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born 1948 South Africa

Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni "Zakes" Mda (born 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright.

South Africa
Novelists
Playwrights
Poets

Also known as: The Heart of Redness, The Whale Caller, Ways of Dying

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Conversely, Noria’s memory of the village is the pale herd boys, with mucus hang- ing from the nostrils, looking after cattle whose ribs you could count, on barren hills with sparse grass and shrups. The lean cattle and barren hills are partly result of overgrazing, which is in turn due to shortage of land for black people.

The Whale Caller (2005)

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