Ghost. Ape. Living dead. Young and albino, Chipo has been called
many things, but to her mother - Zimbabwe's most loyal Manchester
United supporter - she had always been a gift. On the eve of the
World Cup, Chipo and her brother flee to Cape Town, hoping for a
better life and to share in the excitement of the greatest sporting
event ever to take place in Africa. But the Mother City's infamous
Long Street is a dangerous place for an illegal immigrant and an
albino. Soon Chipo is caught up in a get-rich-quick scheme
organised by her brother and the terrifying Dr Ongani. Exploiting
gamblers' superstitions about albinism, they plan to make money and
get out of the city before rumours of looming xenophobic attacks
become a reality. But their scheming has devastating consequences.
Set in the underbelly of a pulsating Cape Town, Meg Vandermerwe's
Zebra Crossing is an arresting debut and a bold, lyrical imagining
of what it's like to live in another person's skin.
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