International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award 2002

Books nominated for the 2002 Award

South Africa 1945. Colonel Willem Stewart de Veer breaks the taboo of the straight-laced society and marries a coloured woman. His own family declares war on him. But twenty years later, in this land of strange loves and hates, destiny brings the families together. This time, the choice is clear. It is not about colour; it is about the struggle.
Sisa Moshesh Stewart and his cousin Johan de Veer, despite their immense differences, are brought together by fate. They must rally forces behind them that will see the end of apartheid. But they must first reckon with the head of the de Veer family, Paulus de Veer and a few like-minded diehards, who are not prepared to give in, no matter what the cost.

Lily Mabura was born in 1975 in Nairobi, Kenya. She holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Nairobi. She speaks English, Spanish and Kiswahili. She is the author of Ali the Little Sultan, a book for children, which won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature as the Best Children's Book 2001. The Pretoria Conspiracy is her first novel and won the National Book Week Literary Award for the Best First Novel in 2001. She is currently living and writing in Meru, Kenya.

The Pretoria Conspiracy	Nominated ISBN: 9966882464	Find out more about the author on the following websites:
by
Lily Mabura

Nominated by:
Kenya National Library Service, Nairobi, Kenya

Books nominated for the 2002 Award
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