Tshiremba, the great witchdoctor, has a ruthless scheme to subjugate the Zulus of kwaZulu -- Natal to his own ends in the "New" South Africa. Dr. Philemon Thlabati, is a thorn in his side, and Tshiremba is not above using ancient witchcraft to destroy his enemies. But the life of Philemon Thlabati is also influenced by powerful forces; and centuries old Zulu stories foretell of a destiny that must be fulfilled. Philemon and his friends set out on a quest to solve the mystery of a lost tribe; and along the way they find adventure, unexpected romance, and the legacy of a princess. The setting for this tale is the beautiful rolling hills, mountains and rivers of Zululand, South Africa -- Shaka Zulu's former domain. There, an epic battle between good and evil is fought with clubs, spears and cunning; and by summoning the precocious spirits of the ancestors.

A 22 year old university student is dead, cut down by a sniper's bullet on the front steps of his Harvard Yard residence just a few short weeks before graduation. There are no other victims, no threats have been made against the university or its student population, no warnings of any kind, leaving legendary BPD detective Sean Costello and his young partner John Underwood scrambling for answers to their most baffling questions; Who and Why? But to New York Times internet columnist Roy Harrington the murder is no mystery at all; the victim simply got what he deserved for his release of a devastating computer virus onto the internet two years earlier and Harrington proceeds to tell his readers the person delivering that fatal blow should be proclaimed a national hero. But the detectives aren't buying it; his timeline is all wrong, his motive far too frivolous for them to take seriously, but then only until a letter is delivered to The Times' head office telling Harrington he's a lot smarter than the cops are. The Witchdoctor is the saga of one man's quest to rid the world of a 21st century scourge one victim at a time; a man who has lost everything: his business; his family; his life's dream to a computer virus; and a man who vows to continue his vendetta until those who have caused so much suffering and grief in the world either stop, or by God they will be stopped. The Witchdoctor is also a tale of hubris; the arrogance of Big Business and a few men who believe they are above the law, while a small band of yuppies want to prove that Roy Harrington is a charlatan and his Witchdoctor vigilante a hoax.

A comprehensive collection of the new and collected works of South Africa’s second poet laureate, Keorapetse Kgositsile.

Saul didn't have so many friends that he would give one up without a fight. So when Matt disappeared, Saul started a search that led through Matt's kitchen window -- straight into a world of magic and desperate danger! Saul discovered that in this world, his love of verse made him a wizard. But his newfound magic earned him a dreadful foe: Queen Suettay, a false monarch without peer for wickedness and corruption. A fearsome sorceress herself, with armies steeped in evil ready to obey her every sinful command, she determined to break Saul's growing power -- or win his soul for Satan. Fortunately, Saul earned some stalwart friends, as well: Gruesome the troll and young Squire Gilbert; Saul's own guardian angel, and the beautiful -- if unsubstantial -- Angelique. But he'd need the help of the mysterious Spider King to spin a web strong enough to trap this tyrant!

Divination is any ritual and its associated tradition performed in order to ask a more-than-human intelligence for guidance. A universal human practice, it has received surprisingly little academic attention. This interdisciplinary collection by leading scholars in the field is dedicated to fascinating new insights into divination and oracles arising from recent work in anthropology, religious studies, history and classical studies. Central importance is given to the practical and theoretical perspectives of diviners as well as scholars of divination; several contributors are both. This book explores philosophical issues such as the nature of divinatory intelligence, the relationship between divinatory and metaphorical truth, the primacy of ontology over epistemology, the importance of reflexivity in scholarly studies of divination, and astrology as the principal Western form of divination. The ethnographic and historical examples range from contemporary Nigeria, urban Cuba, Mayan Guatemala and the shamanic cultures of the circumpolar Arctic to classical Greece and ancient Judea.