The broken river tent by Mphuthumi Ntabeni
A novel that marries imagination with history. It is about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century.
Mphuthumi Ntabeni is a writer who resides in Cape Town. He contributes to different national and international publications and maintains a column in the Southern Cross, South Africa's national weekly Catholic newspaper. He has worked with the Rhodes University drama department in staging two plays he wrote that were featured at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in 2006. Some of his short stories feature occasionally in magazines, historical journals and on radio. In 2008, he was one of six writers from the African continent whose collection of short stories were published in the United States in an anthology titled Africa Fresh! New Writings from the First Continent. He is also a founder of a Facebook book club called Qhamisa Book Club, which boasts more than 2000 active members.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781928337454 |
| ISBN 10 | 1928337457 |
| Title | The broken river tent |
| Author | Mphuthumi Ntabeni |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-07-17 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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