Zulu Victor Bravo (Electronic book text)

George Orwell had this to say about themes that touch on the political.

"'Animal Farm' was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole ."

This is not a political book but it does ask questions about the nature of tyranny and the role of prophets in our future. Benedict Vilakazi, a Zulu poet, urges his readers to honour their own heritage, to build on what has been built before rather than destroy. He is wary of prophets who seek "believers" as against those "unbelievers who strive to look after themselves." His eternal theme is played out in the bowl of southern Africa, from Black Rock, where turtles still nest on the beach-as they have done for over a million years.