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A former newspaper editor who studied at Georgetown University in the USA and the University of Hull in the United Kingdom, Kaizer Mabhilidi Nyatsumba is a senior business executive in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has published eight books, with the others being "When Darkness Falls", "A Vision of Paradise", "In Love With A Stranger", "Silhouttes", "UMLOZI". "All Sides of the Story: A Grandstand View of South Africa's Political Transition" and "The Shaman".
Reviewed by Roy T. James for Readers' Favorite
Incomplete Without My Brother, Adonis by Kaizer Mabhilidi Nyatsumba is a moving memoir that tells of his close relationship with his brother Adonis from childhood until the latter’s brutal murder. How his brother gets his name, Adonis, fun and games with fellow children, exchanging Christmas presents with a girl inside a parked car, and getting stabbed by her boyfriend for it are only some of the escapades in the boys’ childhood in South Africa. The book also describes how they maintained their close association despite the journeys and changes in residence imposed by their studies. He gets the opportunity to go abroad (when he wears his first new suit in life) for further studies, flies to the USA, completes an orientation course, and joins Georgetown University. His studies, making friends and new relationships, marriage to his old girlfriend Patricia (when he gets his second new suit!), becoming a father, flying back to the USA, followed by divorce make interesting reading. His return from the USA, joining the editorial team of The Star newspaper and The Independent, frequent interactions with his brother Adonis, and marriage are the interesting part of the remaining pages.
Incomplete Without My Brother, Adonis by Kaizer Mabhilidi Nyatsumba is the chronicle of an eventful life. The challenges he faced from early childhood and the industrious nature he exhibited make this an inspiring tale. Each and every page of this book is replete with incidents and responses capable of evoking hopes and aspirations in a reader. Well written and stimulating, this memoir can bring out all that is dormant in a reader, especially of a constructive nature.
