Sheds new light on Native Life appearing at a critical historical juncture, and reflects on how to read it in South Africa’s heightened challenges today. Firs

"Sol Plaatje's Mhudi is the first full-length novel in English to have been written by a black South African and is widely regarded as one of South Africa's mos

"Originally published in 2018 by Jacana Media, South Africa."

Native Life in South Africa (1916) is a book by Solomon T. Plaatje. Written while Plaatje was serving as General Secretary of the South African Native National

An epic historical romance, Mhudi is the first novel in English to be written by a black South African writer and renowned as one of Africa's most important lit