---
title: "The Madonna of Excelsior"
author: "Zakes Mda"
genre: "Mystery & Thriller, Historical"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "Postcolonialism;The complexities of South African history (especially apartheid);Memory and forgetting;Cultural identity and shifting boundaries;The intersection of history and folklore/myth"
isbn_13: "9780312423827"
isbn_10: "0312423829"
asin: "0312423829"
bnid: "1103109289"
amazon_link: "https://www.amazon.com/Madonna-Excelsior-Novel-Zakes-Mda/dp/0312423829"
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bn_link: "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-madonna-of-excelsior-zakes-mda/1103109289"
source_url: "https://marciebooks.co/?search=The%20Madonna%20of%20Excelsior"
data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
---

# The Madonna of Excelsior

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