Memoir

Memoir is a gripping account of journalistic bravery, father-son reckonings and resilience

Jeffrey Rakabe ponders transformation, trauma and tradition in a debut that challenges what it means to grow up

One boy. Three matriarchs. Endless food, love, and drama. A memoir that’s as touching as it is tasty

Writer confronts family, grief and recovery in his most vulnerable, honest book yet

This extract from playwright Anthony Akerman’s memoir tells of coming home after 17 years’ exile

South African author speaks about suicide, being a woman and her new book — a memoir

This is an edited extract from Herman Lategan’s memoir, ‘Son of a Whore’

Said Shaiye’s memoir refuses vulnerability in favour of macho, compelling inner dialogue

Book chronicles how the tragedy of losing his mother when he was a teenager propelled Kumi Naidoo into a life of fighting against apartheid

‘Bamboozled’ shows with hallucinogenic clarity that life doesn’t have to stop being hard in order to find happiness, healing and love

This is an edited extract from Razina Theba’s new book ‘A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir’

Gwen Lister’s book, ‘Comrade Editor’, weaves together a narrative from the strands of her own life, her journalism, and the wider context of Namibia’s struggle for independence

Flora Veit-Wild’s memoir provides a disquieting look into the author’s relationship with Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera

Lensman Sam Msibi’s memoir, The Accidental Frontline Journalist, reveals a life irrevocably bound to South Africa’s history

A Window on Soweto by Joyce Sikakane-Rankin provided insight during apartheid censorship