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Abednego

American  
[uh-bed-ni-goh] / əˈbɛd nɪˌgoʊ /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a companion of Daniel.


Abednego British  
/ əˈbɛdnɪˌɡəʊ /

noun

  1. Old Testament one of Daniel's three companions who, together with Shadrach and Meshach, was miraculously saved from destruction in Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace (Daniel 3:12–30)

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Following Bukhosi’s disappearance he draws closer to the grieving parents, Abednego and Mamma Agnes, perversely referring to them as his surrogate mother and father and doing his best to fill the void left by their missing son.

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And yet, to be more than just a lodger Zamani needs intimate access to Abednego and Mamma Agnes’s past, from their childhood memories of colonial Rhodesia to the buried, unspoken tragedies of their lives during Gukurahundi — the post-independence strategy of ethnic cleansing that began under President Robert Mugabe.

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He consumes the private histories of Abednego and Mamma Agnes, leaving a trail of devastation behind him.

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The past is reluctant to give up its ghosts, so Zamani must coax them out, first from Abednego and later from Mamma Agnes.

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With Abednego all but passed out, Zamani leans in close for a selfie.

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