A SOLEMN DAY OF REMEMBRANCE TO amaMFENGU
The 14th May is a solemn day of remembrance for my people, amaMfengu, when our tribe was scattered from the banks of Thukela (Tugela) River on the foothills of Ukhahlamba (Drakensberg) Mountains to
Mphuthumi Ntabeni
Mphuthumi Ntabeni is trained in built environment, reads literature, history and philosophy. He lives in Cape Town. He has written two historical novels, The Broken River Tent & The Wanderers.
Fear and Trembling
They say falling in love makes poets out of everyone. I suspect its people who've never been locked down by a virus who say that. Lying in bed, scared of an
Cheeky Natives Interview Mphuthumi Ntabeni
Mphuthumi Ntabeni: Broken River Tent
The Cost of Living
To the sea, with our undisclosed hurt Those who’ve read the South African born Deborah Levy's memoir, Things I Don't Want to Know will remember it hailed as
Humour In The Era Of Pandemics
About a third of the way into the narrative Daniel Defoe’s book, A Journal of the Plague Year, published in 1722, its narrator H. F., a saddler in London of 1665 says:
The Lenten Diary: Day Two
The Twins of Life: Love & Pain A friend (Dr Shell) reminded me yesterday that Ash Wednesday readings include these kernel of treasures into God's infinite mercy. Joel 2:13 : Rend