Sabata-mpho Mokae and Brian Willan discuss the meaning and relevance of Mhudi today, how the issues of language, gender and land dispossession in this novel provide us with ways of looking at history. Sabata-mpho Mokae is an academic, translator and writer. He writes mainly in Setswana and occasionally in English. He teaches creative writing at Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley. A former publisher, Brian Willan is an extraordinary professor at Sol Plaatje University and North West University.

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