Comments on: The Afro pessimists are restless

By: Kameraad Mhambi

Kameraad Mhambi — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:24:04 +0000

Hi Dolla welcome. I prefer Zuma to Mbeki – that is true.

Daniel, the theme runs like a thread through the whole book. That Mbeki was part of a tribe that had made common cause with the British at the expense of other Xhosa groupings.

That in their village thay had lived on the fault line between the westernised Xhosas and the Africans, and that he did not know how to relate with the latter.

This theme continues throughout the book.

By: SAP

SAP — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:32:00 +0000

How dare you write about South Africa and your “favourite” South African writers! You are not living the African dream. You are just a fake!

By: Dolla

Dolla — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:13:22 +0000

Hi Mhambi,
Your clearly a Zuma fan.

By: daniel.waweru

daniel.waweru — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:44:22 +0000

Mhambi,

I’m not seeing the claim that Mbeki was an Afropessimist; how does that work? (More like how does Gevisser make it?)