Ungulani ba ka khosa biography of christopher

Ualalapi is a novel by Mozambican writer Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa. It was published in 1987, and won Mozambique's Grande Prémio da Ficção Narrativa in 1990.^[1]

Ualalapi is the name of a Nguni warrior who is destined to kill Mafemane, brother of Mudungazi (later called Ngungunhane).

This fictional story, a collection of six loosely related episodes, describes the life of hosi ("king" in the Tsonga language) Ngungunhane, celebrity of the resistance to the Portuguese at the end of nineteenth century.

Ungulani ba ka khosa biography of christopher

Ualalapi's telling of the story creates an epic ambience, however, an oral tradition describes the emperor as a tyrant rather than a hero. The author tracks his rise to power over his murdered rivals and his eventual decline.

The story is a disguised warning against tyranny. The rough and aggressive personality of the character is radically contrasted with his son Manua, who is passive and pro-Occidental. This opposition will display the conflict of the identity