Smashwords — About Erna Buber-deVilliers, author of 'Tlou! Tlou! The Elephant-Singers of Botshabelo'

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Location: South Africa
Member Since: May 07, 2011

Erna Buber-deVilliers

Biography

I am a retired high school art teacher, with a bit of time, at last, to pursue my many and diverse interests. I hope to get those books that are inside me out. One of them is a kind of auto-biography-with-family-history (I think). My research for that one led me to translate Tlou! Tlou! - the first of my writings published on Smashwords.

Where to find Erna Buber-deVilliers online

Website: http://zakerna.homestead.com
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LinkedIn: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/erna-buber-devilliers/b/456/14

Books

Tlou! Tlou! The Elephant-Singers of Botshabelo by Erna Buber-deVilliers
Price: $2.99 USD. 45540 words. Published on May 28, 2011. Nonfiction.

(4.00 from 1 review)
The book tells the story of the Batloung, a Batswana tribe of Southern Africa. It provides historical insight into the Batloung's ancient customs, practices and beliefs. It describes the experiences that shaped a people - from a time before their first encounter with whites and the Gospel, up to the challenges of the uneasy social structures of twentieth century South Africa.

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Smashwords book reviews by Erna Buber-deVilliers

The Sunflower That Roared on June 10, 2011

Highly imaginitive. A delightful little epic.
Luke's cubby House on Oct. 11, 2011

I LOVE the cover of the book and the title promises a good story. The actual writing could do with a spot of editing - there are some small spelling errors and discrepancies (it took me a while to work out that Luke and Tom knew each other from school... and what was Tom doing in the car all by himself?) I enjoyed the part where Luke was getting his cubby ready for visitors. It has nice detail. I would have liked a description of Luke and his dad building the house: getting the materials together, their conversation, and so on. I think the story is worth expanding a bit.