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26 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 26 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 Bertha House Kopanong @16h00 Bertha House Kopanong Unmaking Fear: Shana Fife Pumla Gqola and Sue Nyathi speak to Sara-Jayne King about everyday acts of courage and resistance against the patriarchy
Shana Fife is a a a a a a a work-from-home mother of three who runs a a a a a a a very successful blog She has a a a a a a a BA in Live Performance Music and and Film Film from from AFDA Film Film School and and a a a a a a Certificate in Journalism from from City Varsity She does content production for various businesses She is is is a a a a a a a 2019 fellow of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and NB Publishers’ mentorship programme Ougat is is is her first book Professor Pumla Gqola holds a a a a a a a Doctor of of Philosophy (magna cum laude) in Post-Colonial Studies from Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität München in in in Germany and is is a a ä a a a a a full professor in in in Literature with specific focus on African feminism African literature Race Class and and Gender and and Histories of Slavery She has authored several books including the winner of the 2016 Sunday Times Award Rape: A A A South African Nightmare Her most recent book The Female Fear Factory was published in 2021 Sukoluhle ‘Sue’ ‘Sue’ Nyathi was was was born and raised in Bulawayo She was was was called ‘Sue’ ‘Sue’ by her her 3rd grade teacher who was was was unable to pronounce her name name This is is is is the name name she she is is is is known by by and and under which she she writes She is is is is a a a a a a a writer by by passion and and an an an investment analyst by profession Sue has written three novels – The The Polygamist (2012) The The GoldDiggers (2018) and A Family Affair (2020) She also contributed to Black Tax (2019) (2019) and Hair (2019) (2019) Most recently she has edited When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out (2021) Sara-Jayne King is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a South African journalist radio presenter (Cape Talk) and now author whose career spans more than a a a a a a a a a a a a a decade and has taken her across the globe in in search of of extraordinary people with remarkable stories The result of of an an an illegal affair between a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a white British woman and black South African man man during apartheid King’s own story as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a transracial adoptee moved out out of South Africa to England in in the the early eighties forms the the basis for for her debut book a a a a a a memoir Killing Karoline She is is passionate about issues relating to identity race adoption mental health and addiction 13