The case of the socialist witchdoctor and other stories
By: Hama Tuma.
Series: African writers series
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; Portsmouth, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Other titles: Case of the socialist witchdoctor
Description: The repressive regime in Ethiopia places innocent people in the dock. In 'The Case of the Socialist Witchdoctor' and related stories Hama Tuma puts the regime itself on trial. Other stories take place outside the courtroom - in bars, brothels, guerilla hideouts and village huts - where life is equally full of vengeance and betrayal. These are terrible tales, their darkness shot through with brilliant flashes of satire and irony.