description: "Margaret Cadmore, an orphaned Masarwa girl, goes to teach in the remote village of Dilepe in Batswana, where her own people are kept as slaves. Her presence polarises a community which does not see Masarwa people as human, and condemns her to the lonely life of an outcast."
title: Maru
titlecomplete: Maru
genres: Classics, South Africa, African Literature, Novels, Female Authors, Africa, School, Literature, Fiction, Botswana
ratings_count: 1408
publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd