Rithuli Orleyn

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

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