Africa is my Witness by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1966 First Edition)
This is the sequel to Indaba, My Children, the book which has made a literary sensation in South Africa and of which more than 12,000 copies have been sold in South Africa alone. Hailed by the critics as the most controversial-and one of the most remarkable-books ever to come out of Africa it told the story of the Bantu tribes' coming to nationhood, of their culture, their customs and their religious beliefs in language so rich in metaphor and picturesque phrase that many sections are pure poetry.
Now Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa has written what is the second of the series of books on Bantu tribal lore and history that he proposes to produce to fulfil what he regards as his sacred undertaking-the bridging of the gap of misunderstanding between White and Black in Africa, the cause, he maintains, of much of the tragic bloodshed throughout Africa in recent years.
1966 Hardcover
Condition: Book in excellent condition with badly worn/damaged dust jacket which has been repaired.
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This is the sequel to Indaba, My Children, the book which has made a literary sensation in South Africa and of which more than 12,000 copies have been sold in South Africa alone. Hailed by the critics as the most controversial-and one of the most remarkable-books ever to come out of Africa it told the story of the Bantu tribes' coming to nationhood, of their culture, their customs and their religious beliefs in language so rich in metaphor and picturesque phrase that many sections are pure poetry.
Now Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa has written what is the second of the series of books on Bantu tribal lore and history that he proposes to produce to fulfil what he regards as his sacred undertaking-the bridging of the gap of misunderstanding between White and Black in Africa, the cause, he maintains, of much of the tragic bloodshed throughout Africa in recent years.
1966 Hardcover
Condition: Book in excellent condition with badly worn/damaged dust jacket which has been repaired.
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This is the sequel to Indaba, My Children, the book which has made a literary sensation in South Africa and of which more than 12,000 copies have been sold in South Africa alone. Hailed by the critics as the most controversial-and one of the most remarkable-books ever to come out of Africa it told the story of the Bantu tribes' coming to nationhood, of their culture, their customs and their religious beliefs in language so rich in metaphor and picturesque phrase that many sections are pure poetry.
Now Credo Vusamazulu Mutwa has written what is the second of the series of books on Bantu tribal lore and history that he proposes to produce to fulfil what he regards as his sacred undertaking-the bridging of the gap of misunderstanding between White and Black in Africa, the cause, he maintains, of much of the tragic bloodshed throughout Africa in recent years.
1966 Hardcover
Condition: Book in excellent condition with badly worn/damaged dust jacket which has been repaired.
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