The Biography of Dumile Dlakiya

"Dumile Dlakiya’s biography, tells us about the real life occurrences that characterizedhis life from childhood until adulthood. The book begins with Dlakiya’s boyhood,which was spent mostly growing up in the rural areas of Transkei which was thehomeland of the Xhosa tribe which is now under the Republic of South Africa. Hetakes us through his life during his school days and up to tertiary level. One interestingevent in Dumile’s childhood that is portrayed in the Book is the description of howDumile would resist going to school because he liked to be riding horses and trainthem. The author gives us an insight of how hard and risky it was for him to travelto work and all the challenges he faced in the corporate environment. There are somany more interesting and dramatic events in Dumile Dlakiya’s life that occur over thecourse of his biography. One of these scenes is during his time as a young man whojust started working, we get to see his character when things do not go his way andhe had to fi ght for what he believed was right for him when he was staying in a housein Saldahna Bay with other students. We get to know the author in his space as weget introduced to his wife, the kids and what challenges the young man had to faceduring his marriage life. The author makes decisions that affect his marriage and weget to see how he took advantage of the changes in his life. Through all the challengesin the author’s life, he never gave up on his dreams and one of those dreams was topublish a book about his life and he fi nally achieves his dream. He has gone under atransformation from a mischievous young boy, intelligent young man and by the end ofthe book he has gained so much intelligence that he is determined to write and makehis mark on the world."