UOthembele Matomane (15), yena uthwala abantwana abane ngosuku, ebonakala engenakuzithemba, uthethe neSolezwe wathi. “Ndifuna ukuba yititshala ndincede abantwana besikolo nekhaya lam.” le RI kukho ratio elula ngokuthelekisa isantya ukukhanya umoya isantya ukukhanya eliphakathi elinikiweyo. Umgangatho kusetyenziswa umlinganiselo index refractive na umoya (ngokungqongqo iflaski); utsho RI yomoya luthathwa 1.00 Mhlawumbi wakhawuleza waqonda ukuba lo asingomdlalo, kuseza kuqengqeleka iminyaka umntwana efuna uncedo. Wakhawuleza wabubona ubukhulu bembopheleleko onayo. Description: This collection of loosely interlinked short stories is a “book of imaginary beings”. It draws its influence from amaXhosa history, religion and mythology. Written in a fluid blend of isiXhosa and English, the stories make use of innovative forms and an inventive, pared-down language to create new and strange perspectives on our past, present and future. Ranging in length from brief mini-sagas to longer vignettes, the collection touches on such diverse subjects as the lore and superstitions surrounding the mythical being of tokoloshe, sorcery in the black community, and other fantastical elements of amaXhosa folklore. Literary influences include the Syrian writer Osama Olamar, whose writing about inanimate and everyday objects is both interesting and rare; Amos Tutuola, whose appropriation of Yoruba mythology I have learned much from; the Argentinian writer Julio Cortazar who has the facility to articulate the fantastical in a straightforward narrative; and Taban Lo Liyong, the Ugandan writer, whose fabulist work has served as stimulus for many of these stories.