Sindiwe Magona Author

Sindiwe Magona is a multiple award-winning motivational speaker, author, poet, playwright, storyteller and actor. Her previously published work includes two autobiographical books, To My Children’s Children and Forced to Grow, two collections of short stories, Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night (Africa’s 100 Best Books of the 20th Century) and Push-Push and Other Stories, and two novels, Mother to Mother, along with, most recently, Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle. Magona has also published thirty children’s books – in all eleven languages. Magona has received numerous literary awards as well as awards in recognition of her work around women’s issues, the plight of children, and the fight against apartheid and racism. Magona lives and works in Cape Town. She is currently doing her PhD through the University of the Western Cape.