Sacred Earth Philosophy

MDLSEE003

ESINAKO NDABENI
SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY
Memoir / Manifesto
Limited Edition · 100 Copies

A 2024 Brittle Paper Notable Book of the Year

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MODEL SEE MEDIA, also known as MDL SEE [est. 2020], is a public sphere intervention and the world's first pop-up publisher of experimental literature, art and code. Founded by author MASANDE NTSHANGA, it operates as a fundraising platform, an education instrument, and a cultural device safeguarding experimental literature against market forces.

News

06.2026MDL SEE acquires GCWALA by KHULILE NXUMALO and SIHLE NTULI featuring SEITLHAMO THABO MOTSAPI.
07.2025MDL SEE author ESINAKO NDABENI launches RIOTZINE.
09.2024MDL SEE author ESINAKO NDABENI gives reading of SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY at GOETHE INSTITUT in collaboration with GBUD BOOK CLUB.
08.2024MDL SEE launches SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY by ESINAKO NDABENI at BRIDGE BOOKS.
08.2024MDL SEE publishes 100 Limited Edition copies of SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY by ESINAKO NDABENI.
07.2024MDL SEE author KHARYS ATEH LAUE donates 100 percent of proceeds from SKETCHES to the EMS FOUNDATION.
07.2024MDL SEE author KHARYS ATEH LAUE invited to the 2024 OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL.
04.2024MDL SEE author KHARYS ATEH LAUE shortlisted for the 2024 ISELE PRIZE FOR POETRY.
03.2024MDL SEE completes editing on SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY by ESINAKO NDABENI.
06.2023MDL SEE publishes 100 Limited Edition copies of SKETCHES by KHARYS ATEH LAUE.
03.2023MDL SEE acquires SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY by ESINAKO NDABENI.
03.2023MDL SEE author KHARYS ATEH LAUE shortlisted for the 2023 ISELE PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION.
05.2022MDL SEE acquires SKETCHES by KHARYS ATEH LAUE.
11.2021MDL SEE collaborates with BROWN UNIVERSITY'S LITERARY ARTS WRITERS ON WRITING SERIES to produce a special pop-up eStore edition of NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by MASANDE NTSHANGA.
03.2021MDL SEE collaborates with the English Literature and Writing Program at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS.
02.2021MDL SEE collaborates with the YALE PRISON EDUCATION INITIATIVE to produce a special edition of NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by MASANDE NTSHANGA.
01.2021MDL SEE donates 50 percent of proceeds from NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM to the GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST and AMANDLA.MOBI.
12.2020MDL SEE sells out 100 Limited Edition copies of NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by MASANDE NTSHANGA.
12.2020MDL SEE publishes 100 Limited Edition copies of NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM by MASANDE NTSHANGA.
10.2020MDL SEE is established.

Artists

ESINAKO NDABENI

Esinako Ndabeni

[b.1997] Sangoma and writer

KHARYS ATEH LAUE

Kharys Ateh Laue

[b.1990] Writer and editor

MASANDE NTSHANGA

Masande Ntshanga

[b.1986] Writer and inventor of MDL SEE

Sihle Ntuli

Sihle Ntuli

[b.1990] Writer and classicist

Khulile Nxumalo

Khulile Nxumalo

[b.1971] Writer and filmmaker

Seitlhamo Thabo Motsapi

Seitlhamo Thabo Motsapi

[b.1966] Writer and editor

Catalogue

Sacred Earth Philosophy

MDLSEE003 — Sacred Earth Philosophy

Love Books
International Orders Available
Book Circle Capital
Local Orders
Bridge Books
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Clarke's Bookshop
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The Book Lounge
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Sketches

MDLSEE002 — Sketches

Love Books
International Orders Available
Book Circle Capital
Local Orders
Bridge Books
Sold Out
Clarke's Bookshop
Sold Out
The Book Lounge
Sold Out
Native Life in the Third Millennium

MDLSEE001 — Native Life in the Third Millennium

Love Books
Sold Out
Book Circle Capital
Sold Out
Bridge Books
Sold Out
Clarke's Bookshop
Sold Out
The Chimurenga Factory
Sold Out
The Book Lounge
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Reviews & Press

07.202510 AFRICAN NONFICTION BOOKS YOU NEED ON YOUR 2025 READING LIST — JOURNAL OF AFRICAN YOUTH LITERATURE
12.2024SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY BY ESINAKO NDABENI SELECTED AS A 2024 NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR — BRITTLE PAPER
10.2024EXCERPT: SACRED EARTH PHILOSOPHY BY ESINAKO NDABENI — BRITTLE PAPER
10.2024PUBLISHING EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE: INTERVIEW WITH MASANDE NTSHANGA — BRITTLE PAPER
05.2024WAYS OF TRAVELLING: KHARYS ATEH LAUE'S SKETCHES — AFRICA IN WORDS
08.2023EXCERPT: SKETCHES BY KHARYS ATEH LAUE — BRITTLE PAPER
05.2023EXCERPT: NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BY MASANDE NTSHANGA — PARSE JOURNAL
04.2023FIVE QUESTIONS: KHARYS LAUE — ISELE MAGAZINE
03.2021MASANDE NTSHANGA PONDERS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A NATIVE IN PAST AND FUTURE MILLENIA — OKAYAFRICA
02.2021NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM: A CONVERSATION WITH MASANDE NTSHANGA — BUBBLEGUM CLUB
12.2020EXCERPT: NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BY MASANDE NTSHANGA — THE JOHANNESBURG REVIEW OF BOOKS
12.2020MASANDE NTSHANGA'S TRUTHFUL RENDITION OF NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM — NEWS24
12.2020I WAS BORN INTO A MALFUNCTIONING MACHINE: A Q&A WITH MASANDE NTSHANGA — NEWS24
12.2020MASANDE NTSHANGA CONTINUES GENRE-BENDING WORK IN NATIVE LIFE IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM — BRITTLE PAPER

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Sacred Earth Philosophy — 08.2024
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Sketches — 06.2023
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Native Life in the Third Millennium — 11.2020
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Submissions

MDL SEE does not accept submissions. Instead, collaborations with writers, visual artists, programmers, bookstores, readers and social movements are invited.

For all inquiries contact:

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