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Mala Naidoo

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Mala Naidoo writes thriller and contemporary fiction, short stories and poetry.

Mala is an educator in Australia, who hails from the grip of apartheid atrocities in South Africa, up to the early days of its dismantling.

Mala Naidoo upholds justice for all in her novels and poems on culture, race, gender, and identity. Her writing mission is, ‘In our angst and joy we are ONE under the sky of humanity.'
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Mala Naidoo By changing the activity to either listening to music, taking a walk, picking up a book and randomly selecting a page, I then use the line that grabs …m´Ç°ù±ðBy changing the activity to either listening to music, taking a walk, picking up a book and randomly selecting a page, I then use the line that grabs me first as a trigger for a new wave of thought. I look around the room, I pick up an object and try to remember how it got there.
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Poetry: The Seat of Angst and Joy

Unlike fiction, poetry lays bare the soul. When emotions are triggered, truth emerges to release the floodgates of our fundamental humanity. Grief and celebration are opposites, yet poetry has the power to eulogise the celebration of a life, physically departed, yet vibrant in memories eliciting a smile, an inner giggle and the radiance of love â€� Read more of this blog post »
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“Reading is air in my lungs, fire in my blood, company in my thoughts.”
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“A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard”
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“Memories don't die, they become shelved in recesses of one's mind, resurfacing when the triggers of life re-ignite them, lighting up the heart, in a warm glow of remembrance. - "Vindication Across Time”
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“Reading is air in my lungs, fire in my blood, company in my thoughts.”
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“You learn to be resilient, to survive when you know you are capable of making worthy contribution to the world; you fight it when you have nothing to lose and so much to gain.”
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“Anger and animosity cannot enshrine what was once wonderful...”
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“She was home, the passage walls, memorabilia of Ben's life, past and present, welcomed her like a doting grandmother.”
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“Literature is and should continue to be a vehicle that dispels 'otherness' or the 'outsider”
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