{"product_id":"pelong-ya-ka-9781776140435","title":"Pelong ya Ka","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePelong ya Ka\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of essays and sketches in Sotho was first published in 1962 in the \u003cem\u003eBantu Treasury Series\u003c\/em\u003e Imprint of Witwatersrand University Press. S. Machabe Mofokeng is regarded as one of the greatest essayist and dramatist in Southern Sotho. His first book, \u003cem\u003eSenkatana (a play)\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1952.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePelong ya Ka\u003c\/em\u003e comprises 20 essays which range from meditative, descriptive, and narrative to polemic style, with the tone of voice characterised by melancholy, humour, and satire. The essays span over a wide range of themes, as suggested by their Titles, e.g. \u003cem\u003ePelo (The heart), Bodutu (‘Solitude’), Death (‘Lefu’), Nako (‘Time’), Pampiri (‘Paper’), Ho kganna mmotokara (‘Driving an automobile’), Sepetlele (‘Hospital’), Lenyalo (‘Matromony’)\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBoqheku (‘Old age’)\u003c\/em\u003e. Nhlanhla Maake says of this collection \"Mofokeng's essays fuse simplicity with depth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Pelo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Botho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Bodutu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Lefu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Reisisi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Tsela-tshweu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Phetoho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Nako\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Metswalle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: Pampiri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: Hlahlobo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: Noka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: Ho kganna motorokara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: Lewatle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: Sepetlele\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: Dimela\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: Tjhelete\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18: Lenyalo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19: Boqheku\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20: Qetello\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wits University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53190409158999,"sku":"9781776140435","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pelong-ya-ka-9781776140435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}