RED BLANKET

IT WAS INCREDIBLY SORE. MVULANI WANTED TO CRY OUT. BUT HE HAD TO PRETEND HE FELT NOTHING. HE NO LONGER A CHILD AND TO SHOW HIS PAIN WOULD BE ULTIMATE DISGRACE. IT WASN'T ONLY PAIN THAT MVULANI HAD LEANT TO HIDE. THERE ALSO FEARS TO OVERCOME - LIKE HIS FEAR OF THE SKY AND OF THE LIGHTNING THAT WAS LIKE A SNAKE WITH A FORKED TONGUE REACHING DOWN TO BITE HIM. BUT COULD MVULANI OVERCOMES THE HARDSHIPS OF BEING THE SON OF A MURDERED CHIEF? WOULD HE BE ABLE TO REACH DEEP INTO HIMSELF TO FIND THE STRENGTH HE NEEDED TO WALK THE LONG AND DIFFICULT ROAD BACK TO HIS PEOPLE - AND TO HIS BIRTHRIGHT? THE RED BLANKET IS THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN'S RETURN TO HIS ROOTS. HIS JOURNEY THROUGH TWO WORLDS IS ONE WHICH MANY SOUTH AFRICAN READERS WILL RECOGNISE.