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hamerkop hammerhead, a bird with visionary powers
 Hebba ha  Come back
Heitsi-Eibib great hunter ancestor, believed to have
died and revived many times
igqira (Xhosa) medicine man, witch doctor
kambro wild bulb resembling a sweet potato
kanni wild bulb
k arakup chameleon, a messenger from heaven
karba earthenware vessel for storing liquids
Karoo  Dry Place, the arid inland plains of the
Cape
kaross long garment made of skins sewn together
khoib man
Khoikhoin  people of people, designating the
nomads known to colonists by the deroga-
tory name of  Hottentots
khois woman
k hrab testicle
khuseti the Pleiades
kierie stick
kiewiet (Afrikaans) onomatopoeic bird name
kloof (Afrikaans) ravine
kombro edible root
k onkwa Beard Men
koo bird golden eagle
kraal enclosure for sheep or cattle (corral)
kwekwa (to have) sexual intercourse
lobola (Xhosa) bride price
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meerkat (Afrikaans) ground squirrel
 Mutsi atse  I see you
night walkers evil spirits, succubi and incubi
njaba wild bulb, resembling a truffle
piet-my-vrou (Afrikaans) onomatopoeic bird name
riem (Afrikaans) leather thong
San nomadic hunter people, otherwise known
by the derogatory name of  Bushmen
sarês an evil spirit in the form of a whirlwind
sibi rain
Sobo khoin People of the Shadows, spirits of the dead
Sonkwas robbers, derogatory name for the San
tawete gift offered as official greeting
t gai aob medicine man
t gau vagina
t gauab praying mantis, regarded as a sacred insect
thas jackal an evil spirit in the form of a jackal
tinktinkie (Afrikaans) a small wrenlike bird
T kaam Moon
T kama Big Bird, Ostrich
t koi-t koi a kind of drum
t nau taboo, unclean
torob war
tsamma wild melon
Tsaob The Smoldering Embers, the Milky Way
Tsui-Goab God, the source of good, who lives in the
Red Dawn
vlei (Afrikaans) marsh
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 The ships were like two great birds swimming toward us. And
then they came ashore, their heads so overgrown with beards and
mustaches you could hardly see their faces. They brought with
them a woman. When I, T kama, first came upon her, she was
naked, smooth, white, all alone. I called her Khois, woman.
So begins the luminescent tale told by a young African tribal leader
of his tormented love affair with a white woman left behind by Vasco
da Gama s sailors in 1498 when they sailed around the Cape of Good
Hope. In this provocative fable, the acclaimed South African writer
André Brink brings alive the story behind one of the great myths of
the founding of his troubled land. Rich with magic, Cape of Storms is
a work of mesmerizing beauty.
 Searing...A stunning introduction to
[Brink s] work  Publishers Weekly
 A delightful narrator, full of lust and wit and a profound
understanding of what motivates men, both African
and European  Philadelphia Inquirer
 His story is funny, ribald and sad,
all at the same time.  Arizona Republic
André Brink is one of South Africa s most eminent novelists. He is the author of 17
works of fiction, has been twice shortlisted for the Booker prize and is an outspoken
recorder of South Africa s turbulent history from the days of apartheid to the present.
Fiction $10.95 U.S. ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-1720-3
ISBN-10: 1-4022-1720-X
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