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Bitterness-Malama-KatulwendeBitterness
An African Novel
by Malama Katulwende

Julius Chongo Award 2006
for Best Creative Writing

Tribal and social affiliations and the student riots at the University of Zambia, in a captivating and intelligent story about love, political involvement and individual responsibilities. --- This is one of the most realistic and passionate contemporary novels about the life of young people in today's Africa, written by Malama Katulwende, a Zambian poet and intellectual. Based on real events, this novel provides an insight into African history, daily life, and culture, at the example of an oppressive society. Imagine Europe's revolts of 1968 in Austral Africa...
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Bitterness-Malama-KatulwendeTutaishi
An African Tale
by Khaya Gqibitole



"Tutaishi: The African Tale" is a story of shame, hope and triumph. It is a novel about a young girl, Theo, who manages to escape abuse from the Congo, where she has been in the hands of rebel soldiers. After many difficulties she travels to South Africa where she befriends and later falls in love with a young man, Qhama. They both go through a number of hardships, including xenophobia, drugs, and HIV/AIDS, but at the end they triumph....

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