Nelson Makhubane Tshabalala: 4 books

In a grand, immensely readable and yet original synthesis of historical and cultural analysis about the dark secrets of the ancient Tshabalala Clan in Mhlongamvula, a distinguished scholar and prize winning author and historian, Nelson Makhubane Tshabalala, depicts much more than a break with Mhlongamvula....

“If history is written by victors, then this historic book,Which chronicles the lives and immeasurable success ofTshabalala clan at its ancestral land in Mhlongamvula as well as its unceremonious exit in 1816 and in the 1860s respectively, should have been composed well before the 21st Century....

Author, Nelson Makhubane Tshabalala has wonderfully narrated this novel which is feisty, witty and full of yearning. The story is complicated as life itself, but is richly satisfying. A vivid portrait of a wealthy businessman and former politician, Smangaliso Mkhize and his family in disarray....

Many people, whether South African or of aninternational readership, whether black or white,will be interested in reading this true-life tale of theoften forgotten rural farm workers who were probablythe worst off during the apartheid era. The shockingreality of life for these people is almost unbelievabletoday;...