By Emeka Ugwu

• Title: Nobody’s Business
• Author: Thabo Jijana
• Publisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
• Number of pages: 180
• Year of publication: 2014
• Category: Faction

‘The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again’. – Alan Paton.

Thabo Jijana, budding writer and author of Nobody’s Business, does not belong to the Rainbow Coalition’s so-called ‘born free’ generation. Nonetheless, he tells a very vital story in his memoir, not only about the rather untimely death of his father, Fundisile Jijana, but also of the ongoing strife that has plagued attempts by the government of South Africa to formalise its multi-million rand taxi industry. More…

By Dami Ajayi

• Title: The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician
• Author: Tendai Huchu
• Publisher: ‘amaBooks
• Number of pages: 273
• Year of publication: 2014
• Category: Fiction

Zimbabwean writer, Tendai Huchu’s second book, a novel, is called The Maestro, The Magistrate & The Mathematician, a rather mouthful title that enjoys the playful alliteration of a recalcitrant poet. More…