A wee while ago, not far away, but long before he became publishing editor of Wordsetc, a literary journal that promotes the consumption of South African literature and encourages a culture of reading and writing, Phakama Mbonambi, had little hands, and this is what he read:
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Once upon a time in Pietermaritzburg, before he ever imagined he would some day celebrate his 30th birthday with an epic journey across Africa, before he dreamed he’d become a best-selling travel writer, author of the thrice reprinted debut Dark Continent My Black Arse, Sihle Khumalo had little hands and this is what he read … (more…)