BULLSH!T: 50 Fibs That Made South Africa

Written by Jonathan Ancer

Narrated by Rebecca Davis

An outrageous miscellany of serious and light-hearted lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tells the tall tale of South Africa.

 

The fibs come thick and fast, like a burst sewerage pipe:

• Why everything we’ve learnt about Shaka Zulu, ‘Africa’s Napoleon’, is a pack of lies.
• Back in the darkest of ages (the 1970s!), citizens were told that there were satanic messages if you played some of The Beatles songs backwards.
• National icon Hansie Cronje was a paragon of virtue, and integrity … until he wasn’t.
• President Nelson Mandela told us that we, as a nation, were ‘special’. Turns out we aren’t.

 

Whether a fabulous fib, an artful con, a doctor’s spin, or simply a bald-faced lie, there’s something for everyone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
• Release date: Mar 29, 2024
• ISBN: 9781776194124