BOOK A traditional love story

JUXTAPOSES TWO MAJESTIC XHOSA TRIBES IN QUIRKY WAY

The award-winning South African novelist, poet and playwright Zakes Mda’s latest offering in his colossal body of work, Little Suns, is an African love story that explores political, cultural and heritage anecdotes that contributed to the current South African landscape.

Mthwakazi, a highly oblivious Mthwa lady, becomes Malangane’s love interest and the novel is centred around his relentless pursuit of what his heart yearns for.

In a political twist, the dreadful events leading to the assassination of Magistrate Hope and how his killing threatened the amaMpondomise kingdom come to light.

Mda delves into the aftermath of Hope’s death on Malangane’s people, the amaMpondomise.

His 10th novel juxtaposes the two ‘majestic’ tribes among the many that constitute the Xhosa – the amaMpondomise and the abaThwa – in a quirky way that only a creative could.

His offerings constantly gravitate towards Africa and its rich tales.

Mda debuted the novel writing scene with his 1995 novel titled Ways of Dying, which was soon followed by She Plays With The Darkness in the same year.

This story-teller from Herschel Fiction

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Zakes Mda Hardback, 272 December 2015 by Umuzi 13-9781415209059 English

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in the Eastern Cape was born Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda to Rose Nompumelelo, a nurse, and Ashbey Peter Solomzi Mda, a school teacher.

Among other titles, Mda has these safely under his belt: teacher, painter, filmmaker, poet, novelist, former Pan Africanist Congress member and recipient of the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze for his contribution to literature.