BURIED IN THE CHEST

196pp., paperback, Jacana, Johannesburg, 2025

ISBN: 9781431435340

Winner of the 2024 Dianne Debut Fiction Award.

Novel set in post-apartheid South Africa.

Raised by her grandmother in the village of Moya, Unathi searches for her mother, navigates questions around her sexuality and cultural heritage, and contends with the realities of identity politics.

Lindani Mbunyuza-Memani has an MA in Media Studies from Nelson Mandela University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and a doctoral degree in Mass Communication and Media Arts from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She is Adjunct Professor at Jefferson College, Missouri. Buried in the Chest is her debut novel.