A! Ndluyamandla!

A! Ndluyamandla! ("House of Power" - Xhosa) by B.S.G. Faku. This play deals with the conflict of succession among the amaMpondo of eastern Pondoland. Councillors who have ruled until the prince's coming of age, plot to assassinate him. The plot is revealed, they are punished and Ngoboyesizwe is hailed "house of power".

Published by Shuter and Shooter, 1982.

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