Mhudi

Synopsis

Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life a Hundred Years Ago is a South African novel by Sol Plaatje, first published in 1930. The novel has been republished many times, including in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. The novel is a political historical novel which explores the development of the Traansval kingdom, led by Matabeleland. The novel was originally finished in 1920, but Plaatje was unable to get the novel published. The novel re-envisions the standard Eurocentric narrative of history, which supported Apartheid and its racist infrastructure. Plaatje described the novel as a romance, comparing it to the Zulu novels of H. Rider Haggard.

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Details

Type

Book

Release date

January 1, 1930

Created by

Sol Plaatjie

Cover: Wikimedia Commons · Sol Plaatjie · Public domain · Source