![]() The protagonist Malangana who is tasked to groom the horse of his brother king Mhlontlo is not more than a side note of history, a ‘little sun’ in the universe. The books intertwines the historical events of the murder on colonial magistrate Hamilton Hope at the end of the 19th century with the legends of the amaMpondomise, bolstering this historical novel with clan genealogy. Little Suns starts in the fashion of the oral storytelling tradition of praise poets who pass on the history of South African clans from generation to generation. The South African novelist, poet and playwright Zakes Mda, author of critically acclaimed novels like Ways of Dying and Heart of Redness, has published his tenth novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() But we start with Malangana because that is where our story begins. ![]()
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