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Dancing with Hyenas is a tour-de-force that blends excellent prose with fact-driven stories to give a fresh perspective of the black struggle against the oppressive conditions of apartheid South Africa. The reader is taken 'behind the scenes' to conversations and strategy sessions in which successive generations of black youths are conscientized about the ideals of the liberation struggle.In the book, author Mzi Mahola tells the stories in evocative, authentic, and thought-provoking narrative. Elsewhere he recounts the deep soul-searching exchanges among the black youth about the goals and efficacy of the Black Consciousness Movement in advancing cause of black liberation. His accounts are remarkably accurate, especially given the fifteen-year range over which the book is written.What is most refreshing about Dancing with Hyenas is the emic perspective it takes since most of the books on the topic are written by outside observers. This is a one-of-a-kind book- amust-read for any interested in learning from indigenous blacks how they were able to make meaning of the lives while confronted by vagaries and vicissitudes of that vicious system, which was finally brought down in the early 1990s.Mzamo P MangalisoProfessor, Isenberg School of ManagementUniversity of Massachusetts - Amherst MADancing with Hyenas is a bout rites of passage of a young man hurled into maturity in a troubled land. Mzikayise Mahola conveys the story choosing words with the precision and dexterity of a poet, recalling events and painting them with the skill reserved for great story tellers. The book enthralls as it enables the reader to journey with Lizo through the labyrinth of dark paths in a perilous South Africa.We do not know how he will, survive the wrath of the system whose vultures always hover with devilish zeal and sickening patience. Lizo thrives in a world that betrays talented and ambitious youth. Mahola lucidly captures the snippets of history, sharing hopes and shattered dreams in the trapping of the old South Africa. Indeed, this book is a piece of history that exemplifies how many young people experienced the rough ride into brittle futures.Vuysile T. MsilaProfessor and Head, Institute for African Renaissance Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA)Dancing with Hyenas offers a riveting account of life under South Africa Aparthied. Lizo's autobiography evokes memories of "Coming of Age" stories by James Bladwin, Chinua Achebe and Frantz Fanon. Stori

Lo kaMahola uthi le ncwadi lizibulo lakhe ekubongeni, kodwa isimbo sidiza ukuba ungumakad' enethwa kubhalo lwencwadi. Umbhali lo usebenzisa uthetha-thethwano ukutsala umdla kumfundi. Mve xa esithi, "Uvela phi ezinzulwini zobusuku?" Kwisithandwa sam. "Ngoku?" Le mbongi igxila ngokufihla isithethe ngamava ayo entlalo yobomi. Esi sakhono sivela xa esithi, "Ethwel' ubhaka emqolo Okwenyosi ivela kuhlangula." Yiva kwakhon' intsingisel' efihlakeleyo xa esithi, "Iinkowan' ezinetyhefu zintshula phantsi kwamabunga." Uthi akuntyuntya ngeentaba zebhukazana angabi nako ukuzikhwebula kwiinkumbulo zobuntwana. Uzoba ubume beentaba, izilwanyana, ubomi nobuntwana ade azive umfundi engene tshwa kwawakhe amava amandulo. Kukwanjalo xa abona ukuvuthuluka kwezakhiwo zexabiso kwisikolo awayefunda kuso. Ude athi kumthandazo wakhe, "Bawo sixolele, sasingazi ukuba sityala intshabalalo." Ungathabatheka xa umva esithi, "Ibali elityhafileyo liyabuna emlonyeni wegangxa." Unyanisile kuba kwimibongo yakhe umfundi akasayi kozela alale. Sinethemba lokuba le ncwadi iza kwengeza kuncwadi olukhoyo lwesiXhosa, yaye iza kuvuselela ubhalo nofundo lolwimi lwethu. NguMbulelo Nzo

INGCACISOLe mibongo ibhalwe apha iguqulelwe yasiwa esiXhoseni.Ithatyathwe kwezi ncwadi; Strange Things; When Rains Come;Dancing With Hyenas; The Last Chapter, kwakunye neminyeengekapapashwa. Yonke ibhalwe yaguqulwa nguMzi Mahola.Lo kaMahola uthi le ncwadi lizibulo lakhe ekubongeni, kodwa isimbo sidiza ukuba ungumakad' enethwa kubhalo lwencwadi. Umbhali lo usebenzisa uthetha-thethwano ukutsala umdla kumfundi. Mve xa esithi, "Uvela phi ezinzulwini zobusuku?" Kwisithandwa sam. "Ngoku?" Le mbongi igxila ngokufihla isithethe ngamava ayo entlalo yobomi. Esi sakhono sivela xa esithi, "Ethwel' ubhaka emqolo Okwenyosi ivela kuhlangula." Yiva kwakhon' intsingisel' efihlakeleyo xa esithi, "Iinkowan' ezinetyhefu zintshula phantsi kwamabunga." Uthi akuntyuntya ngeentaba zebhukazana angabi nako ukuzikhwebula kwiinkumbulo zobuntwana. Uzoba ubume beentaba, izilwanyana, ubomi nobuntwana ade azive umfundi engene tshwa kwawakhe amava amandulo. Kukwanjalo xa abona ukuvuthuluka kwezakhiwo zexabiso kwisikolo awayefunda kuso. Ude athi kumthandazo wakhe, "Bawo sixolele, sasingazi ukuba sityala intshabalalo." Ungathabatheka xa umva esithi, "Ibali elityhafileyo liyabuna emlonyeni wegangxa." Unyanisile kuba kwimibongo yakhe umfundi akasayi kozela alale. Sinethemba lokuba le ncwadi iza kwengeza kuncwadi olukhoyo lwesiXhosa, yaye iza kuvuselela ubhalo nofundo lolwimi lwethu. NguMbulelo NzoINTSHAYELELOUMzi Mahola uzenzele igama ngokuthi abe ngomnye wababhalibaseMzantsi Afrika abaziwayo ehlabathini. Le ncwadi ayibizangegama elithi, "Ezingaqhelekanga," lilinge elingaqhelekangalokubona umbhali eguqulela umsebenzi wakhe kolunye ulwimiukuze ube licham nakwisizwe sakowabo esilwimi lusisiXhosa. Phantse iminyaka yaba ngamashumi amane uMzikayise Mahola,obhala phantsi kwegama elinguMzi, ebhala imibongo ngolwimilwesiNgesi. Incwadi yakhe yokuqala yemibongo ethiywe ngegamaelithi, "Strange Things" yonyulwa ukuba ibe yenye yezo zayakumela uMzantsi Afrika kumboniso weencwadi zehlabathieGeneva ngowe-1995. Enye incwadi yakhe esihloko sithi, "WhenRains Come" yaphumelela iwonga elibizwa ngo-Olive Schreinerngowama-2000 ukuya kowama-2001. Waphinda wabhalaenye, nayo eyemibongo ethi, "Dancing in the Rain," kwazakwalandela ethi, "Last Chapter." Eminye yemibongo kaMaholayaye yaguqulelwa kwiilwimi ezintandathu (6) ezizezi: IsiJamani,isiTurkey, iSpanish, Norwegian, Danish kwanesiMalayalam saseIndiya. Eminye imibongo imana ifakwa liSebe lezeMfundo ukubaifundwe ngabafundi besiGaba se-11