Zebra crossing
By: Meg Vandermerwe
Edition: First ed.
Publisher: Umuzi
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781415203927
Subjects: World Cup (Soccer) 2010; Zimbabweans; Fiction; Illegal aliens; South African fiction (English); Albinos and albinism
Description: "Zebra Crossing  tells the story of its protagonist and narrator, Chipo, an illegal immigrant in her late teens, and her older brother George. Both have fled poverty and political and private turmoil in their native Zimbabwe for a better life in Cape Town. Set during the 2010 World Cup, it explores myth and malice in the Mother City. As excitement about the World Cup grows, so do xenophobic tensions. Consequently, George and fellow Zimbabweans Peter and David attempt to exploit Chipo's albinism and local superstitions about the condition to make their fortunes amongst the illegal soccer betting rings that have sprung up along the city's infamous Long Street. Their plan is to get rich quick and leave, before the violent rumours that all foreign Africans remaining in the country after the final soccer match will be attacked, come to fruition. However, their scheme has disastrous consequences." -- Publisher's website.