43pp., oblong 4to., colour illus., maps, paperback, First Afrikaans Language Edition, Cape Town, 2018
First published in English as The Skin We're In.Translated into Afrikaans by Elna van der Merwe.
A book for children that combines science with storytelling and follows young Njabulo as he wonders why he and his friends have different skin colours.
Sindiwe Magona is the author of To My Children's Children, Forced to Grow, Mother to Mother, Beauty's Gift and Chasing the Tails of My Father's Cattle.
American anthropologist, paleontologist and science educator Nina Jablonski is an Evan Pugh Professor at Pennsylvania State University, and the author of Skin: a natural history and Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color.