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Imbokodo (Imbokodo) [Mabanna, Thabiso]

Imbokodo (Imbokodo) [Mabanna, Thabiso]

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Author: Thabiso Mabanna, Thabo Rametsi

An action-packed Afrofuturist epic graphic novel about love of family, the brutality of war, and finding strength and power even in the toughest of circumstances.

In the land of the pyramid sun, Ndawo, a single step for the Badimu (Gods) is a thousand Muntu (human) lifetimes. And in the war of the Badimu, from the smallest cut shall flow rivers of Muntu blood...endless rivers of blood.

The war among the Badimu cast a darkness over Ndawo--a darkness that birthed genocide and war among the Muntu. And now, a thousand years later, Ndawo remains divided into several empires. As the brutal Muntu war reaches bloody crescendo, numerous young girls mysteriously go missing from their villages, leaving behind only a trail of carnage in their wake.

In the empire of Mwenemuntapa, a nameless woman, whose sister is among the missing, fights to join the ranks of the elite warriors tasked with investigating the missing girls. They are the greatest warriors in all of Ndawo--they are THE IMBOKODO.

Collects Imbokodo #1-#4.

Publisher: Penguin Random House
Published: 12/09/2025
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781506743851

About the Author
Nguniverse Bio

Nguniverse Studios is a film production studio formed in 2020 by award-winning actor Thabo Rametsi and corporate finance strategist Thabiso Mabanna. The company was formed to tell African stories through highly bankable genres that would see Africans well represented in sci-fi, historical epics, superhero, action and comedy films and television.

Thabo Rametsi Bio

Thabo Rametsi is a multi-award-winning South African actor, writer, director and producer who has led critical and commercially successful African films like Kalushi, Amandla and Silverton Siege. He is represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Myman Greenspan. Along with producing partner Thabiso Mabanna he formed Nguniverse Studios as a vehicle to tell genre-bending African stories through print and filmmaking. Through Imbokodo, his comic book writing debut, they hope to create a cinematic universe.
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