In her much anticipated memoir, Sisonke Msimang writes about her exile childhood in Zambia and Kenya, young adulthood and college years in North America, and returning to South Africa in the euphoric 1990s.

Click on the link above for more about the book!

Msimang chatted to Alma-Nalisha Cele and Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane of The Cheeky Natives, in a wonderful conversation covering interracial relationships, wokeness and the politics of black women and mothers.

Msimang also recommends her favourite writers, including Pearl Cleage, Zukiswa Wanner, Mohale Mashigo, Arundhati Roy, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Claudia Rankine and Jamaica Kincaid.

Msimang begins by reading this excerpt from the book, ‘Why I Write’:

Listen to @Sisonkemsimang talk to us about her memoir #AlwaysAnotherCountry. This is from 'Why I write' https://t.co/JjHjPdYycc pic.twitter.com/HNI1UMvUbm

— The Cheeky Natives (@CheekyNatives) October 27, 2017

Listen to the podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/user-404664175/thecheekynativestalkstosisonkemsimang

View some photographs from the recording on The Cheeky Natives’s Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/cheekynatives/posts/361831874274209

Categories International Non-fiction South Africa

Tags Always Another Country Jonathan Ball Publishers Podcasts Sisonke Msimang The Cheeky Natives