STORIES OF A BO KAAP GIRL, a collection of memories from a Cape Malay home

131pp., illus., paperback, No Place, 2022

Whafieka Martin on the culture and traditions of her family and the Cape Malay Muslim community living in Bo Kaap, Cape Town.

Whafieka Martin was born in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats and moved with her parents to Bo Kaap when she was five years old. She holds a BA in Theology, with majors in Arabic and Islamic Jurisprudence.