Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka
Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka is an agriculturalist by training and a writer with an unquenchable passion for Xhosa heritage and culture.
Mercy has a double Master’s degree in Agriculture, Climate Change and Transition from the National University of Ireland and the University of Montpellier SupAgro in France. She has published two books, The Dissonant Rainbow (2019) and To My Young Self (2020).
She currently lives in Bulungula on the Wild Coast, where she runs Homba Crafts, a bead and Xhosa craft-making company. The company creates opportunities for young unemployed women in the area.
