![]() Her decision to self-publish was made without even approaching publishing houses. Without fail, Busani-Dube’s books come directly from the experience of being a black woman in South Africa – they are stories that properly reflect their readers.īusani-Dube is a journalist by trade. ![]() ![]() Her characters are realistic and damaged, they come with baggage and they come with imperfection and insecurity – just like the rest of us. She describes her books as being about “broken men and the women who try to fix them”, and when asked what inspires here books, she has said: “People, just people and their realities.” Both of which, you’ll no doubt agree, are refreshingly pithy responses.īy and large, her books are positioned somewhat in defiance of the white-washed, absurdly photogenic and straightforward romance novel. ![]() Best known for her Hlomu series – and for writing the novelisation of the 2018 film Zulu Wedding – Busani-Dube is a self-published novelist based in Johannesburg. ![]()
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