183pp., colour illus., paperback, Real African Publishers, Johannesburg, 2024
ISBN: 9781776456727
Former South African ambassador to Brazil, Vusi Mavimbela, explores relations between Africa and Brazil and their histories of colonialism and slavery.
Vusi Mavimbela is a former Umkhonto we Sizwe combatant, former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency under Thabo Mbeki, former Director General in the Presidency under Jacob Zuma, and former ambassador in Zimbabwe, Egypt and Brazil. He is the author of Africa and the Testament of the Gods, the memoir Time is not the measure, and No lullaby for my country, a collection of poems.