The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes

Adebajo, Adekeye

ISBN 10: 143143079X / ISBN 13: 9781431430796

Published by Jacana Media, 2021

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # rev7678771866

Synopsis:

Set over five days in an African Hereafter called “After Africa”, this story revolves around the British South African imperialist, Cecil Rhodes, awakening in an After African Limbo after being asleep for 120 years. Guided by Ghanaian writer Efua Sutherland, he is taken on a tour of After Africa’s five heavens, experiencing Africa’s great civilisations, its Nobel laureates, its writers, its musicians and its sporting legends. The novella centres on the grand trial of Cecil Rhodes in the fifth heaven for five crimes committed in the Herebefore.

About the Author: Two Counsel for Damnation – Olive Schreiner and Stanlake Samkange –face off against two Counsel for Salvation – Nelson Mandela andHarry Oppenheimer. The seven judges from Africa’s five sub-regionsand its North American, Caribbean and South American diasporasare also well-known figures: Ruth First, Wangari Maathai, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali, Patrice Lumumba, Taslim Elias, Maya Angelou andToussaint l’Ouverture. “Many people want Rhodes to fall, and his statue is definitively toppled by Adekeye Adebajo.” – Ken Barris, award-winning writer “[…] The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes can become the most powerful drama on all theatre stages of Africa […]”– John Kani

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes
Publisher: Jacana Media
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good