Fiction
The current ‘free read’ is actually the episode King of Kaaps from the podcast channel Bertha’s World.
If you in southern Africa, the best place to get a copy of my fiction books is direct from the publisher. Otherwise Exclusive and Wordsworth bookstores.
Outside southern Africa, all major bookstores will order or stock copies and, of course, there are Amazon and other online retailers.
D’après Bertha
A French Language Translation of Bertha’s Law
Ceux qui ont connu Bertha la décrivaient comme une guerrière, mue par une seule conviction : tous les êtres vivants naissent libres et doivent le rester. Sa vie mystérieuse, connue grâce à des récits oraux et des témoignages écrits, prend ici forme à travers une série d’épisodes et de tableaux fictionnalisés. En sillonnant l’Afrique, elle élabore des plans pour libérer les animaux qu’elle croise sur son chemin — poules, hiboux, autruches, chimpanzés, ânes, éléphants et bien d’autres encore — tout en tissant des liens profonds avec les personnes qu’elle rencontre, comme les enfants tanzaniens Bakari et Amida, son sauveur nigérien Ifeoluwa ou encore Alphonse, un commis voyageur. Mais le danger rôde à chaque détour, et Bertha doit affronter une galerie de personnages inquiétants : des chasseurs et trafiquants d’animaux au Kenya, un gangster nommé Jérôme (alias Galette) en Afrique du Sud, le sinistre Mathieu, artiste de cirque en RDC, et même des goules, transportées par le vent du désert du Kalahari. À la fois hilarant et tragique, ce récit est celui de sa foi inébranlable en la liberté des animaux. Quoi qu’il en coûte.
édité par African Sun Media (SunLit imprint).
Bertha’s Law
Those who knew Bertha called her a ‘warrior’ whose singular motivation was that all creatures are born free spirits and must remain so. Based on oral and written accounts, Bertha’s mysterious life is told through a collection of fictionalized episodes and images. Criss-crossing Africa, she hatches plans to free the animals she encounters–chickens, owls, ostriches, chimpanzees, donkeys, elephants and many others–forming profound friendships with the people she meets along the way like the Tanzanian children Bakari and Amida, her Nigerian rescuer Ifeoluwa, and traveling salesman Alphonse. But there is danger in almost every situation and Bertha must reckon with a bizarre array of characters. There are hunters and animal traders in Kenya, a gangster Jerome (aka Spares) in South Africa, the menacing circus performer Mathieu in the DRC, and even ghouls blown in from the Kalahari desert. Hilarious and tragic, this is the story of her uncompromising belief in animal liberty. No matter the cost.
Published by African Sun Media (SunLit Imprint).
Selected short stories and flash fiction
1. Yes, your honour.
In the episode The Hunter in Bertha’s Law, it is sometimes asked whether Bertha’s actions
were intentional or accidental. Was she aiming at the hunter, or merely trying to scare him off and he was struck by the ricocheting bullet?
These are the three testimonies delivered under oath from the three people involved: the hunter, the guide who accompanied him, and Bertha.
Coming in 2026 as a free read.
2. Yafa and the 104
What is hope?
This piece of flash fiction was accepted into the volume of fiction and non-fiction, edited by Mark Potterton with foreword by Edwin Cameron.
Published by Jacana Press Staging Post (2026). See the non-fiction page.