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Phumzile Simelane Kalumba, Jabulani When it comes to naming characters many 'How to Write' manuals site Barbara Kingsolver's trick of consulting a baby name book. Useful advice, unless you are in South Africa where bookstores stock baby name books from the USA or UK. Frustrating. So when Modjaji announced they were publishing a dictionary of South African Names, I couldn't pull out my money fast enough. It arrived yesterday: Jabulani, by Phumzile Simelane Kalumba