← Noni JabavuDrawn in Colourby Noni JabavuMemoir of cultural awakening and belonging exploring Xhosa family and identityFind on Amazon↗About the authorNoni JabavuSouth 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.More by Noni JabavuThe Ochre PeopleMemoirs exploring Xhosa culture, colonialism, and personal transformation→