Janelle and Alyssa *used* to be friends. Best friends. They knew each other's deepest secrets and went through the hardest times together. But that was then. Now? Their status is somewhere between frenemies and full-on rivals. Janelle is all about making a difference in her community, while Alys
Sorry, Not Sorry
โ Scribed by Dawjee, Haji Mohamed
- Book ID
- 110474917
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House South Africa
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781776092666
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Why don't white people understand that Converse tekkies are not just cool but a political statement to people of colour? Why is it that South Africans of colour don't really 'write what we like'? What's the deal with people pretending to be 'woke'? Is Islam really as antifeminist as is claimed? What does it feel like to be a brown woman in a white media corporation? And what life lessons can we learn from Bollywood movies?In Sorry, Not Sorry, Haji Mohamed Dawjee explores the often maddening experience of moving through post-apartheid South Africa as a woman of colour. In characteristically candid style, she pulls no punches when examining the social landscape: from arguing why she'd rather deal with an open racist than some liberal white people, to drawing on her own experience to convince readers that joining a cult is never a good idea. In the provocative voice that has made Mohamed Dawjee one of our country's most talked-about columnists, she offers observations laced with an...
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