Description
An Epic of South African Native Life a Hundred Years Ago.
Written in the 1920's but first published in 1930,
Mhudi is the first known novel by a black South African writer. It is an historical romance of epic scale which tells the story of a beautiful and courageous woman who risks her life to save her husband. The historical span of
Mhudi stretches from August 1832 to the final rout of the Matabele in November 1837.