, this is a splendid farce, full of pathos and biting humour, reminiscent of Tom Sharpe. A clear sense of each character's humanity prevails as Neate entwines the destinies of a young English teacher whose naiveté saves him as he finds himself centre-stage in a growing rebellion, a herb-smoking witchdoctor who exercises mystical powers with uncanny skill, presidents down on their luck whose attempts to exercise any power are increasingly futile, the blessed-into-boredom presidential offspring who slowly learn to control their own destiny, and a disenchanted soldier who wishes he had stayed a poet. Storytelling is the framework for this tale, as Neate constructs whole oral histories, and local myths through which the characters come to find themselves. With frequent reference to Latin maxims, and "Zamba" proverbs, ancestral powers are invoked to unfold the rich tapestry of "Zamba" legend. The "Zamba" language and proverbs are cleverly close to, but not quite identifiable as Shona and Swahili, giving the whole farce an extraordinary credibility and life. --Oliver PhillipsRead More

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  • Amazon

    Jim Tulloch is an English teacher in Zambawi, a small republic in sub-Saharan Africa, who gets caught up in a military coup. In a series of comically convoluted twists and turns, Jim, now Musungu Jim, somehow finds himself - literally - spearheading the revolution.

  • ASDA

    Zambawi a banana republic in sub-Saharan Africa is on the verge of revolution. President Adini dictator and eunuch clings to power whilst his soldiers switch sides so often they don't know which uniform to wear. All in all Zambawi is not the ideal location for student teacher Jim Tulloh to indulge in a spot of character building.

  • TheBookPeople

    Zambawi, a banana republic in sub-Saharan Africa, is on the verge of revolution. President Adini, dictator and eunuch, clings to power whilst his soldiers switch sides so often they don't know which uniform to wear. All in all, Zambawi is not the ideal location for student teacher Jim Tulloh to indulge in a spot of character building.

  • Penguin

    English student teacher Jim Tulloh arrives in Zambawi hoping for a character-building experience. He doesn't realize he's about to be sucked into the rebirth of a nation... Zambawi, a banana republic in sub-Saharan Africa, is on the verge of revolution.

  • Blackwell

    When student teacher Jim Tulloh arrives in Zambawi for a character-building experience, he doesn't realize he's about to be sucked into the rebirth of a nation ...Zambawi, a banana republic in sub-Saharan Africa, is on the verge of revolution.

  • 0140286551
  • 9780140286557
  • Patrick Neate
  • 4 February 2010
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • Re-issue
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