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The Rain Goddess : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Rain Goddess
''The Rain Goddess'' is a novel by Peter Stiff (ISBN 978-1919854069), set in the war-torn area of Southern Rhodesia's (now Zimbabwe) north-east border. The story, which takes place in the mid-1960s to early 1970s,〔http://www.flipkart.com/rain-goddess-peter-stiff-book-1919854061〕 begins as the British South Africa Police fight against communist-backed guerillas. These guerillas use torture and violence to intimidate African tribesmen into joining their cause.〔http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com/NewBooks/New_Books/THE_RAIN_GODDESS.html〕 The Rhodesian Security forces fight to keep a fragile peace that is governed by force of arms, as well as by the tribesmens' faith in the predictions of their spirit medium. This medium is said to be able to communicate with the spirit of the Rain Goddess. While the book was originally written as a fiction, many of the events in the book are taken from actual events with some names of persons and places changed.〔Chennells, A. J. "Essay Review: The Treatment of the Rhodesian War in Recent Rhodesian Novels", University of Rhodesia, ''(Michigan State University Library Archives )'', 1977, p.192-196.〕 The writer, Peter Stiff, wrote the book, largely from his own experiences, in an attempt to make ordinary citizens in Rhodesia aware of what was actually going on inside their own country.〔http://www.booksofzimbabwe.com/peterstiff.html〕 ==References==
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