Is it coz I'm black?

SEQUEL TO THE BEST-SELLING SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS
ARE WHITE


SOUTH AFRICAN BEST-SELLER

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Is It Coz I’m Black? - NEW TITLE
Ndumiso Ngcobo
Humour/South African non-fiction
R145
9781920137250
160

April 2009

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION
The much-anticipated follow-up to the best-selling Some Of My Best Friends Are White sees the urban Zulu warrior returning to aim his streetwise eye at a fresh range of typically South African characters and social issues. His range of targets this time around includes the various incantations of his coloured cousins, the mind-bogglingly awful South African driver, personal-security paranoia that sees us living in Amish-style complex enclosures, black men with condom troubles, the notion that our “xenophobia” is actually xenophobia, the ludicrous mammal-sacrificing ceremonies of traditional African weddings, general government incompetence and very very scary angry-white-male syndrome… The result is another collection of laser-sharp commentary, with no regard for political correctness or sacred cows of any size, shape or form – South African satire at its best.

To read Ndumiso's blog, visit http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/silwane.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ndumiso Ngcobo was born in Mpumalanga Township in KZN. Initially raised on a rural diet of conservative Catholicism and Zulu traditionalism, he now successfully incorporates writing and beer drinking into his daily job description. He is a screenwriter for several TV shows and is the author of Some Of My Best Friends Are White.

REVIEWS

“Ngcobo is the expert on the bar chat, the raconteur in the shebeen. But he is not the bore with the beer. He is the one who makes you laugh, even if he is what he describes in his book as ‘an accidental satirist’… His satirical writing works so well because he does not restrain himself” – Gillian Anstey, Sunday Times

“In this much anticipated follow up to his hilarious debut collection Some of My Best Friends Are White, Ndumiso Ngcobo takes aim at a new range of South African characters and social issues including Jacob Zuma, Robert Mugabe and xenophobia. Ngcobo’s lack of fear of holy cows and no-go areas is refreshing and always entertaining” – Push Print

“Ndumiso Ngcobo's humour is universa but be warned: No one and nothing is sacred. And for any coloured readers who felt left out of his last rant, Ngcobo has made a special effort” – James Mitchell, The Star

"Hilarious" - Justice Malala

"Ndumiso Ngcobo is the kind of writer that makes other writers cry. That's because he's one of those guys who was born with it. He doesn’t have to slog away like the rest of the hacks. Ngcobo just writes and what he produces is some seriously funny, achingly smart, stuff" - Tanya Pampalone, Mail & Guardian

"There are no sacred cows for this hilarious satirist… A must-read and a great gift for anyone who has a sense of humour about South Africa" – Women 24