‘I like the idea of a black girl kicking butt’ – Bontle Senne chats about her Afrocentric children’s books
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Bontle Senne chatted to Beautiful News about her new Shadow Chasers series of books.
The books are set in Johannesburg and tell the story of a young black girl and boy who travel through a magical world in search of their family history.
The first two of the trilogy have already been released.
“I like the idea of a black girl also kicking butt and breaking down the gender stereotype,” she says.
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Stranger than fiction – share the story of reimagining black heroes with author Bontle Senne's trilogy of fantastical children’s books.Click here for more #BeautifulNews: http://bit.ly/BNSenneMade possible by Mercedes-Benz South Africa
Posted by Beautiful News South Africa on Monday, April 24, 2017
Categories Fiction South Africa
Tags Afrofuturism Beautiful News Bontle Senne Childrens books Fantasy Shadow Chasers Speculative Fiction
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