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An epic historical romance, Mhudi is the first novel in English to be written by a Black South African writer. Renowned as one of South Africa's most important literary works. Mhudi has witnessed the genocide of her tribe and survived. After days of wandering the land, terrified of encountering enemy warriors, she is struck by a fear even worse than death, that she is now completely alone. Upon crossing paths with the tribe's only other kn...

A work of impassioned political propaganda, exposing the plight of black South Africans under the whites-only government

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First published in 1916 and one of South Africa's great political books, Native Life in South Africa was first and foremost a response to the Native's Land Act of 1913, and was written by one of the most gifted and influential writers and journalists of his generation.

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A work of impassioned political propaganda, exposing the plight of black South Africans under the whites-only government

Sol Plaatje is one of South Africa's most important political and literary figures. A pioneer in the history of the black press, he was one of the founders of the African National Congress, a leading spokesman for black opinion throughout his life, and the author of three well-known books: Mafikeng Diary, Native Life in South Africa, and his historical novel, Mhudi. These books are not Plaatje's only claim to fame. In the course of a prolific ...

Solomon Plaatje (1876-1932) wrote Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion in order to protest against the Natives' Land Act of 1913, which forbid natives to buy or rent land. Even with the persuasive arguments put forth in this book his appeals did not succeed: The Act went on to become one of the first steps toward the system of Apartheid. Even though Plaatje did not succeed his work helped to uni...