WOMAN ZONE STORIES

• WOMAN ZONE STORIES: Dominique Malherbe - on writing

  Law, Life and Langenhoven was the title of Dominique Malherbe's event at 'Nave Narratives', the first ever book festival in Stanford in the Western Cape. But author of two memoirs and a book called 'Searching for Sarah', Dominique offered much more - primarily about her life 'in writing'.

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• MEET THE AUTHOR: Goretti Kyomuhendo

  Among the many literary legends attending the Open Book Festival this year, was literary activist Goretti Kyomuhendo from Uganda. Her latest novel Promises (Catalyst Press) straddles Kampala and London and took her fifteen years to complete. But co-founder of FEMRITE in 1995, she has many stories to tell, including here, a little of her own.

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• WOMAN ZONE STORIES: Nomandla Vilakazi

  Ode to Sara is a short documentary produced by filmmaker Nomandla Vilakazi as part of her Master's thesis at the University of Cape Town. It features the story of 19th Khoisan woman Sarah Baartman, with whom Nomandla's own journey is inextricably linked. It also features the poem written by Diana Ferrus on the repatriation of Sara's remains and will be followed by a second doccie called simply Bones. Nomandla spoke to Theresa Smith of Woman Zone as part of the Artscape Women's Humanity Festival. Arts

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• MEET THE AUTHOR: Veruska De Vita

  The title Deep Blue: Why we love the sea (Jonathan Ball) says it all. But for journalist, writer, communications specialist and diver Veruska De Vita, there is so much more, and the book is not just her own story. 'Water is primordial. It represents hope and renewal.' Veruska will be a speaker at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town from Sept 5th to the 7th, but you can get a taste of Deep, right here...

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• MEET THE AUTHOR: Xolisa Guzula and Sue Williamson

  As part of this years Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival, we held a special WZ Book Club – a sort of double bill about women and apartheid. We spoke to literary activist Xolisa Guzula, one of the co-authors of a book called Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid (Jacana) and to artistactivist Sue Williamson, a Festival icon whose retrospective exhibition at the Iziko SA National Gallery is called There’s Something I Must Tell You. Take a listen here to what they had to say.

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