Writer tells a lot, shows little
Activist-turned-banker Lincoln Mali’s memoir Blazing a Trail is well intentioned but sadly it misses the mark in many ways
The right to die, warts and all
The activist professor’s second book explores the unvarnished truth behind assisted death
Here Goes Nothing: Novel holds mirror to our social egos with sharp humour
Having explored the fear of life and death in the first two novels, Steve Toltz’s third novel delves into public opinion
Clare: The terror of the mundane
Christopher Clark’s debut book, Clare: The killing of a gentle activist’ explores the context of the murder of an activist in KwaZulu-Natal
Mandela as ‘underdog’ and a fresh look at the liberation struggle
In Spear: Mandela and other Revolutionaries, Madiba is cast as an underdog and the rise of Umkhonto weSizwe is explored by reframing the archives. In Ghosts of Archives we encounter the history of the liberation struggle, often signified by the iconography of Mandela, not as a linear progression but as a holistic improvisation