Crowning of the Roosters

The Crowing of the Roosters Tells the Story of Nomfusi Vinah Yekani Who, As a Young Xhosa Schoolgirl, Has Her Dream of Becoming a Teacher Shattered When a Handsome Young Man Takes Her for His Wife. in a World Where Age--Old Traditions Hold Sway, Nomfusi Struggles to Come to Adjust to Her New Role As a Wife, Daughter--In--Law and Mother. When Her Husband Starts Cheating on Her, She Realises That Her Destiny Lies Beyond the Family Home of Her In--Laws. but Escaping the Shackles of Her Marriage Means Imprisonment of a Different Kind for Nomfusi; the Growing Town of Somerset West is a Hostile Place for Any Black Person Without a Working or Living Permit. the Crowing of the Roosters is a True Story of Personal Loss and Courage, Taking the Reader From the Rural Area of the Eastern Cape Province to the Cosmopolitan Bustle of the Informal Settlements Near Cape Town.