Title: ‘Penumbra’ Author: Songeziwe Mahlangu Publisher: Kwela Books, Cape Town Pages: 212 Reviewer: Funke Osae-Brown Life in post-apartheid South Africa could be very tough. It is the toughness of trying to find a place in a society where discrimination was once and still rife is what Songeziwe Mahlangu seeks to do in his novel ‘Penumbra.’ […]
Title: Happiness, Like Water Author: Chinelo Okparanta Publisher: Granta Publications, London; 2013 Pages: 196 Reviewer: Funke Osae-Brown Women have been portrayed in different ways in African novels. Male African novelists have portrayed women in different light. Rural, ravaged or urban whores are very common ways women have been depicted in African writings. These are […]