Collection: Uncuthu Rhabula: An Anthology of OriginalXhosa Short Stories

A desperate man wrestles with the darkness behind wealth and status, as his family is torn apart by a devious spirit. A young girl, fearing she has contracted HIV, begins to live recklessly. A sister, enamored with city life, returns home and upends her family’s customs, clashing with her brother, and a struggling au pair leaves her village to raise her daughter in the outskirts of Cape Town. Four stories of love, deception, faith and transformation, from up-and-coming Xhosa authors in South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape.