Publisher's Synopsis
Traditional African meeets modern African way of life. Nine-year-old Tapiwa hates school, the Lobatse girls all look down on her even though she's top of the class but then her Uncle Seke came to stay and life changed forever, Lobatse school no longer seemed to matter. Uncle Seke has led avery traditional way of life. He finds adapting to city life extremely difficultbut Tapiwa will do anything to help her uncle. Through all this Tapiwa becomes stronger, she no longer cares about what others think or say however it can alsolead to problems, especially when Uncle Seke's old ways clash with the new restaints. And inevitably he never truly fits in with his new surrounds.
