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Mandela's Ego: Lewis Nkosi (Author)
A young Zulu boy named Dumisani grows up in awe of the legendary
figure of Nelson Mandela. He thinks of Mandela not only as a great
leader of the oppressed, but also as a great seducer of women, and it
is in this aspect that he decides to emulate Mandela. A woman he has
been pursuing for a long time yields to his advances the day the Black
Pimpernel is captured. But Mandela's imprisonment renders Dumisani
impotent for 27 years...
Synopsis:
Lewis Nkosi's third novel, Mandela's Ego, is a wickedly humorous story
about the disastrous consequences of excessive hero worship. The main
character is a young Zulu boy, a Casanova named Dumisani who idolises
Mandela and is fed with stories about his hero by his mischievous
young uncle. They include Mandela's conquests of women and his
ability, when cornered, to transform himself into a black bull to
escape his pursuers. Dumisa is equally enamoured of his hero and the
delights of the village's crop of marriageable girls, of whom only
Nobuhle, the Beautiful One, has the power to resist his advances.
Mandela's capture and arrest by the Security Forces have dire
consequences for his young hero-worshipper ...
Shortlisted for the 2007 Sunday Times Fiction Award.
From Mandela's Ego, chapter 12
[...] During the vigil, the strain of waiting had been intolerable. To
kill time the officers chain-smoked, drank black coffee laced with
brandy from paper cups, and told many stale dirty jokes. Sometimes
they had visions. At night, opening the door of one of the cars, an
officer thought he heard a snake rustle past in the trampled, dew-
decked grass. Not a big snake, but slim too slim to pass itself off as
Mandela, in disguise as a reptile, attempting to slide past the police
cordon. But still the thought was there.
Of course, if Mandela staged another of his narrow escapes, the
superstitious natives would gladly seize upon such an explanation.
There were already many such stories going the rounds. How when
sighted, for instance, Mandela was able to transform himself into a
black bull, grazing nonchalantly in the countryside. Another story
went that, dressed as a woman and carrying a baby in his arms which he
continually pinched under the blanket, to make it cry piteously,
Mandela had walked straight past a police line, even pausing to greet
the officers in a devilishly seductive female voice, while the baby
bawled in distress ...
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About the Author:
Lewis Nkosi was a South African writer and essayist. He was a
multifaceted personality, and attempted every literary genre, literary
criticism, poetry, drama, and novels. Wikipedia
Born: December 5, 1936, Durban, South Africa
Died: September 5, 2010
Education: Harvard University
Books: Mating Birds, Underground people
Movies: Come Back, Africa
-The Art of Living and Impermanence
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Mandela's Ego: Lewis Nkosi (Author)
A young Zulu boy named Dumisani grows up in awe of the legendary
figure of Nelson Mandela. He thinks of Mandela not only as a great
leader of the oppressed, but also as a great seducer of women, and it
is in this aspect that he decides to emulate Mandela. A woman he has
been pursuing for a long time yields to his advances the day the Black
Pimpernel is captured. But Mandela's imprisonment renders Dumisani
impotent for 27 years...
Synopsis:
Lewis Nkosi's third novel, Mandela's Ego, is a wickedly humorous story
about the disastrous consequences of excessive hero worship. The main
character is a young Zulu boy, a Casanova named Dumisani who idolises
Mandela and is fed with stories about his hero by his mischievous
young uncle. They include Mandela's conquests of women and his
ability, when cornered, to transform himself into a black bull to
escape his pursuers. Dumisa is equally enamoured of his hero and the
delights of the village's crop of marriageable girls, of whom only
Nobuhle, the Beautiful One, has the power to resist his advances.
Mandela's capture and arrest by the Security Forces have dire
consequences for his young hero-worshipper ...
Shortlisted for the 2007 Sunday Times Fiction Award.
From Mandela's Ego, chapter 12
[...] During the vigil, the strain of waiting had been intolerable. To
kill time the officers chain-smoked, drank black coffee laced with
brandy from paper cups, and told many stale dirty jokes. Sometimes
they had visions. At night, opening the door of one of the cars, an
officer thought he heard a snake rustle past in the trampled, dew-
decked grass. Not a big snake, but slim too slim to pass itself off as
Mandela, in disguise as a reptile, attempting to slide past the police
cordon. But still the thought was there.
Of course, if Mandela staged another of his narrow escapes, the
superstitious natives would gladly seize upon such an explanation.
There were already many such stories going the rounds. How when
sighted, for instance, Mandela was able to transform himself into a
black bull, grazing nonchalantly in the countryside. Another story
went that, dressed as a woman and carrying a baby in his arms which he
continually pinched under the blanket, to make it cry piteously,
Mandela had walked straight past a police line, even pausing to greet
the officers in a devilishly seductive female voice, while the baby
bawled in distress ...
- See more at: http://www.randomstruik.co.za/title-page.php?titleID=3234&imprintID=6#sthash.MGp8VIwA.dpuf
About the Author:
Lewis Nkosi was a South African writer and essayist. He was a
multifaceted personality, and attempted every literary genre, literary
criticism, poetry, drama, and novels. Wikipedia
Born: December 5, 1936, Durban, South Africa
Died: September 5, 2010
Education: Harvard University
Books: Mating Birds, Underground people
Movies: Come Back, Africa
-The Art of Living and Impermanence
http://www.cafeafricana.com
http://www.indigokafe.com
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