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A review by sinamile
The Sculptors of Mapungubwe by Zakes Mda
3.0
A beautifully written novel telling the tale of Chatambudza, a gifted sculptor.
The novel takes us through Chata's life, from a young boy who created amazing and monstrous creatures from his own imagination, to a young man, escaping traveling the world and escaping slavers, to an older man making a sculptor so wondrous that people create a religion from it.
This story also shows the length jealousy might push one. This is seen with how Chata's brother reacts to seeing the success of his younger brother. Rendani will do anything, including trying to steal the one woman Chatambudza is in love with, to dishearten his brother and make him seem less of a man. Rendani even goes so far as trying to make Chata seem dishonorable in the eyes of the king.
The man doesn't succeed though, and Chata gets his happy ending with the woman he loves.
A beautiful tale worth reading.
The novel takes us through Chata's life, from a young boy who created amazing and monstrous creatures from his own imagination, to a young man, escaping traveling the world and escaping slavers, to an older man making a sculptor so wondrous that people create a religion from it.
This story also shows the length jealousy might push one. This is seen with how Chata's brother reacts to seeing the success of his younger brother. Rendani will do anything, including trying to steal the one woman Chatambudza is in love with, to dishearten his brother and make him seem less of a man. Rendani even goes so far as trying to make Chata seem dishonorable in the eyes of the king.
The man doesn't succeed though, and Chata gets his happy ending with the woman he loves.
A beautiful tale worth reading.