Author | Thomas Mofolo |
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Translator | F. H. Dutton |
Language | Sesotho |
Publication date | 1925 |
Publication place | Lesotho |
Published in English | 1931 |
Pages | 168 |
Chaka is the third and final novel by Lesotho writer Thomas Mofolo. Written in Sesotho, it is a mythic fictional retelling of the story of the rise and fall of the Zulu emperor-king Shaka. Following its first publication in 1925, it was published in English translation in 1931.