A Son of the Soil is the debut novel written by Zimbabwean writer Wilson Katiyo.[1] Published in 1976 by Rex Collings,[2] it follows the life of a young boy, Alexio Shonga, who lives in Southern Rhodesia, the "self-governing" minority-ruled state that preceded independent Zimbabwe.[3] The novel is a close representation of real events Katiyo faced growing up as a black Rhodesian ruled by a white society.[4]
^Katiyo, Wilson (1976). "A son of the soil". doi:10.2307/532633. JSTOR 532633. S2CID 142565784. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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^"A Son of the Soil by Wilson Katiyo". Books of Africa. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
^Owomoyela, Oyekan (2002). Culture and Customs of Zimbabwe. Greenwood. p. 49. ISBN 9780313315831.
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