The Great Farini would stride on to the stage and announce, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, and now for the highlight of the day, the ferocious Zulus.’

Zakes Mda’s new novel, The Zulus of New York, will be published by Umuzi in March 2019.

The Zulus of New York is a work of historical fiction that draws on the true history of ‘Farini’s Friendly Zulus’, a group of men taken to Britain and America as performing curiosities.

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The book will be launched in Joburg: at Exclusive Books Sandton with Mbali Vilakazi; and Cape Town: at The Book Lounge with Mohale Mashigo and at Exclusive Books Cavendish with Nadia Davids.

Event details

Cape Town

Date: Thursday, 7 March 2019
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Venue: The Book Lounge
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Date: Saturday, 9 March 2019
Time: 10:00 for 10:30
Venue: Exclusive Books Cavendish
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Joburg

Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Venue: Exclusive Books Sandton City
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Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Time: 18:00 for 18:30
Venue: Love Books, Melville
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Event posters:

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https://www.facebook.com/PenguinRandomHouseSA/photos/gm.2197133807207081/1775842415853679/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/Umuzites/photos/gm.2564609750261975/2108033955954866/?type=3&theater

Categories Fiction South Africa

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