The Color of Bone - a glimpse of what's to come in this anthropological fiction

WARRIORS OF THE ASSEGAI

A four-part anthropological fiction

By

Ian Rakoff

BOOK ONE

The Color of Bone

In a pre-colonial era our antecedents held equality and dignity above individualism. These values were passed on through tradition and custom interpreted by a sangoma − the keeper of the bones. This esteemed personage was the embodiment of a belief in ubuntu.

The southern lands of the continent were vast. People and animals migrated and roamed extensively. This early part of humanity, the Nguni, did not impose any permanence on the land unlike the people north of the Limpopo who built homes with stones to last countless generations.

To be continued...