Bulala: A True Story Of South Africa

by Cuan Elgin, Robert Alan Balaicius (Editor)

Editorial Ilana Mercer author of Into the Cannibal's Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South - "Cuan Elgin is a rare a born-and-bred South African man; an English-speaking Afrikaner, a Caucasian African, married to a tenth-generation descendant of hardy Trek-Boer pioneers; the dour indefatigable people whom Sir Arthur Conan Doyle described as "one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth." Except that Cuan's "Bulala" is never dour. Uneven, maybe-like the events it describes. Infuriating perhaps too-in part because it pulsates with conspiracy and pooh-poohs politically correct conventions. Nevertheless, Cuan writes with a great heart; his "Bulala" throbs with a passion for the South-Africa landscape and people. In the true tradition of the African storyteller, he lives and breathes Africa. And-also in the true tradition of the same storyteller-his voice is raw and real. Men and authentic Boer women will delight in the action-packed, intertwined story of Boer, Briton and Bantu. (The man knows his firearms!) Decades of emasculation-legal and cultural-have created a hunger among modern men for heroic, historic narrative, fiction and non-fiction. The story of the South African settlers is every bit as epic as that of the American settlers. Despite their comparable foibles and frailties, the last haven't been blackened by historians as much as the first."

Genres: Africa, War, Nonfiction

392 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Preston · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've finally finished this amazing book "Bulala". It opens one's eyes to what our American media refuses to reveal. This book did everything a book should do. I've chuckled over "Rock Spiders", learned about the True Pioneers of South Africa, was left shocked over atrocities, and felt the adventurous Spirit along the way.

When the eyes are enlightened, the words of truth are sweet to its soul. This book brings out the Anglo Saxon "Boer" inside each of us. I definitely will be singing it's praises to friends along the way. One hell of a good read and I wish to thank the author Cuan Elgin for his tremendous work on this subject. So, "Buy a Donkey" !! That's "Baie Dankie" (Thank You) in Suid South Afrikaans ! 5 Stars !! September 20, 2013

[Robert Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed a well written historical and truthful novel about South Africa.

I met the author during a weekend market in Hermanus, Western Cape SA and he said his story was not very politically correct but put the facts down the way they happened. Highly recommended!!

Can't wait for the sequel