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Romeo and Jabulile Tackle Xenophobia
I just recieved a copy of Romeo and Jabulile by Lutz Van Dijk recently and I’m still busy with it but thought I should share another review I came across. Read here for moreRomeo And Jabulile by Lutz van Dijk (Maskew Miller Longman), R59,95. ISBN: 9780636044760 – Township love stories do not comprise popcorn and Coke at a cinema or a romantic lunch at a fancy restaurant. Afrikaans author Lutz van Dijk knows this and portrays it very well in this unorthodox love story.
The introduction for Romeo and Jabulile quotes Desmond Tutu, speaking after South Africa suffered bouts of xenophobic attacks. Romeo, a Zimbabwean, falls in love with Jabulile, a local, and no one is happy with this.
It highlights how much more harder this relationship has to fight for the two to be together.
The story does away with the frills of what has become the norm in the romance genre. Romeo And Jabulile is not only socially relevant but it is contemporary and edgy at the same time too.
It might be aimed at the youth, but provides an intriguing setting for love. Van Dijk also used it as an educational tool by translating some Xhosa words into English.
These also include each chapter’s heading. There is a concise glossary of common township words that are used in Western Cape townships such as Langa, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha.
SIBUSISO MKWANAZI
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