Africa Pulse: African classics now in English OUP SA | Paperback


Home is Nowhere


Original title: Asikho Ndawo Bakithi (isiZulu) Original author: MJ Mngadi Translator: Dr Nakanjani Sibiya December 2018 | 295 pages


| 9780190753610


The misery of Zulu people who are not allowed to own land, and are thus perpetually tenants becomes clear as we follow the Dubazana family and the horrors they endure just trying to live honestly, in the midst of the political turbulence and faction violence of the mid-1990s in KwaZulu-Natal.


No Matter When


Original title: Noma Nini (isiZulu) Original author: BW Vilakazi Translator: Dr Nkosinathi Sithole December 2018 | 168 pages


| 9780190737917


Against the backdrop of the end of Mpande’s rule and the coming of the missionaries to Natal in the mid- 1800s, a love story between Ntsikana and Nomkhosi unfolds. Or will it be Thomas, who Minister Grout is grooming as a successor, that wins Nomkhosi’s hand, as two cultures intersect: the Kholwa (Believers) and the traditionalists.


She’s to Blame


Original title: Mosali a nkhola (Sesotho) Original author: BM Khaketla Translator: Prof JM Lenake December 2018 | 296 pages


| 9780190731601


Lesotho 1945. Minor king Mosito is educated at Lovedale College, but then is caught in a struggle between new ways and traditions. His traditional counsellors manipulate Mosito’s wife to counsel him to commit ritual murder in order to get strong muti to preserve his status as a minor king. Mosito’s contemporaries who also went to Lovedale advise against this. Who will he listen to? What will the judge fi nd in the ensuing court case drama?


Senkatana


Original title: Senkatana (Sesotho) Original author: SM Mofokeng Translator: Prof JM Lenake December 2018 | 88 pages


| 9780190742560


Hear the legend of the infamous Kgodumodumo monster, who swallowed all the people, except one pregnant woman. In time, her son, Senkatana, becomes a mighty hero when he confronts the monster, and frees all the people. They ask their young liberator to be their ruler, but how long will they be satisfi ed with his rule?


Tears of the Brain


Original title: Megokgo ya Bjoko (Sesotho sa Leboa) Original author: OK Matsepe Translator: Lucy Ndlovu and Seleka Tembane December 2018 | 168 pages


| 9780190737825


“We yearn to live, yet living frustrates us; we yearn to strive higher, yet striving frustrates us; we yearn for progress, yet progress frustrates us. Truly, life is nothing but a race that everyone wants to win.” Follow the shenanigans of two schemers who set two traditional Kopa kings against each other, and the resultant warfare and civil lawsuits.


The Lawsuit of the Twins


Original title: Ityala Lamawele (isiXhosa) Original author: SEK Mqhayi Translator: Thokozile Mabeqa December 2018 | 83 pages


| 9780190744397


“I’m laying a charge!” Which of the twins – Babini or Wele – should inherit the homestead when their father dies? This classic tale of a court case among the Xhosa in precolonial times shows how the law and justice were applied with wisdom and consultation, and the importance of social values in these rulings.


Don Jadu


Original title: UDon Jadu (isiXhosa) Original author: SEK Mqhayi Translator: Thokozile Mabeqa and Nosisi Mpolweni and Thenjiswa Ntwana December 2018 | 108 pages


| 9780190737085


Mqhayi dreams of the reunifi cation of the Xhosa people under the leadership of Don Jadu, a high principled black statesman, in this utopian view of what it takes to create a great nation.


Stitching a whirlwind: An anthology of southern African poems and translations


Original Language: isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Sepedi and Setswana Original author: Various Translators: Nkosinathi Sithole, Biki Lepota, Tšepiso Samuel Mothibi, Stephen Masote, Koos Oosthuysen, Fred Khumalo, David wa Maahlamela, Gabeba Baderoon, Loyiso Mletshe, Zukile Jama, Johannes Lenake, Thokozile Mabeqa, Ncedile Saule and Rita Barnard December 2018 | 225 pages


| 9780190754204 SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES TITLES FROM OUP UK


42 poems by 29 African poets, side-by-side in both languages, bring you descriptions of life, love and nature, the sinking of the SS Mendi, politics, World War I and II and praise songs to great leaders. Be delighted and challenged by the treasures now accessible through the translation into English of the poetry of southern Africa.


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