MAKINTA TALES

First Edition: 148 pages, frontispiece and other full page line drawings, original blue cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

'A collection of stories told by an old Mosotho philosopher and seer, revealing by means of narrative the Mosotho's outlook upon life. The stories cover most phases of Native life, and deal not only with primitive conditions but extend to modern problems caused by contact with European Civilisation. They are therefore of great ethnical, psychological and sociological interest.' Editor's note.

'Gottfried Heinrich Franz (30 September 1896 – 7 December 1956) was an African writer of novels about the native inhabitants of South Africa, especially the Basotho, in which he illuminates aspects of this tribe's culture, way of life and mythology. He is a winner of the W.A. Hofmeyr Prize for his writing. In addition to Afrikaans, he also writes textbooks, prose and dramas in Northern Sotho.' (https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Franz)