She began writing poetry and then children’s books, before writing her first novel Parched Earth in English in 2001. Her first novel has been translate into Swedish and French and received honourable mention. Elieshi Lema http://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/parched-earth was born in 1949, in the village of Nronga. She consolided her education by studying English literature and creative writing.
Elieshi Lema is co-owner of a publishing house, which also operates a book café. The book portrays life between traditional and modern norms, toghether patriarchal oppression of women. Her first novel for adults, Parched Earth, it is a story of love between mother and daughter, sister and brother, and between man and woman. Into the novel, you can discover infatuation obsession, depicted with a sensuality that never occurred before in Tanzanian literature.
https://www.amazon.com/Elieshi-Lema/e/B001JOBLK4%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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