Twenty Minutes

God Save the Rain Queen

Friday 23 July 2004 20:00-20:20 (Radio 3)

Christopher Hope sets his story in the South African Highveld, where the Rain Queen, Her Majesty Bamadodi VI, holds sway as the authorised rainmaker. Her power though is chipped away by the modern attitudes sweeping the country, attitudes which bring an ambiguous promise of progress and the deadly threat of disease. The bond of friendship she forges with a white South African middle-class mother protects them both for a time.

Written and read by Christopher Hope.

Duration:

20 minutes

Twenty Minutes

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