Noni Jabavu

Drawn in Colour

Memoir of cultural awakening and belonging exploring Xhosa family and identity

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Noni Jabavu
Noni Jabavu

South African author whose Drawn in Colour and The Ochre People are pioneering memoirs of Black intellectual life in apartheid South Africa. She was the first Black South African woman to publish in English.

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