Hierdie is nie 'n gewone A tot Z boek nie …

Met elke letter van die alfabet vereer hierdie boek die bydrae van vroue tot Suid-Afrika se verlede, hede en toekoms. Met behulp van kort, maklik leesbare biografieë en illustrasies, wat so helder en vol vernuf is soos die vroue wat dit uitbeeld, deel hierdie boek die lewensverhale van 26 Suid-Afrikaanse rebelle, kunstenaars, moeilikheidmakers, atlete, dansende divas en vryheidsvegters.

Hierdie boek is iets van ʼn Suid-Afrikaanse weergawe van Rad American Women en Good Night Rebel Girls, maar met ʼn eie tuisgemaakte smaak van buitengewone vroue.

Ambre Nicolson is ʼn skrywer en redakteur woonagtig in Kaapstad. Voor en na die verwerwing van grade in Engels en joernalistiek aan die Rhodes-universiteit, was sy ʼn skoonmaker in Londen, ʼn muurskilder in Barcelona, ʼn taalstudent in Sjanghai, ʼn boeknavorser in New York, ʼn onderwyser in Taipei en ʼn tydskrifredakteur in Kaapstad. Sy is ook ʼn redakteur van die storievertelling-publikasie, Molo.

Meet the rebels, artists, troublemakers, athletes, dancing queens and freedom fighters that shaped our past – and are changing our future.

An A To Z Of Amazing South African Women tells the stories of 26 trailblazing South African women through accessible stories and illustrations that are as bright and bold as the women they depict. From Fatima Meer to Caster Semenya, Natalie du Toit to Dope St Jude, this is a book about women who ask too many questions, who defy injustice, who refuse to take no for an answer. It is a celebration of the courage and determination of the activists, scientists and storytellers who have gone before us – as well as a recognition of the everyday heroism of ordinary South African woman doing extraordinary things.

The book takes its inspiration from the worldwide bestseller An A To Z Of Rad American Women and is the work of writer Ambre Nicolson and illustrator Jaxon Hsu, a husband and wife team based in Cape Town.