Memoir of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation classic

Memoir of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation classicMemoirs of a Born Free Memoirs of a Born Freeis a journey back through the life of Malaika wa Azania as she recounts the experience of growing up through the end of apartheid and South Africa's transition into a democratic nation. She was not born during the times of constitutionalised apartheid but is still a product of an epoch of systematic individualised apartheid. Her story is not a reflection of freedom; it is an epitome of the on going struggle

I felt like he was writing about mine

This Who Was

written over twenty years and drawn from literary journals and magazines

In 2016 the number of rhinos poached in South Africa stood at 1054 (Department of Environmental Affairs)

attempting to do an extraordinary thing - to fall in love - in a world turned upside down

has a major decision to make

Many of the stories inherited through Africa’s compelling oral tradition are between these covers: committed to paper for the first time ever

Maja herself is a singer

In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter’s proper upbringing

the book is complemented by videography and photographs by award-winning photographer Paballo Thekiso

Kingston tells the story of Chinese immigration through the experiences of the men in her family

Described as "the finest storyteller of his generation"