Ontmoet vir Wanda, met haar pragtige bos hare. Sy is dapper en sterk, maar sy is ongelukkig omdat die seuns by die skool haar genadeloos terg. Deur Makhulu se haargeheime en stories leer sy egter om haar hare as 'n kroon te sien, en iets waarop sy trots kan wees. Hierdie boek gaan oor identiteit en skoonheid, en is 'n viering van hoe kultuurtrots deur generasies heen geleer en oorgedra word.

"I love my hair and one day I will be brave enough to say so!" Meet Wanda, with her beautiful hair. She is unhappy because the boys on the bus tease her. But Grandmother Makhulu has the answer...Through Makhulu's stories and hair secrets, Wanda realises that her hair is her crown - an important part of her and something to be very proud of. This is a heartwarming, inspiring story about beauty and identity - and being proud of who you are.

Nangu uWanda, nezinwele zakhe ezinhle eziyisihluthu. Unesibindi namandla, kodwa akeneme ngenxa yokuhlale echukuluzwa ngabafana esikoleni. Ngenxa yezimfihlo zikaMakhulu zezinwele nezindaba zakhe, uyakuthokozela ukuthi izinwele zakhe zingumqhele nento angaqhosha ngayo. Le ncwadi ingokuzazi nobuhle, incoma iqholo ngamasiko nokuthi lifundwa kanjani futhi ledlulselwa kanjani esizukulwaneni esilandelayo.

Footprints in the Quag highlights the occurrence and effects of domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment in the township of Soweto.

Yet her women characters are not victims – they fight back, physically or through educating their communities. They carve out for themselves social spaces where they are able to organize against such abuse.

Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. Originally published under the title Muriel at Metropolitan, the novel was for some years banned (on the grounds of language derogatory to Afrikaners) even as it received worldwide acclaim. It was later issued in the Longman African Writers Series, but has for some years been out of print and unavailable.This Broadview edition includes a new introduction by the author describing the circumstances in which she wrote Between Two Worlds.

Khawudibane noWanda, onesihlwitha seenwele ezintle. Ukhaliphile yaye womelele, kodwa akonwabanga kuba usoloko echwikishwa ngalo lonke ixesha ngamakhwenkwe afunda nawo esikolweni. Ngokumane ekhumbula iimfihlelo zikaMakhulu wakhe ngokubotshwa, ukuqhinwa nokukanywa kweenwele, uyaqalisa ukuyamkela into yokuba iinwele zakhe zisisithsaba ekufuneka aziqhenye ngaso. Le ncwadi imalunga nobuni kunye nobuhle, kwaye ibhiyozela ukuziqhenya ngenkcubeko ethi igqithiselwe izizukulwana ngezizukulwana.