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Zukiswa Wanner

Zukiswa Wanner

Writer

Zukiswa Wanner is an African writer who was born in Zambia and currently lives in Kenya. In 2006 she published her debut novel, The Madams. Since then she has published three more novels (Behind Every Successful Man, 2008, Men of the South, 2010 and London Cape Town Joburg, 2014, which won the K.Sello Duiker Prize in the same year), a satirical non-fiction book (Maid in SA: 30 Ways to Leave Your Madam, 2013, also as stage adaptation), literary travel memoirs (Hardly Working, 2018) and three children's books (Jama loves Bananas, 2011, Refilwe, 2014 and Africa: A True Book, 2019). Zukiswa Wanner has already received numerous awards for her works.

Contributions by Zukiswa Wanner