Please note that the glossary is set out in the sequence the words first appear in the story. Please let me know if I missed any words that you find unfamiliar.
1. ‘Sangoma’ is a traditional healer otherwise more infamously known as a witch doctor.
2. ‘Hao’ is an exclamation of surprise in the Tswana language spoken in South Africa.
3. ‘Heê’ is an expression of shock in the Tswana language spoken in South Africa (akin to the phrase ‘oh my word!)
4. ‘Hai’ is an expression if resignation in several languages spoken in Southern Africa.
5. ‘Yebo’ means ‘yes’ in the Zulu language spoken in South Africa.
6. ‘Umqomboti’ is sorghum beer, made from a certain type of wheat grown in most fertile parts of Africa.
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TLADI
Fantasy'Tladi' is a narrative mostly based in an unusual African village nestled between the desert and the sea where a variety of cultural groups have mysteriously gathered to cohabit in the fulfillment of a secret purpose. In this setting, the outsider...
