Don’t miss the Gauteng launches of Kumi Naidoo’s forthcoming memoir Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker (1-3 Nov)
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Join Jacana Media at the Gauteng launch events for Kumi Naidoo’s forthcoming memoir Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker.

‘Once you’ve read this book you will never be the same again.’ – Noel Daniels, CEO Cornerstone Institute

Growing up in apartheid-era Chatsworth, Naidoo tells how his mother’s suicide when he was just 15 years old acted as a catalyst for his journey into radical action against the apartheid regime.

In this revelatory and intimate story, Naidoo describes his political awakening, and his experiences as a young community organiser and underground ANC activist during the 1980s. His grief and anger became fuel for his efforts to help liberate South Africa and to build a better world.

Letters to My Mother will be in stores on 1 November.

Watch out for Naidoo’s author tour in Durban (5-13 November), Gqeberha (14-15 November) and Cape Town (21-27 November). Hope to see you there!

Event details

Please RSVP to rsvp@jacana.co.za and include the launch venue in your subject line.

Exclusive Books, Rosebank Mall
Tuesday 1 November 2022, 18:00 for 18:30
Welcome by Louisa Zondo
Moderated by Iman Rappetti

Love Books, Melville
Wednesday 2 November 2022, 17:30 for 18:00
Moderated by Yasmin Sooka
Panellist: Mongane Wally Serote

Exclusive Books, Brooklyn
Thursday 3 November 2022, 17:30 for 18:00
Moderated by Lukhona Mnguni
Panellist: Elizabeth Mokotong

Gauteng! Join us as we launch @kuminaidoo's forthcoming title, 'Letters to My Mother'.

Please RSVP to rsvp@jacana.co.za and include the launch venue in your subject line.#LettersToMyMother #KumiNaidooBook #makingofatroublemaker

'Letters to My Mother' will be in store on 1 Nov pic.twitter.com/mjEdOv7QUZ

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