Indaba, My Children. African Tribal History, Legends, Customs and Religious Beliefs

Indaba, My Children. African Tribal History, Legends, Customs and Religious Beliefs    

Author: Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa  

Publisher: Blue Crane Books 

Edition: Payback Press Edition 1998  

ISBN: 0 86241 758 9  

Language: English 

Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding. 

Binding: Softcover 

Pages: 696. Print with images  

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A definitive compendium of African myth and folktale, retold in rich, vibrant prose, Indaba, My Children is a stunning literary and ethnographic achievement.

As a young man, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, a Zulu from the South African province of Natal, was determined to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and become a tribal historian in order to keep the rich oral tradition of his culture alive. In this book, begun in response to the injustices against Africans and their culture, he sets these legends down in writing. He begins with the creation myth, when Ninavanhu-Ma, the Great Mother, created the human race. From there, an epic unfolds, an intricate and vivid cultural tapestry populated by gods and mortals, cattle herders and supreme kings, witch doctors, lovers, grave diggers, warriors, and handmaidens. The story continues all the way up to the colonial era, when a Portuguese Kapitanoh and his crew arrive on the African shore. Indaba, My Children is a classic and indispensable resource for anyone interested in the cultural life of Africa and the human experience as it is filtered into myth.

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