NMLP P-005427 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Promise

Damon Galgut · Umuzi (Penguin Random House South Africa) / Chatto & Windus (London) · 2021

The Umuzi South African edition (13 May 2021) precedes the Chatto & Windus UK hardcover (17 June 2021) and is the earliest printed first; the US Europa Editions is later. A widely cited early-April US Kindle date appears to be unreliable e-book metadata, not a printed precedence. Collectors should distinguish the SA paperback-original first from the UK hardcover first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-005427 for "The Promise" by Damon Galgut (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-005427, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).