IMALI YEZIPOKI

296pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2021

This book was awarded the Gold Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2021.

Text in isiZulu.

Sgegede digs up his late grandfather's buried treasure of Kruger rands and converts them to cash, but his family's sudden wealth raises questions in the community.

“African magical realism and rural-urban thriller" for young adults.

Sandile Ngwenya lives in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Imali Yezipoki is his debut novel.