in words and images
The hybrid-memoir I wrote, Too White to Be Coloured Too Coloured to be Black: On the Search for Home and Meaning, was published at the end of April. The in-person launch was led by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and the online launch was led by Ferial Haffajee, two of the most exceptional people I know. The…
If we treat the Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuizen’s visit to war-ravaged Ukraine as something important, meaningful, sincere and significant, we are duty bound to explore some of the motivations for his journey into the warzone. This applies to those of us who believe that there should be no limitations on what may be thought…
The memoir I worked on last year has been published. It is being distributed to bookstores at the moment. It’s a somewhat daunting thing. I now have to engage in things like book launches, literary festivals (three in the next two months) as well as radio and TV interviews. These are the least favourite things…
I don’t have Birdseye chilies, so these fresh chillies will have to do. Conventional Recipe 10 or more birds eye chillies 4 garlic cloves, peeled 2 tbsp light soya sauce Juice of 2-3 limes 1 tsp sesame oil DIRECTIONS: Blend together chilies and garlic cloves for a few seconds. Add to a bowl Add light…
I just have to post this picture of my brother Farouk, his wife Johra and their daughter Ruwayda on her 40th birthday.
In the next t4 hours I will be signing off on the on the book, a hybrid of memoir, commentary and analysis of South Africa’s contemporary history and persistent racial ordering. It should go on sale by 20 March.
Well, the final proofs have been done, the pictures (for the picture section) have been submitted, and the book is in the design stage. The expected date of the launch is late March. In the meantime, the publisher and marketing people have suggested that I go back onto social media. So, one month after de-activating…
A few years ago I quit Facebook, and by the end of this year I will be off Twitter. Two main reasons for leaving twitter is that it is becoming a rather toxic platform. I will miss the deeply insightful posts and discussions by friends I hold dear, but I can always go to their…
The first half of next year (2022) will be dedicated to the publication, marketing and publicity that will inevitably be part of the release of my memoir. The publishers have made the final decision on the title, and they will probably present it to me after the design and final proof process in early January….