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26 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 26 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 Bertha House Kopanong @12h00 Bertha House Kopanong A A Map of Loss: Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika Bongani Kona and and Bridget McNulty speak to Joy Watson about how we survive
Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika is a a a a a writer editor and and the podcast host of of ‘The Nine Lives of of Depression Survivors’ The Tzaneen-born and and bred essayist literacy advocate advocate life coach and and mental health advocate advocate has been writing for years but still sees herself as a a a a a a a a baby writer Her debut book Broken Porcelain is a a a a a a a a collection of essays exploring mental health She is an an an an avid bookstagrammer (@blackfeatherhideout) who who promotes Black writers and and their work and and a a a a a a a a a a a plant mom who who doesn’t believe that there is such a a a a a a a a a a a thing as having too many plants You can find her her ranting and being goofy on all social media at @relebone everywhere Bongani Kona is is is a a a a a a a writer editor and lecturer in the the the Department of of History at the the the University of of the the the Western Cape His His work has appeared in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a variety of places including Chimurenga Safe House: Explorations in in in in Creative Nonfiction The Daily Assortment of Astonishing Things and and Other Stories The Baffler and and BBC Radio 4 He was awarded the the Ruth First Fellowship in in in in 2019 and shortlisted for for the Caine Prize for for African Writing in in in in 2016 Most recently he he has edited Our Ghosts were Once People (2021) Bridget McNulty is is a a a a a a writer content strategist and co-founder of Sweet Life South Africa’s largest online diabetes community Following the the the loss of her her mother she she battled to find the the the support
she she needed Her first book book The Grief Handbook weaves her personal experience with expert psychological insights and practical advice to to enable you you to to navigate your grief in in your own way Joy Watson is is is is a a a a a a a a a a feminist feminist researcher with 20 years experience in in in feminist feminist activism Her research research areas of specialization include women women women in in in in politics women women women and and and governance violence against women women women and and and analyzing public policy and and and expenditure from a feminist perspective She has just published her her debut novel The Other Me 11