They all fail, immediately and miserably, especially the American volunteer, Larry Kaplanski." Awed by her boldness, the teachers try hard, once again, not to fall in love with her. In her arms is a baby son, and there is no mention of a husband. She must have had something to hide - why else would she have endured the long days and cold nights at this threadbare boys' school, so deep in the veld that, the teachers say "even the baboons feel sorry for us"?" "So when Mavala returns to Goas their astonishment is genuine. They had a thousand theories about their departed colleague and only one essential fact: she was a combat veteran of Namibia's brutal war for independence. How could they be? She was too beautiful, too powerful, and too mysterious for their tiny, remote world. "When Mavala Shikongo deserted them, the teachers at Goas weren't surprised.
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