Sol Plaatje's Mhudi

"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 most important literary works. Set in the 1930s, it tells the tale of Mhudi and Ra-Thaga, a romantic story set against a violent backdrop of war between Barolong and Matebele, complicated by the intrusions of Boer trekkers with whom the Barolong form an alliance. It is notable, among other things, for the way Plaatje uses the past to explore the roots of the oppression and injustice suffered by his people a century later, when the book was written"--

שנה

2021

שפה

English

הוצאה

Boydell & Brewer, Limited

מהדורות

2

עמודים

248

ISBN

9781431429967

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata