Mgquolozana: A Man who is not A Man

I kept saying in the past I would blog about this book, and now I am: A Man who is not a Man, by Thando Mgqolozana USA, UK, SA I selected this book in a hope to gain more understanding about a cultural practise, the Xhosa initiation ceremony that marks a boy's passage into manhood. This rite of passage is often cloaked in secrecy and silence, while being the root of gossip and scorn by outsiders only exposed to the negative outcomes. Selecting a book whose storyline is based on the rite gone ...