Hardly Working: A Travel Memoir of Sorts by Zukiswa Wanner
Ten years after her first book was published, Zukiswa Wanner leaves her Nairobi home on an adventure-filled road trip with her partner and son. Travelling by road to the southernmost country in Africa, she gets stranded in a border town in Malawi; finds herself in the midst of a protest against bond notes in Zimbabwe that shows her that Mugabe isn't the force that he once was. And while dealing with immigration officials from Uganda to Ukraine, she learns what it means to carry an African passport. Wanner deals with the politics of the nations she considers home as well as she the politics of literary festivals and writing with the same touch of humour that has been her signature since her first book.
Specs
- ISBN / ISSN #: 978-0-9870198-1-3
- Word Count: 54878
- Page Count: 224
- Book Size: 5.5" x 8" (134 x 204mm)
- Format: Paperback
- Category/genre: Travel Memoir
Pre-Order
Hardly Working is on pre-order until 2 March
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Zukiswa Wanner
Hardly Working is award-winning South African writer Zukiswa Wanner's sixth book. Her other solo projects are The Madams (2006), Behind Every Successful Man (2008), Men of the South (2010), Maid in SA (2013), London Cape Town Joburg (2014). She has also authored two children's books, Jama Loves Bananas (2011) and Refilwe (2014). Wanner has contributed short stories to anthologies including 66 Books: 21st Century Writers Speak to the King James Version Bible (2011) and The Gods Who Send Us Gifts (2017). She co-authored the Mandela home biography 8115: A Prisoner's Home (2010) with the late award-winning photographer Alf Kumalo. In 2013, she was selected as one of 39 African writers under the age of 39 most likely to change the direction of literature in sub-Saharan Africa. Wanner is the curator of Artistic Encounters in Nairobi, Kenya and can be found in an African city near you without notice.