The Sins of the Fathers

A Short Story

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The Sins of the Fathers

By: Zukiswa Wanner

Narrated by: Kai Tshikosi

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The last in the Afrolit Now series, The Sins of The Fathers by Zukiswa Wanner is narrated by a man dealing with immense grief. When he’s unable to heal from the trauma of loss, Akani begins to question his and his father’s role as a parent and, in doing so, awakens to the patterns between them. In trying to avoid being like his father as a husband and as a parent, did he inadvertently become exactly the man he wished not to be? And what secrets lie untold? As he grieves, he wonders whether he was ill-advised to keep secrets that may unwittingly hurt his family.

The Sins of The Fathers explores the toxicity of masculinity from the perspective of one man and asks, even with full recognition of who we should not become, can we avoid destiny?

Zukiswa WannerKai TshikosiAudible OriginalsAfrolit Now

Family Life

Women's Voices

Heartfelt

Genre Fiction

Family Life Women's Voices Heartfelt Genre Fiction

About the Creator

Zukiswa Wanner was the first African woman to win the Goethe Medal, a German national prize given to non-Germans, for her contribution to cultural relations. Her debut novel, The Madams, was shortlisted for the K. Sello Duiker Memorial Award in 2007; her third novel, Men of the South was shortlisted for Commonwealth Best Book in 2011; and her fourth novel London Cape Town Joburg, won the K. Sello Duiker Award. Wanner has also written three children's books, a travel memoir, and a satirical nonfiction. She has been a columnist for publications including True Love and Mail & Guardian(South Africa), Nation (Kenya), New African (United Kingdom), and has written for some non-African publications like New York Times, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and The Guardian. She is a 2022 Moi University African Cluster Centre Fellow in Kenya; 2018 Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study Fellow, and 2016 Danish International Visiting Artist (DIVA). She is founder and curator of the virtual literary festival, Afrolit Sans Frontieres (now Virtually Yours), and Artistic Encounters, which has taken place in Nairobi, Kenya; Johannesburg, South Africa; and from June to September 2023, Zurich, Switzerland.

About the Performer

Kai Thomani Tshikosi is a South African-American actor, director, fight and intimacy designer, and educator. Favorite acting credits include: The Public Theater: JORDANS (u/s). Trinity Rep: Sweeney Todd, black odyssey, The Prince of Providence (u/s), By the Queen (assistant director). Brown/Trinity Rep: The Book of Lucy, Mr. Burns; A Post Electric Play, Angels in America, Much Ado About Nothing, Bathhouse.ppt, On the Y-Axis. Selected Regional: Romeo and Juliet (Huntington Theater Company), Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), black odyssey boston (Front Porch Theater Collective/Central Square Theater), Macbeth, Equivocation, The Tempest (Actor’s Shakespeare Project), Franklin (Boston Playwright’s Theatre), Colossal, (Company One), Cyclops: A Satyr Play (OBERON/ART). Education: MFA Brown University/Trinity Rep. Proud son of the greatest mom in the world. tshikosi.com. IG: @thesupremekai

ORIGINALS

Powerful Storytelling • Emotional Depth • Soothing Voice • Well-developed Characters • Universal Themes • Perfect Tempo