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MEET THE AUTHOR: Lidia Rauch - 'Apartheid's Granddaughter' (opens the original)
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She was born at the 'crossroads of South Africa's past and present' into a white privilege created by the apartheid system of the then ruling party. Her grandfather, Fanie Botha, was one of its longest serving ministers. But, over the years, Lidia Rauch has challenged the beliefs on which she was brought up and has committed herself to anti-racism work. Apartheid's Granddaughter tracks the sometimes bumpy journey and is an 'Invitation to Courage, responsibility and Healing'.
WOMAN ZONE STORIES: Dr Mmatshilo Motsei (opens the original)
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One thing all we all have in common is that we are all born. But, there are different Ways of Being Born ( Jacana ) . It's these that, in her book of the same name, subtitled Tracing the Footprints of Birth in Africa , Dr Mmatshilo Motsei investigates. Comparing indigenous knowledge with biomedical practice. Researched in South Africa, it is a universal issue.
FINDING HERSELF: Donica Merhazion (opens the original)
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To know yourself, it's said, you have to know where you've come from. For Ethiopian-born Dornica Merhazion that meant writing, and sharing, her activist parents story in a book called Born at the End of the World. We caught up with her at a busy Open Book Festival to hear the beginnings and the background.
FINDING HERSELF: Krystle Zara Appiah (opens the original)
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For Krystle Zara Appiah, author, editor, screenwriter, the light shone on a writing path from an early age. She works for The Novelry now, but her journey of discovery in the world of words has seen her cross continents and cultures - with books that tell the story. We spoke to her on her recent visit to Cape Town's Open Book Festival .
FINDING HERSELF: Lola Akinmade (opens the original)
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Born in Lagos, schooled in the US and based in Sweden, Lola Akinmade is something of a phenomenon - a Vital Voice, award winning photographer, travel writer, teacher, speaker, author of, most recently, Bitter Honey - we were pleased to speak to her just prior to the Open Book Festival in Cape Town to find out where it all began.
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