Tug of War on sovitus palkitun swahilikirjailija Adam Shafin set in 1950s Zanzibar. It is a love story swept up in the turbulent final years of British colonial rule and the rise of the local liberation movement. Young freedom fighter Denge meets Yasmine, a young Indian-Zanzibari woman fleeing a stifling arranged marriage. Passion and revolution collide.
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Tug of War is an adaptation of the novel by award-winning Swahili writer Adam Shafi, set in 1950s Zanzibar. It is a love story swept up in the turbulent final years of British colonial rule and the rise of the local liberation movement. Young freedom fighter Denge meets Yasmine, a young Indian-Zanzibari woman fleeing a stifling arranged marriage. Passion and revolution collide.
