Most Popular Books by Gcina Mhlophe

Our Story Magic is a collection of enchanting and compelling tales written by Gcina Mhlophe, South Africa’s most popular performance storyteller. The illustrations are by artists from Mhlophe’s home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Read and share these eleven stories with the love that went into creating them.

Mhlophe tells stories from African folklore.

This anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over Africa. Sumptuous hand-sewn collage artwork decorated with African beads adorns these unforgettable tales of bravery, wisdom, wit and heroic deeds

Gcina Mhlophe is a poet, playwright, performer and South Africa''s favorite storyteller. In this fascinating retrospective collection, she shares her personal journey through the social and political landscapes of the 1980s, with its recollected moments of struggle and transformation along the way. Written in a variety of styles and voices, ranging from anecdotal memory to historical moment to folklore tradition, these simply presented poems and stories are by turns funny, touching, chilling, thought-provoking and absorbing. Love Child is a collection for the new millennium generation. It is valuable not just for the deeply-felt personal and political insights it has to offer, but for the accessible ease with which it manages to capture the seminal moments of black South African history in the preserving amber of the author''s personal recollection.

Zandile lives with her grandmother in Durban, a bright child who dreams of growing up to become a teacher . . . until her world is turned upside down when she is kidnapped by her natural mother and expected to conform to the ways of life in the harsh, rural Transkei homeland. Have You Seen Zandile?has won the Edinburgh Festival''s Fringe First Award, and Gcina Mhlophe won Chicago''s Jefferson Award for Best Actress.

A fantasy accounting of how the pattern of the turtle''s shell was formed.

Cambridge Reading Routes is a reading programme for the first seven years of schooling in South Africa.

Hi, Zoleka! friends call. But Zoleka has something on her mind. So she walks quietly with her mother and her little brother to church. Will she remember all the words of the verse she has to recite for the Palm Sunday service?

''Hi, Zoleka'' friends call. But Zoleka has something on her mind. So she walks quietly with her mother and her little brother to church. Will she remember all the words of the verse she has to recite for the Palm Sunday service?

Do contato com a avó, Gcina aprendeu a gostar de histórias fantásticas que marcaram tantas gerações dos povos africanos. Dez dessas histórias estão aqui e resgatam valores supremos, que regem a vida do ser humano em qualquer parte do planeta, como justiça, ética e respeito.