Scan barcode
A review by azu_rikka
Innards: Stories by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
3.5
I love the tone and the voices of these interconnected shortstories. The different races are authentically depicted first via language (though it might fly over people's heads who don't understand the words) and second via their history.
I like the layers of the stories, showing victims being perpetrators being rescuers and the other way round, all the grey areas of individuals and communities.
Also, the author points out current political and social issues in a straightforward way.
For me, the stories could have been linked a bit more tightly and although I loved the slang, it might make her writing less appealing for Non-South Africans, as it is a mix of many languages (Afrikaans, Zulu, Sotho etc)
I like the layers of the stories, showing victims being perpetrators being rescuers and the other way round, all the grey areas of individuals and communities.
Also, the author points out current political and social issues in a straightforward way.
For me, the stories could have been linked a bit more tightly and although I loved the slang, it might make her writing less appealing for Non-South Africans, as it is a mix of many languages (Afrikaans, Zulu, Sotho etc)