Treive Nicholas’ second book:
The Girl Who Killed A Nation
Available to buy from book sellers and online from 2025.
- Whittles Publishing -
UK launch March 2025.
Presenting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival 16th - 18th May 2025.
Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka
Author and Xhosa culture expert
“Reviewing this book has granted me a new found appreciation of Nongqawuse, viewed through a lens of grace and respect”
A True Story Told Anew
Did a teenager really cause the death of 40,000 of her own people in the 1850s? Fact proves stranger than fiction. This astonishing true story unfolds as Treive travels through the South African bush but concludes at a quiet graveyard in Cambridgeshire.
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Listen to my interview with John Maytham for CapeTalk Radio.