Patriots

by Sousa Jamba · 1990

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This autobiographical novel follows the path of a boy brought up with his half-brother in Angola. The tragic death of his parents, killed one night while he lies in the bedroom next door, forces his hand and he flees to the safety of Zambia where he spends the next few years as a refugee.

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisAngolaAngolaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 291 pages

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