Sindiwe Magona is an internationally renowned South African writer who has received many awards and widespread recognition for her writing, her activism and humanitarian work. She has written novels, children's books, short stories, poetry, biographies, autobiographies, essays, radio plays, and a screenplay. Magona was awarded the Order of iKhamanga by the President of the Republic of South Africa in 2011. She is Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Renée Schatteman is Associate Professor at Georgia State University (USA) specialising in postcolonial literature. Among other books she is the co-author of Voices from the Continent, a three-volume curriculum guide to African literature and co-editor of Five Points: Special Issue on the Writing and Art of South Africa.

• Editor’s Introduction: I Write the Yawning Void – Renée SchattemanAuthor’s Introduction: Writing South Africa’s Yawning Void – Sindiwe MagonaPart I: Coming to WritingChapter 1 The Scars of Umlungu Chapter 2 Clawing at Stones Chapter 3 Finding My Way Home Chapter 4 It is in the Blood: Trauma and Memory in the South African Novel Part II: Writing About Pressing IssuesChapter 5 Address at the Funeral of a Young WomanChapter 6 Do Not Choose PovertyChapter 7 Cry, the Beloved LanguageChapter 8 We Are All Racists!Part III: Writing About My WritingChapter 9 Why I Wrote My Autobiographies Chapter 10 Why I Wrote Mother to Mother Chapter 11 Why I Wrote Beauty’s Gift Chapter 12 Why I Wrote Chasing the Tails of My Father’s CattleChapter 13 Why I Wrote When the Village SleepsChapter 14 Why I Write Children’s StoriesConclusion: A Tribute To Those Who Paved The Way: André Brink And Other S/HeroesContributorsIndex

Sindiwe Magona is an internationally renowned South African writer who has received many awards and widespread recognition for her writing, her activism and humanitarian work. She has written novels, children's books, short stories, poetry, biographies, autobiographies, essays, radio plays, and a screenplay. Magona was awarded the Order of iKhamanga by the President of the Republic of South Africa in 2011. She is Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Renée Schatteman is Associate Professor at Georgia State University (USA) specialising in postcolonial literature. Among other books she is the co-author of Voices from the Continent, a three-volume curriculum guide to African literature and co-editor of Five Points: Special Issue on the Writing and Art of South Africa.

• Editor’s Introduction: I Write the Yawning Void – Renée SchattemanAuthor’s Introduction: Writing South Africa’s Yawning Void – Sindiwe MagonaPart I: Coming to WritingChapter 1 The Scars of Umlungu Chapter 2 Clawing at Stones Chapter 3 Finding My Way Home Chapter 4 It is in the Blood: Trauma and Memory in the South African Novel Part II: Writing About Pressing IssuesChapter 5 Address at the Funeral of a Young WomanChapter 6 Do Not Choose PovertyChapter 7 Cry, the Beloved LanguageChapter 8 We Are All Racists!Part III: Writing About My WritingChapter 9 Why I Wrote My Autobiographies Chapter 10 Why I Wrote Mother to Mother Chapter 11 Why I Wrote Beauty’s Gift Chapter 12 Why I Wrote Chasing the Tails of My Father’s CattleChapter 13 Why I Wrote When the Village SleepsChapter 14 Why I Write Children’s StoriesConclusion: A Tribute To Those Who Paved The Way: André Brink And Other S/HeroesContributorsIndex

Sindiwe Magona is an internationally renowned South African writer who has received many awards and widespread recognition for her writing, her activism and humanitarian work. She has written novels, children's books, short stories, poetry, biographies, autobiographies, essays, radio plays, and a screenplay. Magona was awarded the Order of iKhamanga by the President of the Republic of South Africa in 2011. She is Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Renée Schatteman is Associate Professor at Georgia State University (USA) specialising in postcolonial literature. Among other books she is the co-author of Voices from the Continent, a three-volume curriculum guide to African literature and co-editor of Five Points: Special Issue on the Writing and Art of South Africa.

• Editor’s Introduction: I Write the Yawning Void – Renée SchattemanAuthor’s Introduction: Writing South Africa’s Yawning Void – Sindiwe MagonaPart I: Coming to WritingChapter 1 The Scars of Umlungu Chapter 2 Clawing at Stones Chapter 3 Finding My Way Home Chapter 4 It is in the Blood: Trauma and Memory in the South African Novel Part II: Writing About Pressing IssuesChapter 5 Address at the Funeral of a Young WomanChapter 6 Do Not Choose PovertyChapter 7 Cry, the Beloved LanguageChapter 8 We Are All Racists!Part III: Writing About My WritingChapter 9 Why I Wrote My Autobiographies Chapter 10 Why I Wrote Mother to Mother Chapter 11 Why I Wrote Beauty’s Gift Chapter 12 Why I Wrote Chasing the Tails of My Father’s CattleChapter 13 Why I Wrote When the Village SleepsChapter 14 Why I Write Children’s StoriesConclusion: A Tribute To Those Who Paved The Way: André Brink And Other S/HeroesContributorsIndex