I Write, Said Fred: Fred Khumalo, according to one of his publishers,has been described as a ‘reluctant Zulu’, ‘clever black’ and an ‘equalopportunity offender’, but for Amabookabooka he is one of SouthAfrica’s leading story tellers - who blends history and fiction intothrilling novels. He’s written 11 books. His first, Bitches Brew,turned 15 this year. His latest is The Longest March, which tells thetale of 7000 Zulu miners who walked for 10 days from Johannesburg toLadysmith in 1899. Fred took this historical event and added a lovetriangle. He then showed that he’s not 'all talk and no walk' andfollowed in the footsteps of the miners, making the 350km journey byfoot. He talks to us about the similarities between writing andwalking, how he's keeping sane during the lockdown, and the worstperson to be isolated with (spoiler alert: this person's name startswith an 'S' and ends with a 'teveHofmeyr').