280pp., paperback, Jacana, Johannesburg, 2025

ISBN: 9781431435692

Novel set during the years of slavery in the Cape Colony.

Two young slaves, Meraj and Djameela, are lovers. When Djameela is sold to a farmer, Meraj is consumed by grief.

Ashraf Kageeis is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Stellenbosch University. His first novel, Khalil's Journey, won the 2021 European Union Literary Award and the 2013 South African Literary Award. He is also the author of the young adult novel By the Fading Light.

SONG OF THE SLAVE GIRL

: Kagee (A.)

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