NoViolet BulawayoContemporary Literature · Fiction·b. 1981
We Need New Names
Synopsis
Whenever foreigners visit Paradise they always ask Darling and her friends to smile for the camera. Here are some of the things Darling and her friends have to smile about: stealing guavas, gifts from NGOs, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. But they all want to go to the real paradise in America or Britain.
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21E SiècleAfricaAfrican literatureChildrenComing of AgeEmigración e inmigraciónEmigration and immigrationÉmigration Et ImmigrationFamiliasFamilyFamily LifeFicciónFiction, cultural heritageFiction, family lifeGirlsImmigration and emigrationMuchachasNew York Times reviewedNovelsPolitical violenceRoman zimbabwéen de langue anglaiseSocial conditionsTerrorismTraductions françaisesUnited StatesViolencia políticaZimbabweZimbabwean fiction (English)Zimbabweans