{"product_id":"inheritance-1","title":"INHERITANCE, poems, translated by the poet from isiXhosa, with a new introduction and the original text","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e146pp., paperback,\u003c\/em\u003e  First English Language Edition,\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eBatis Books, Edinburgh, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781918073027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cspan\u003edaring, contemporary, inventive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– and now celebrated –  debut poetry collection, first published in 2021 in Athambile Masola's home language of isiXhosa as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/ilifa-imibongo?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=068aad441\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIlifa\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/a\u003e won the 2022 HSS Award for Poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriting from a storied literary tradition, Masola’s love poems and historical re-imaginings boldly question the meaning of freedom in a society that is openly hostile to women, and where apartheid has been replaced by other ominous oppressions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fluent in multiple aesthetic traditions, stylistically mobile, conceptually daring ... a breakthrough in South African literary and feminist writing.\" Pumla Dineo Gqola\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A deliberate act of resisting erasure and a love letter to both the present and future self.\" vangile gantsho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAthambile Masola\u003c\/strong\u003e, descended from amaGcina and amaBhele, was born in Ezibeleni in 1987 and grew up in eMonti\/ East London. A Mandela Rhodes Scholar, Masola is the founder of Asinakuthula Collective, and teaches in the Department of History at the University of Cape Town. Her other writing projects include co-authoring with Xolisa Guzula, the children's books\u003cem\u003e Imbokodo: Women who shape us \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/together-apart-the-story-of-living-in-apartheid?_pos=7\u0026amp;_sid=068aad441\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTogether Apart: The story of living with apartheid.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Masola (A.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42282491052078,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/Inheritance.jpg?v=1776694404","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/inheritance-1","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}