Set in the music wars of Lesotho, the new novel by the South African author tells of a wandering minstrel whose hit song leads to his downfall.
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Lesotho’s first-ever entry at the Oscars is a powerful story based on true-to-life events in which a village is to be forcibly evicted to make way for a new dam.
Principales colaboradores
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Professor Emeritus, Social Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, Tshwane University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, Richmond American International University
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Artist in Residency, University of Pretoria
