The Roaring Lion and Wedding Bells

the long version

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Today's world might seem like chaos, but there really is unity all around us, suggests Azaria Mbatha, if we only know how to see it. In his luminous novel, The Roaring Lion and Wedding Bells, Mbatha explores how this unity is formed by a combination of oppositions. All things, he says, come from the one, and the one comes out of all things. He uses the metaphor of jungle animals, such as the lion and tiger, wild animals that exist together, to explore the power struggles that go on with mankind.In rich, lucid prose, Mbatha follows his characters from birth to adulthood. Using real and imagined settings, characters and incidents, Mbatha lays bare the importance of history, biography, art and the world of South Africa in page after page. He investigates the dangers of colonialism in Africa, and he indicates for everyone. The Roaring Lion and Wedding Bells by Azaria Mbatha is an exquisitely written novel set in South Africa. Using the metaphor of the lion, tiger and leopard, the author explores the concept of multiculturalism and the need for people to peaceably coexist. It involves the struggle of the characters to wrap their minds, philosophically, around the effects of colonialism and the oppression of peoples (classes, races, and sexes) while at the same time constructing a valid response that fights oppression without resorting to violence or becoming the evil one is attempting to eradicate. About the Author Azaria Mbatha was born in South Africa and now considers himself a citizen of the universe. He lives in Skåne, Sweden.