Thabisile Gumede, a passionate storyteller and truth seeker, invites readers to delve into the complex world of mental illness with her groundbreaking book, Inside the Concrete Bubble. This compelling narrative is not just a memoir; it’s a profound exploration of the complexities surrounding schizophrenia and an invitation to foster understanding and compassion for those living…
Thabisile Gumede 16 November 2025 Rachel Aviv’s Strangers to Ourselves is a deeply insightful and profoundly empathetic debut that blends memoir with investigative journalism to unravel the complex realities of mental illness. Framed by Aviv’s own early encounter with anorexia, the book is centred around five richly detailed case studies, each portraying individuals wrestling with…
Thembelihle Zwane 20 August 2025 The Body Keeps the Score explores how trauma, especially PTSD, affects the brain, mind, and body. PTSD occurs when someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event and continues to have severe stress responses afterward. These include fear, anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, and physical changes like increased heart rate and blood pressure due…
Yolanda Mzimela Patient 12A is a deeply personal and evocative memoir by Lesedi Molefi, chronicling his time in a psychiatric clinic in 2016 and reflecting on how childhood experiences profoundly shaped the adult he became. With remarkable vulnerability and candour, Molefi invites readers into his chaotic past and the mental health struggles that led him…
Lungile Kunene UFrantz Fanon waba ngenye yezincithabuchopho ebaluleke kakhulu yekhuluminyaka lama-20 lekholoniyalizimu ukwehlukana kwezihlanga, kanye nalokhu, umsebenzi wakhe obabazekayo, ongedlulelwa nkathi okanye neOrientalism kanye ne-The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Izimpabanga Zomhlaba ilucwaningo oluhlabahlosile lwesimongqondo sabakholonayiziwe kanye nendlela yabo eya enkululekweni. Inenjula eyodwa olakeni lwabantu abakholonayiziwe kanye nendima yodlame oguqukweni olungokomlando, lencwadi ngokunembile ibuye ihlasele ukwephucwa kwamalungelo ezindimbane zabantu…
Yolanda Mzimela Reading Broken Porcelain was a profoundly emotional journey—one that peeled back layers of my own past and revealed raw, often hidden truths. Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika’s memoir-in-essays is not just a personal account of living with mental illness; it is a powerful exploration of identity, trauma, and resilience that resonates deeply, especially for those…
