Abstract
MEET THE AUTHOR, KOPANO MATLWA @ YOUR CAMPUS IN AUGUST
PERIOD PAIN by Kopano Matlwa
ABOUT THE BOOK: In Period Pain, Kopano has poignantly captured the heartache and confusion of
so many South Africans who feel defeated by the litany of headline horrors; xenophobia, corrective rape,
corruption and crime and for many “the death sentence” that is the public health nightmare. Period Pain
is a compelling story about how the broken continue to survive and it also helps us navigate our South
Africa. We meet Masechaba, and through her story we are able to reflect, to question and to rediscover
our humanity. South Africa never was, nor ever will be the Rainbow Nation we believed Mandela dreamt
about. But we’ve woken up and grown up and we’re trying to come to terms with this reality.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kopano Matlwa stole South Africa’s heart with her debut novel Coconut. With
almost 25 000 sales, this award-winning title cemented her position as one of SA’s bestselling authors.
With her follow-up novel, Spilt Milk, Kopano continued to amaze us with her ability to intimately address
complex political issues through relatable characters.
Kopano is one of South Africa’s most vibrant young writers and winner of the European Union Literary
Award 2007. A medical graduate, Kopano is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Coconut,
and Spilt Milk which won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in 2010. She has recently returned to
South Africa after completing an MSc in Global Health Science and is currently reading for a DPhil in
Population Health at the University of Oxford.
VENUES, DATES and TIMES:
APB Campus Library (Wole Soyinka Auditorium): 17 August @ 12:00
APK Campus Library (Chinua Achebe Auditorium): 17 August @ 14:00
DFC Campus Library (Nuruddin Farah Auditorium): 16 August @ 12:00
SWC Campus Library (24 Hour Study Area): 16 August @ 14:00
RSVP by Monday 14 August 2017 to
Theodorah Modise on licevents@uj.ac.za