AFRICA IS MY WITNESS (Limited Collectors’ Edition, Inscribed by Author)

Johannesburg: Blue Crane Books, 1966

Small 4to, vii + 344pp. Half leather hardcover binding, gilt lettering to spine, and gilt tooling to boards.

Limited collectors’ edition of 800 copies, of which this is no. 623. Inscribed by author.

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1921 – 2020) was a Zulu sangoma (traditional healer) from South Africa. He was known as an author of books that draw upon African mythology, traditional Zulu folklore, extraterrestrial encounters and his own personal encounters. His last work was a graphic novel called the Tree of Life Trilogy based on his writings of his most famous book, Indaba my Children. In 2018 he was honoured with an USIBA award presented by the South African Department of Arts and Culture, for his work in indigenous wisdom. Credo was a sanusi (common spelling isanuse) which is a type of Zulu diviner or sangoma. The term stems from a more historic time and is not widely used today, even in a traditional setting. Credo lived with his wife Virginia in Kuruman, Northern Cape, where they ran a hospice clinic. (wikipedia.com)

Condition: Very good. Slight rubbing to boards and spine, minor scuff marks to spine. Slight bumping/wear to corners of boards. Some wrinkling to endpapers and especially to pastedowns. Text is clean. Solidly bound.