Kantiga Finds The Perfect Name

Kantiga Finds the Perfect Name is a beautiful tale, infused with some magic that reimagines a popular African folklore for the modern child. Follow this beautiful tale, full of colour and folklore, as Kantiga tries to find the perfect name and on the journey learns a bit more about who she is and where she is from.

Written by Mabel Mnensa. Illustrated by Chantelle and Burgen Thorne. Published by Jacana Media

Available in English, isiXhosa, isiZulu and Afrikaans.

Who takes the train?

Naledi is taking the train for the first time and wonders what kind of people she will see. The train is full of surprises! This picture book is great for early readers and will keep them entertain while introducing new words for your young ones. This is a fun book for young children and good preparation for an upcoming journey.

Who takes the train? is illustrated by Ntembiso Velemane, written by Mabel Mnensa, and designed by Carla Latsky. Who takes the train? was done at the 11th Book Dash on 14 April 2018. Book Dash gathers volunteer creative professionals to create new, high-quality African storybooks that anyone can freely translate and distribute. 

Joburg Noir

Jozi's Calling is one of the 22 short stories in Joburg Noir a collection of writings about memories, legends, loss, jokes, stories, myths and experiences by twenty-two gifted and versatile authors in South Africa. It makes the reader experience present-day Johannesburg as if one were in the past. The stories seek to understand, reconstruct, reinvent and recover this city space of loss, joy, deprivation, resistance and possibility by revealing its complex dynamics. They are funny, shocking, violent, absurd, strangely tender and memorable.

Jozi's Calling is written by Mabel Mnensa. Edited by Niq Mhlongo, and published by Jacana Media. It is available at all leading bookstores.