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Deleted Humans Are White because there's no point listing a trope to say the work didn't do it. It's set in Africa, of course people aren't white.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Myanda. She's married to one of Resthaven's elders, but they have no children, and she names Sekai after [[spoiler:a former "girlfriend" from when she lived on the outside]]. (She's also very fond of her husband's other wife, Chipo, who is Sekai's mother, but that may be more due to [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]].)
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Myanda. She's married to one of Resthaven's elders, but they have no children, and she names Sekai after [[spoiler:a former "girlfriend" from when she lived on the outside]]. outside]] (She's also very fond of her husband's other wife, Chipo, who is Sekai's mother, but that may be more due to [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]].)Instinct]]).
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* FutureFoodIsArtificial: An algae described as "pond scum" which is "pressed into the shape of hot dogs, etc."
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* FutureFoodIsArtificial: An algae described as "pond scum" which is "pressed into the shape of hot dogs, etc."".
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* GoodIsNotNice: First and foremost, General Matsika, but also Myanda (who is herself [[spoiler:[[{{Foil}} a former criminal]]]]), as well as [[spoiler:the ''mhondoro'' spirit who possesses Arm near the book's climax]]. Averted with the detectives themselves, who are surprisingly soft-hearted compared to [[HardboiledDetective their Western counterparts]]--but then again, before the Matsikas came along, a lot of their cases involved "sneaky husbands."
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* GoodIsNotNice: First and foremost, General Matsika, but also Myanda (who is herself [[spoiler:[[{{Foil}} a former criminal]]]]), as well as [[spoiler:the ''mhondoro'' spirit who possesses Arm near the book's climax]]. Averted with the detectives themselves, who are surprisingly soft-hearted compared to [[HardboiledDetective their Western counterparts]]--but then again, before the Matsikas came along, a lot of their cases involved "sneaky husbands."husbands".
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* HumansAreWhite: Averted. There are three distinct ethnic groups -- Black, Brown[[note]]implied to be analogous to the modern-day "Cape Coloured" people of South Africa, who have mixed heritage[[/note]], and White. Most of the named characters are Black, but [[StealthPun Eye is Brown]], and the Mellower, [[ThoseTwoGuys Knife]], and Ear are White.
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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The "decorations" at the Masks' shrine...as well as the eyes of the Big-Head Mask. It's never stated clearly how a mask's eyes can "open," or show hunger as a sacrifice is prepared--but then again, it may be better left unspecified]].
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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The "decorations" at the Masks' shrine...as well as the eyes of the Big-Head Mask. It's never stated clearly how a mask's eyes can "open," "open", or show hunger as a sacrifice is prepared--but then again, it may be better left unspecified]].
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* AncientAfrica:
** Resthaven. In the middle of the futuristic Zimbabwe, this is a sacred country where the old ways are preserved[[note]]Even the [[NoWomansLand unpleasant ones]][[/note]] - "the spiritual heart of Africa." Even airplanes aren't allowed to fly overhead, and the people who live inside of it have only the vaguest notion of the outside world - most of them.
** The historical kingdoms of Great Zimbabwe (ca. 1200-1450) and Mutapa (ca. 1450-1750 CE), and one of the rulers of the latter, also feature prominently as the plot progresses. The ruler's name is never specified; he's referred to as "Monomatapa," but [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep that's actually his title]].
** Resthaven. In the middle of the futuristic Zimbabwe, this is a sacred country where the old ways are preserved[[note]]Even the [[NoWomansLand unpleasant ones]][[/note]] - "the spiritual heart of Africa." Even airplanes aren't allowed to fly overhead, and the people who live inside of it have only the vaguest notion of the outside world - most of them.
** The historical kingdoms of Great Zimbabwe (ca. 1200-1450) and Mutapa (ca. 1450-1750 CE), and one of the rulers of the latter, also feature prominently as the plot progresses. The ruler's name is never specified; he's referred to as "Monomatapa," but [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep that's actually his title]].
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Adult Fear is no longer a trope
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* AdultFear: For the Matsikas, first finding out that their children are missing, then finding that their children are inaccessible in Resthaven (possibly forever), and finally, that their children have been sold to a gang that intends to torture them to death.
