After leaving the black township of Guguletu, South Africa, Sindiwe Magona earned her master’s degree at Columbia University. She currently lives in New York, where she works at the United Nations. She has contributed to The New York Times and her work has been anthologized in Under African Skies.
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When the Village Sleeps is a visionary novel that explores the loss of identity and dignity in a people afflicted by decades of brokenness. Told through the lives and spirits of four generations of amaTolo women, including The Old, who speak wisdom wit... SEE MORE