{"id":4647,"date":"2019-03-26T18:21:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T16:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/spu\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2022-01-26T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:17:18","slug":"zakes-mdas-latest-book-launch-for-spu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/zakes-mdas-latest-book-launch-for-spu\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakes Mda\u2019s latest book launch for SPU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World acclaimed writer and South African novelist<a data-abc=\"true\" class=\"cerulean\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za\/author\/zakes-mda\"> Zakes Mda <\/a>is to launch his book,  <em>The Zulus of New York<\/em> at Sol Plaatje University at 18:00 on Thursday, 28 March 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch, which is to take place at the Library Auditorium on Central Campus, will feature Mda in conversation with the Kimberley- playwright and actor, Moagi Modise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book launch is in partnership with Northern Cape Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Books will be on sale for R230 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za\/author\/zakes-mda\">other Zakes Mda titles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More about the book<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Great Farini would stride on to the stage and\nannounce, \u2018Ladies and gentlemen, and now for the highlight of the day, the\nferocious Zulus.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impresario Farini introduced Em-Pee and his troupe to his kind of\nshow business, and now they must earn their bread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1885 in a bustling New York City, they are the performers who know the true Zulu dances, while all around them fraudsters perform silly jigs.&nbsp;Reports on the Anglo-Zulu War portrayed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/people\/king-cetshwayo\">King Cetshwayo<\/a> as infamous, and audiences in London and New York flock to see his kin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What the gawking spectators don\u2019t know is that Em-Pee once carried\nnothing but his spear and shield, when he had to flee his king.&nbsp;But amid\nthe city\u2019s squalid vaudeville acts appears a vision that leaves Em-Pee\nbreathless: in a cage in Madison Square Park is Acol, a Dinka princess on\ndisplay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Em-Pee, it is love at first sight, though Acol is not free to love\nanyone back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World acclaimed writer and South African novelist Zakes Mda is to launch his book, The Zulus of New York at Sol Plaatje University at 18:00 on Thursday, 28 March 2019. 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