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NCOCONUT

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A SARRATED from a teenager’s perspectiv­e, Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut is recklessly daring. It explores the intimate experience­s and dilemmas of a young girl who, like the society around her, is undergoing changes that call old boundaries, comforts and certitudes into question. She is conflicted about the two worlds presented to her. One by her family and the other by the realities of life in South Africa. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourh­oods, go to private schools and have white friends. As is the case with any child, all that these children want is to grow, to be loved; but most importantl­y, to fit in. Fitting in, however, comes at the cost of one’s blackness – too white for black, and too black for white. Coconut is named after the fruit.

AA LIFE

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POWERFUL autobiogra­phy of a woman who became a doctor. She was drawn to a circle of activists including Steve Biko, whose colleague and lover she became. Ramphele was detained and banned to a remote part of the Transvaal.

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THE YEARNING -

ARUBINI is a young woman who has an enviable life in Cape Town, working at a wine farm and spending idyllic days with her friends ... until her past starts spilling into her present. Something dark has been lurking in the shadows of Marubini’s life from as far back as she can remember. It’s only a matter of time before it reaches out and grabs at her. The Yearning is a memorable exploratio­n of the ripple effects of the past, of personal strength and courage, and of the shadowy intersecti­ons of traditiona­l and modern worlds.

WHEN THE VILLAGE SLEEPS

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HEN the Village Sleeps is a visionary novel about what the loss of identity and dignity do to a people afflicted by decades of brokenness. Told through the lives and spirits of four generation­s of amaTolo women, including The Old, who speak wisdom with ever-increasing urgency, it moves between the bustling township setting of Kwanele and the different rhythms of rural village life. It recalls the sweeping sagas of the great A.C. Jordan and the Dhlomo brothers and invokes the poetry of S.E.K. Mqhayi, while boldly exploring urgent and contempora­ry issues.

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