Marie Claire South Africa — January 2018

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THE FIRE

NEXT TIME

by James Baldwin

(Penguin Books,

R213)

‘Baldwin’sThe Fire Next

Timeis is an absolute

masterpiece. It’s well

written and is one of my

favourite books ever.’

A FIELD

GUIDE TO

GETTING LOST

by Rebecca Solnit

(Penguin Putman

Inc, R278)

‘This is one of the

most incredible

books written

in the last few years.’

THE

POISONWOOD

BIBLE

by Barbara Kingsolver

(HarperCollins, R311)

‘Barbara Kingsolver is

such a talented writer;

I’m a big fan of her work.

This novel is definitely

one of her best.’

THE GOD OF

SMALL THINGS

by Arundhati Roy

(HarperCollins, R190)

‘The God of

Small Things

by Arundhati

Roy is one of my

favourite books

of all time. I might

go so far as to

say that there’s

never been a book

that has been

better written.’

ALWAYS ANOTHER

COUNTRY(Jonathan Ball

Publishers, R240) is available

nationwide.

At the end of 2017, Sisonke

Msimang released her much-

anticipated memoir, Always

Another Country. The book

chronicles her exile in Zambia

and Kenya, her student life in the

United States and her eventual

return to South Africa in the ’90s.

As much as she lays bare her

disillusionment with present-

day South Africa, Sisonke also

explores her own identity. ‘This

book,’ she told Marie Claire,

‘was a means of exploring

the way to tell a story from

the perspective of an ordinary

person, with South Africa as the

backdrop, while talking about

things that are important to its

citizens at the moment. This

book is really about all South

Africans and our search to fi nd

a place in this country.’

Writer, activist and storyteller

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

‘These books have inspired me and

helped shape me into the woman and

thinker I am today’ 

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‘I started running a while back, and now it’s become

so much a part of my life, that when I don’t do it, I can

feel it in everything that I do. It’s become something

that helps me as much on a mental level as it does

a physical level.’ - Sisonke Msimang

WHEN I AM MOST HAPPY