• LED BY SHEPHERDS, an initiate's memoir

LED BY SHEPHERDS, an initiate's memoir

: Rakabe (J.)

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175pp., paperback, Jacana, Johannesburg, 2025

ISBN: 9781431435722

 

Jeffrey Rakabe on his experience as a twelve-year-old undergoing the weeks-long traditional koma initiation ceremony, a rite he believed was key to his manhood. Years later, as a student, Rakabe questions the possible links between the language of initiation and the crisis of gender-based violence in South Africa.

Jeffrey Rakabe grew up in the Lebowa region of Limpopo and currently lives in Johannesburg. He graduated from the Tshwane University of Technology with a Diploma in Art and Drama.