num_pages: 288
description: In 1971, nineteen citizens of Excelsior in South Africa's white-ruled Free State were charged with breaking apartheid's Immorality Act, which forbade sex between blacks and whites. Taking this case as raw material for his alchemic imagination, Zakes Mda tells the story of one irrepressible fallen madonna, Niki, and her family, at the heart of the scandal.
language: English
title: The Madonna of Excelsior
titlecomplete: The Madonna of Excelsior
genres: Historical, African Literature, South Africa, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 824
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Picador