reneilwe malatji

An exploration of black female experiences with both romantic and filial love through short fictional stories that face both tragedy and humor.

These stories range in voice and style, using both humor and tragedy to offer a unique glimpse into the interior lives of black South African women and the cultural expectations and social burdens placed on them in the name of love, marriage, and motherhood.

This is Reneilwe Malatji's debut into the United States.

Its South African edition (published by Modjaji Books) won the Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for best original creative work by a woman in 2014.