Kopano Matlwa: 4 books

A powerful and timely novel from 'South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie' (Bookseller) . **'Heart-wrenching'**Grazia . With urgency and tenderness Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender and the medical profession through the eyes of a junior doctor. When Masechaba finally...

An important rumination on youth in modern-day South Africa, this haunting debut novel tells the story of two extraordinary young women who have grown up black in white suburbs and must now struggle to find their identities. The rich and pampered Ofilwe has taken her privileged lifestyle for granted,...

A story of two passionate people who share a shameful past and a tenuous present, this remarkable narrative follows headmistress Mohumagadi-of the elite Sekolo sa Ditlhora school for talented black children-and Father Bill, a disgraced preacher, as they are brought together again decades after a childhood...

Period Pain captures the heartache and confusion of so many South Africans who feel defeated by the litany of headline horrors; xenophobia, corrective rape, corruption and crime and for many the death sentence that is the public health nightmare. Where are we going, what have we become? Period Pain...