Umbhali waseNingizimu Afrika uDamon Galgut uwine umklomelo we-2021 Man Booker Prize, okungenye yezindondo ezihlonishwayo emhlabeni, ngenoveli yakhe ethi-The Promise.
“Izindaba ezimnandi. Ngijabule, ngijabule, ngijabule. Ngiyabonga!” esho ku-Twitter uGalgut.
Okubhalwe kwinoveli yakhe, yindaba yomndeni wakwaSwarts abangamaBhunu ongajabule, ohlala epulazini elingaphandle kwasePitoli. Amulungu omndeni ashona ngamunye ngamunye, bephuca isisebenzi somndeni ifa laso elithenjisiwe – okuyindlu encane ehlala kuyo.
UGalgut ubeyintandokazi enkulu ukunqoba lo mklomelo ohlanganisa nababhali abavela kuwo wonke amazwe omhlaba akhuluma isiNgisi.
Inoveli i-The promise yanconywa kakhulu ngabagxeki, nakuba uWilliam Skidelsky we-Financial Times ayichaze ngokuthi “imnyama futhi ayinamoya”.
USkidelsy ufingqe lokho akubon kubalulekile kwinoveli: “AbakwaSwarts bangase babe isixuku nje esivamile sabamhlophe baseNingizimu Afrika, njengoba kusho umxoxi wale ndaba.
“Nokho bamelwe into enkulu. Ukuxhashazwa kanye nokwabiwa kwempahla; impahla ethathiwe futhi yangabuyiselwa; kanye nomuzwa wokubuyiselwa njalo ufika sekwephuze kakhulu.
“Akuyona yini indaba yaseNingizimu Afrika yesimanje manje?”