num_pages: 184
description: The award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi is recognised in Africa, and internationally, as one of the continent's most powerful writers today. This early novel deals with the pain and dislocation of the clash of the old and new ways - the educated young man determined to go overseas, and the elders of the family believing his duty is to stay and head the family.
language: English
title: Waiting for the Rain
titlecomplete: Waiting for the Rain
genres: Africa, Fiction, African Literature, Zimbabwe
ratings_count: 149
publisher: Zimbabwe Publishing House