Chapter 35 Summary

Nhamo still lives at Efifi, but she overhears the adults talking. The doctor she calls Mother says that one day soon they will need to send Nhamo to a city so she can go to school. Nhamo takes this personally, becoming angry with Dr. Masuku and ignoring her to spend time with Baba Joseph. Baba Joseph tells her about Satan, and in return Nhamo tells him a story about how it became the custom to sacrifice a cow when someone dies. Baba Joseph tells her these superstitious beliefs are all wrong.

Chapter 35 Analysis

For the first time, Nhamo is exposed to another religion, in fact, told outright that her beliefs are false. She finds this hard to take, though, because she knows how the spirits of Crocodile Guts, Mother, and the njuzu helped her through her struggles. She will not abandon them now...