EW BLOG

Futhi Ntshingila is a writer from Pietermaritzburg. She has published three books, Shameless, and Do Not Go Gentle and her latest book, They Got to You Too. In this interview with EW Blog’s editor, Futhi reflects on writing They Got to You Too, why she decided to use the K-word, and talks about unburdening oneself from things unspoken.

Dan Moyane is the author of I Don’t Want to Die Unknown published by Tracey McDonald Publishers. In this interview with EW Blog’s editor, the media elder, as Moyane is affectionally known talks about writing the book, why he always wanted to be famous, and why he believe Mozambique founding father, Samora Machel was assassinated.

Kojo Baffoe is a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. Baffoe published his book through Pan MacMillian South Africa titled, Listen to Your Footstep early this year. In this interview with EW Blog’s editor, the former Destiny Man editor talks about writing his book, fatherhood, poetry.

Mandy Weiner is a celebrated journalist and author. In 2020, she released her fifth book titled, The Whistleblowers published by Pan MacMillan South Africa. In this Q&A, Mandy reflects on why she wrote this book, the mental state of some of the whistleblowers she interviewed and calls on the South African government to protect whistleblowers.

Over the last 10 years, Janine Jellars has written extensively about the #NaturalHair movement in South Africa. Janine has a new book titled, The Big South African Hair Book– which has been described as a book of its special kind. In this Q&A, Janine reflects on writing the book, its importance to the natural hair movement, and whether wearing natural hair is a political act.