Khayone is an outcast from his village – no longer ‘Ta-Killer’ but nofotyela – one who contaminates and is forced to live in the forest with his girlfriend, Onikwa. He is not the only outcast in Kwanoqabaka. Sintu, the new king, has returned from the city after his father’s death. But he too has a secret that could threaten his life …
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