She is the author of the novels "Gem Squash Tokoloshe" and "Sister-Sister". He escaped shortly afterwards, giving credit for his escape to the all-powerful tokoloshe. During his trial, Msomi claimed that he was merely a conduit for the evil tokoloshe. Even so, one chief felt that Msomi might return after death as a tokoloshe himself. "Tokoloshe Man" was covered by Happy Mondays. It was released independently by Tokoloshe on December 28, 2012. In Zulu/Xhosa mythology, Tikoloshe, Tokoloshe, De'Avion or Hili is a dwarf-like water sprite. Msomi claims that during this exchange he was co-opted by an evil spirit, a tokoloshe. "Tokoloshe Man" was a 1971 UK hit single by John Kongos, released on Fly Records. In the same year they also covered his "Tokoloshe Man", for the compilation album, "".