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This May, Rebel Satori is honored to be releasing an epic work of creative history by Zimbabwe author Thabo Clive Mathonsi:

EZIZWENI: Untold Stories Of An Ancient African Civilization

Thabo Clive Mathonsi

It all begins with the medieval age of Africa most glorious clans and empire’s! The world at this point is not bound by boundaries nor continental separations and in the mist of it all,rules Menelick,a Bhanda Emperor.His territories and power stretch limitlessly throughout Africa and he is a notable descendants of ancient giants. However his judgement and rule is overlooked by his own people and even more so by his son Theodore who wants the throne for himself! With the help if the great General Rah,one of king Menelick’s trusted men,Theodore overthrows his father from the throne and murders any royal opposition to his new power except the right heir,his big brother ,Nazaar! Nazaar is one of the best fighters and schemer to ever live and he retaliates and refuses his young brother’s ploy by creating an army of his own to take back his birthright.

However as the two colossals engage in a series of clashes over the years, an albino is born and he is the bastard child of the late king Menelick.Another contender to the royal throne of the Bhanda empire. He like his brethen grows to be a man of great feats and even more,uses black magic sometimes!His name is Kane,the first African albino and his the most evil man that has ever lived on this earth. There are reasons of course to why he became like that but his destiny was already set before he was born by a tale known and feared by most throughout the kingdom! After being picked up by a witch who taught him and natured him to the man he became, Kane also began his quest for the throne and his journey begins after his witch mother is killed during Nazaar and Theodore’s war!

Kane finds refuge amongst the Egyptians who are great as the Bhanda if not greater and Pharaoh Naimer adopts him as one of his own! The new Egyptian Prince  learns and assimilates their ways into the Bhanda ways to create a more improved modern warfare and when the Egyptian and Bhanda finally clash under the new Bhanda king Nazaar. Egypt is led by their Pharaoh Naimer and great captains including Prince Kane! Many allies join these war as they spiral over some time including the great Queen of Sheba, King Bhengazi,the first dwarfs and even the first people of Wakanda!

Just like the proceedings of the “Mfecane”(great famine) before Shaka Zulu was king, many kingdoms disperse allover Africa because of these wars whilst some are born out of it! All these events shape Africa as it is now known, from culture up to the boundaries that varies nations now hold. Eventually many people die because of these wars but their sacrifice doesn’t  go in vain as the evil is inevitably stamped out! Kane loses at the end but at a huge cost to the whole African continent and even in his death,it still feels like he is never really dead even up to now!

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