BIBFRAME Work

Title

The educated waiter

Type

  • Text
  • Monograph

Contribution

Subject

  • Taruvinga, Tafadzwa Z. (LCNAF)
  • College graduates--Employment (FAST)
  • Immigrants--South Africa (LCSH)
  • Waiters--South Africa--Social conditions (LCSH)
  • South Africans--Germany (LCSH)
  • Immigrants--Social conditions (FAST)
  • South Africa (FAST)
  • Sud-Africains--Allemagne--Biographies (RVM)
  • Serveurs--Afrique du Sud--Conditions sociales--Biographies (RVM)

Genre Form

Language

Classification

LCC: JV8825.2 .T37 2019 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

Summary

The Educated Waiter is a groundbreaking memoir giving voice to the previously unheard plight of the immigrant graduate. A go-getter African, Tafadzwa's story is a powerful recollection of his quest to find a better life in South Africa, Germany, the UAE and Zimbabwe. Both witty and poignant, The Educated Waiter indefatigably confronts poverty, racism, xenophobia and classism, all the while making you laugh. -- Publisher's description.

Table of Contents

1. Itching to learn -- 2. Soap, meat and vegggies -- 3. Espresso blues -- 4. Brownie bitch -- 5. Cordon bleu leftovers -- 6. The love story of Peter and Janet -- 7. A slice of lackadaisical apathy, anyone ? -- 8. Good fortune smiles -- 9. The guesthouse -- 10. Freaking moneyed -- 11. Changes -- 12. You write very good English, Fata-tsuwa -- 13. Fatherbrother's broken bottle -- 14. Poverty and xenophobic charring -- 15. My balmy year -- 16. Turning tables -- 17. Perennial leak -- 18. All hail caesar -- 19. The place where people eat and even fart a little -- 20. The educated waiter -- 21. Paucity -- 22. Phillip is here -- 23. Horny bastards of Nairobi -- 24. Ausweiss bitte (passport please) -- 25. Dom Pedro and super Mario -- 26. The indignity of pink socks -- 27. A chicken love story -- 28. Fowl trouble -- 29. Hello Dubai, goodbye Dubai -- 30. Closure -- 31. Black to Caesa's -- 32. Solutions vs red tape -- 33. To hell with being a waiter -- 34. Home run

Authorized Access Point

Taruvinga, Tafadzwa Z. The educated waiter

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Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:14:53.089565+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 21433447

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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