Publisher: XLibrisAU
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Ebook
INKABA YAKHO IPHI? (WHERE IS YOUR NAVEL?) Three
stories—those of the Xhosa and the Khoikhoi tribes, the British soldiers and
the settlers, and the burghers and the Boers—are told in parallel. Her Khoikhoi
mother, had named her Coti after the wife of Cagn, the supreme god of the San
people. Her skin shone like gold, the skin of the San. He had been watching as
she bathed in the lagoon, blinded by her sleek beauty as she stepped out. The
fading sunlight on the water drops covered her golden skin like jewels. Coti
gasped when she saw him. He was Tshane, great-great-grandson of a Xhosa chief
and named after one of the first Rharhabe Xhosa kings or paramount (supreme)
chiefs. His mother was from the Gcaleka Xhosa clan. Tshane represented the
amaXhosa, the fierce people of Xhosa. He was magnificent as he stood still and
tall—a warrior, black as ebony; his toned muscles rippled. He was nervous. She
was not afraid of him. She prayed now to the wise and powerful Tsui-Goab, the
Khoi supreme god, to protect her from Guanab, the cunning god of evil. Her
grandmother had warned that this was an evil love, brought about by the
trickster god, Haitsa-Aibib. Haitsa-Aibib could change his form at will. Was he
the fish eagle that had thrown the cloud over her? Lt. Ian Bentley sat his
horse on a hill overlooking the coastal foothills of the Amatola Mountains.
From his position, he had a good view of the sea and also the Xhosa village
below him. It was baking hot under the African sun, and he looked forward to
the cool evening. He sweated in his thick red tunic, made for cooler climates,
and his horse fidgeted from the flies. Taking his eyeglass from his tunic, he
focused on the village below. Conraad du Randt, the burghers’ leader, raised
his arm for silence. ‘Yes, my people. First, they free the slaves and tell us
to pay them. Now they have equality before the law? These heathens are our
subordinates, damned in the eyes of God! Given to us to teach them Christian
ways! Our land! Our lifestyle! Is God-given and earned by conquest!’
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About the Author:
Judy Witt was born in Natal in South Africa on January 1944.
She was raised by Zulu women and then Xhosa women when the family moved to Port
Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. The family later moved to Southern Rhodesia and
Northern Rhodesia during the years those countries were fighting for freedom
and independence. Caught up in the violence and terror that evolved and the
Congo Revolution spillover, they returned to South Africa the day before
Zambia’s independence. Judy now lives in Sydney Australia with her husband,
four married children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
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