FLYING COWS, and other traumas

233pp., paperback, Jacana, Johannesburg, 2026

ISBN: 9781431435982

This magical realist collection of short stories, set in South African townships and imagined African kingdoms, explores the resilience of women who face brutality and emerge victorious.

Philisiwe Twijnstra is a South African interdisciplinary artist, writing coach and development producer based in the Netherlands. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Rhodes University, and was included in the Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans in 2023.