Sekalli le Meokgo

Teboho Mahlatsi

IndieLisboa 2007 • New Crowned Hope

South Africa, Austria, Fiction, 2006, 16′

A magic realism story about Kgotso, a reclusive stickfighter who lives a solitary life high up in the Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. This is a story about unrequited love, and sacrifice infused with both the cruelty and the beauty of African magic.

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