Sweet Medicine

By Panashe Chigumadzi

Sweet Medicine takes place in Harare at the height of Zimbabwe's economic woes in 2008. Tsitsi, a young woman, raised by her strict, devout Catholic mother, believes that hard work, prayer and an education will ensure a prosperous and happy future. Out of university, Tsitsi finds herself in a position much lower than she had set her sights on, working as a clerk in the office of the local politician, Zvobgo. She finds herself increasingly compromising her Christian values to negotiate ways to get ahead. Sweet Medicine is a thorough and evocative attempt at grappling with a variety of important issues in the postcolonial context.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928337120
• ISBN13: 9781928337126
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Jacana Media
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.6" x 8.4"